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Once virtually eradicated through routine immunization, measles and mumps are making a striking comeback in the U.S. in 2014 with a record number of post-vaccination era measles cases and several large mumps outbreaks on college campuses.
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An anti-vaccine movement that has been amplified by the Internet and endorsed by vocal celebrities has created a persistent public fear that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism in children.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a new website to alert infection preventionists, clinicians and the public about a deadly but poorly understood syndrome: sepsis.
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25 cases of neurologic complications of influenza were reported from Great Britain beginning in 2011. 84% of cases were seen in children. A variety of distinct neurological manifestations were seen. 80% of patients required intensive care, 68% had poor outcomes, and 4 patients (16%) died.
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The leading infection control and infectious disease organizations are issuing updated recommendations in new compendium guidelines that will be published in sections over the next few months.
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Infection preventionists remain on heightened alert nationwide afterthe first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in the United States was recently hospitalized at Community Hospital in Munster, IN.
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On March 21, 2014, two new antibiotics with activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) each received unanimous recommendations from FDA Advisory Committees for approval for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) caused by Gram-positive organisms.
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A growing number of health care workers are coming into their profession with childhood vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV).
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This study comes from the legacy Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) of almost 7000 men who have sex with men, both HIV-infected and non-HIV, for 3 decades.