What will the next public health response look like?
Controlling epidemics requires both local control and federal support
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Caitlin Rivers
Caitlin Rivers, PhD, MPH is the founder and Editor in Chief at Force of Infection. She is the director of the Center for Outbreak Response Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the author of Crisis Averted.
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Tracking measles: April 8
Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas report new cases
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Second confirmed measles death
I am sad to share that an 8 year old child has died of measles in Texas, bringing the number of confirmed deaths to two. A third person died in
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Tracking measles: April 4
Reports from 12 states
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Tracking measles: April 1
Reports from 12 states
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Tracking measles: March 28
9 states report cases
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Tracking measles: March 25
This new series tracks measles alerts that might not make major headlines. After discovering a measles exposure in my area that I almost missed, I created these updates to help
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Bird flu: will our luck run out?
What does it mean that most U.S. cases have been mild?
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Tracking measles: March 21
Nine states reporting new cases
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Tracking measles: new subscriber benefit
Updates to keep you informed about local exposures
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Voices in Print
Are you a patient with an idea about how to improve medical care?
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Vaccines are popular, actually
I have a new article in the New York Times today challenging an under-appreciated point about America's vaccine debate. While most headlines focus on declining coverage and growing
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