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News you can use for the upcoming flu season on Force of Infection
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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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Outbreak Outlook - October 14
Covid-19 is quieting down, but colds and stomach bugs are increasing
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Crisis Averted update & what’s next
A quick note on the new book
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Outbreak Outlook - October 7
Influenza-like illness is still quiet, and Covid-19 continues to recede.
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The cost of comfort in public health communication
Read my New York Times essay, the Wall Street Journal's review, and enter the giveaway before it ends on Friday
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Home sick: tips from the parenting front lines
Tips and tricks for home care of mild illnesses
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Avian flu case without known animal contact
Latest news from H5N1
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Do kids need to get sick to build their immune systems?
An interview with an immunologist on whether exposure to germs helps the immune system to develop in children.
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Two common respiratory pathogens to watch in the months ahead
EV-D68 and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in focus
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Mpox public health emergency declared; Rising parvovirus activity in the U.S.
Two significant mid-week updates: Increase in parvovirus activity in the United States Yesterday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out an alert warning of an
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deli meat and cinnamon recalled
Boar's Head deli and various cinnamon products recalled
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Celebrating early reviews of Crisis Averted
75 days until my book birthday!
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