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# Infectious Disease

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'Early days' for the spread of the flu as no cases reported in the last week
The HPSC has not recorded any flu cases in the last week.
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Nov 5th 2021, 4:00 PM
Study shows overweight people twice as likely to survive when hospitalised for infectious disease
The study into the so-called “obesity paradox” looked into the health over 35,000 patients in Denmark.
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May 26th 2018, 9:45 AM
Opinion: 'The outbreak has brought an unmatched level of fear and panic'
The Ebola response appears to finally be working. But Sierra Leone has never faced an enemy like this before – the crisis has been devastating.
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Feb 4th 2015, 8:00 PM
Opinion: Healthcare apartheid is unacceptable – there can be no 'them and us'
Solutions do not come easy, but Ebola transmission can be stopped.
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Dec 1st 2014, 8:00 AM
Column: What exactly is an 'outbreak'?
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa raises some important questions about the treatment of infectious disease and the so-called developed world.
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Aug 28th 2014, 8:00 PM
Column: I can’t bear to look into someone's eyes and tell them they will probably die
My patients see my white coat as a lifejacket. But the truth is that the chance of surviving drug-resistant TB is down to the roll of a dice, writes Dr Jennifer Hughes.
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Mar 24th 2014, 8:00 AM
Scientists find first definitive proof MERS disease infects camels
Researchers cannot conclude whether the humans on the farm where a recent outbreak took place were infected by the camels or vice versa.
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Dec 17th 2013, 6:45 AM
Experts warn that the polio outbreak in Syria may threaten Europe
Two experts have warned that areas such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and Austria, where vaccination coverage is low, could be most at risk.
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Nov 9th 2013, 8:15 AM
Less than a quarter of those who travelled to exotic countries got vaccinated
Despite one in eight Irish people knowing someone who caught an infectious disease abroad, only 23 per cent get vaccinated.
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Sep 30th 2013, 8:00 PM
One third of malaria drugs worldwide are fake - Lancet research
Counterfeit anti-malaria medicines are contributing to deaths across the world and also leading to drug resistance – putting billions of people at risk – according to researchers.
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May 22nd 2012, 1:50 PM