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Mashup Score: 13
This is the first installment in an occasional series, Pittsburgh Pests, examining the insects and other creatures that pose health risks in our region. First…
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Mashup Score: 5'We're on a slippery slope': Alarming number of measles cases sees U.S. on course to no longer consider the disease eradicated - 5 day(s) ago
Surpassing a yearly measles case count not seen for more than three decades, the U.S. this week inched closer to losing its status as having eliminated…
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Mashup Score: 0
Mosquitos in six neighborhoods in Allegheny County have tested positive for West Nile Virus. The Allegheny County Department of Health on Friday said affected…
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Mashup Score: 11Editorial: No one should get measles in America - 5 day(s) ago
There is no good reason for any American to become infected with the measles virus in 2025. Effective vaccines reduced the incidence of the disease to…
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Mashup Score: 1
Officials in several states are investigating an outbreak of Listeria infections tied to ready-to-eat chicken fettuccine Alfredo meals. Sixteen have been…
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Mashup Score: 12
The COVID-19 variant that may be driving a recent rise in cases in some parts of the world has earned a new nickname: “razor blade throat”…
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Mashup Score: 4
NEW YORK — All 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel published an essay Monday decrying “destabilizing decisions”…
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Mashup Score: 21mRNA technology makes headway via Pitt, Penn State research - 1 month(s) ago
A new kind of mRNA vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University could be cheaper to produce and offer a greater…
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Mashup Score: 3With ticks in their teeny-tiny nymph phase in Western Pa., now is the time to be extra vigilant with preventive measures - 1 month(s) ago
In addition to concerns with Lyme disease, cases of the tick-borne illness Anaplasmosis are on the rise.
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Mashup Score: 0
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday announced eight members of the Centers for Disease…
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“Locally, the mosquito species most responsible for spreading West Nile is the Culex pipiens, also called the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito” https://t.co/vPx5y0bEJU