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The recent yellow fever outbreak in Brazil has raised concern among United States health experts, who question if it will become the next epidemic. Yellow fever can kill as many as 10% of individuals who are infected, and 2 physicians from the National Institutes of Health warn that there has been an unusual spike in cases over the last few weeks in several rural areas of Brazil. Although the outbreaks are limited to small populated areas with little virus-spreading mosquitos to fuel transmission, the areas are on the edge of densely packed major urban areas, with large proportion of unvaccinated residents. An efficacious vaccine against yellow fever has been available since 1937, but worldwide, the stockpiles are all but depleted, according to the
Several lawmakers have promoted a bill by Sen Scott Wiener (D-CA) that would reduce intentionally exposing an individual to HIV from a felony to a misdemeanor, according to
The FDA warns patients and physicians to avoid a risky, experimental procedure used to treat several nervous system disorders, including Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis,
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