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Outbreak Outlook - National - Jan 20
Early improvements in flu, Covid-19 and RSV. Not so with norovirus.
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Outbreak Outlook, Jan 15
An interim update on flu and Covid-19
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Caitlin Rivers
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Part 2: Answering reader questions on H5N1
Transmission, individual prevention, and food safety
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Caitlin Rivers
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Answering reader questions on H5N1
Tackling surveillance and detection, and pet risk factors
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Caitlin Rivers
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Outbreak Outlook - National - Jan 6
Happy New Year! It's peak season out there -- be well.
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December 2024

It's peak flu season
and Covid-19 is ticking up, too.
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Caitlin Rivers
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Tribute to Carter's public health work
From 3.5 million Guinea Worm cases to just 7
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Caitlin Rivers
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Outbreak Outlook - National - Dec 23
Happy holidays!
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Outbreak Outlook - National - Dec 16
Covid-19 staging a comeback, ILI continues to rise
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Outbreak Outlook - National - Dec 9
Respiratory Diseases
How can the number of deaths go down?
Why do case and death counts sometimes change so drastically?
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Caitlin Rivers
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Understanding mysterious outbreaks
Three possibilities for unexplained outbreaks
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Caitlin Rivers
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