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“Every American should be concerned about the somewhat quixotic and a bit arbitrary approach that they have taken in dealing with these passengers,” says @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social
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Internal records reveal new details about how South Carolina’s record-breaking measles outbreak spread through a close-knit group of unvaccinated people.
CDC only has power to quarantine certain diseases detailed in presidential executive orders. Hantavirus is not on the list. To detain hantavirus-exposed passengers, CDC is classifying the disease as a severe acute respiratory syndrome www.healthbeat.org/2026/05/22/c... #epidemiology #publichealth
Hantavirus quarantines: “The administration is being quite secretive and arbitrary in its use of quarantine powers,” one expert said.
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It’s finally over: 7 key takeaways from the South Carolina measles outbreak that sickened 997, kept kids out of school and cost millions to bring under control.
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Just 4 households had measles infections at the start of the South Carolina outbreak — which became the largest in decades.
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Largest measles outbreak in decades, began with just four households.
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Inside the largest U.S. measles outbreak in decades: Records obtained by Healthbeat reveal the challenges stopping the virus as it spread in a close-knit, vaccine-hesitant community. www.healthbeat.org/2026/05/19/m... #publichealth #episky #medsky #IDsky #pediatrics
Dozens of babies were hospitalized with infant botulism after being fed ByHeart formula. Most needed even more treatment after they were sent home, according to new data presented today at CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference. www.healthbeat.org/2026/04/24/b...
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Most of the babies hospitalized in a recent nationwide outbreak of infant botulism linked to ByHeart baby formula needed additional treatment after going home, according to new CDC data shared Friday.
Dozens of babies were hospitalized with infant botulism. Most still needed more treatment after going home.
Internal records reveal new details about how South Carolina’s record-breaking measles outbreak spread through a close-knit group of unvaccinated people.
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Internal records reveal new details about how South Carolina’s record-breaking measles outbreak spread through a close-knit group of unvaccinated people.
Questions are mounting after federal officials allow home quarantine for some hantavirus cruise passengers while keeping others confined. “I do not think the administration is acting in a transparent ...
CDC quarantine orders could face legal challenges, a public health law expert told Healthbeat. The federal agency contends hantavirus is a type of severe acute respiratory syndrome to keep two cruise ...
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7 things to know about how this record-breaking measles outbreak began and ended – the price of containment and what worked to stop the spread.
Inside the largest U.S. measles outbreak in decades: Records obtained by Healthbeat reveal the challenges stopping the virus as it spread in a close-knit, vaccine-hesitant community. www.healthbeat.org/2026/05/19/m... #publichealth #episky #medsky #IDsky #pediatrics
