Sentences with phrase «large outbreaks in»

In between there were large outbreaks in 1957, the Asian Flu (H2N2 virus — 1.5 - 2 million deaths), and in 1968, the Hong Kong Flu, from the H3N1 virus strain, which killed approximately one million people.

Zika is not new to the U.S. Even as early as 2007, when the mosquito - borne disease had its first large outbreak in the Pacific island nation of Micronesia, the virus directly touched the U.S. — sickening one American traveler.

The largest outbreak in history — the 2013 - 16 Western African epidemic — caused more than 11,000 deaths and infected more than 29,000 people.

Currently, there has been a large outbreak in the Chicago area.

Not exact matches

In pilot projects, African farmers solved disease outbreaks after searching the Web, while in Bangladesh «online schools» bring teachers from Dhaka to children in remote classrooms through large screens and video conferencinIn pilot projects, African farmers solved disease outbreaks after searching the Web, while in Bangladesh «online schools» bring teachers from Dhaka to children in remote classrooms through large screens and video conferencinin Bangladesh «online schools» bring teachers from Dhaka to children in remote classrooms through large screens and video conferencinin remote classrooms through large screens and video conferencing.

The tourism / leisure and manufacturing / food industries saw the largest increases in the number of warnings, reflecting the outbreak of SARS in Asia, the Iraq war and weak global economy.

These shortages have coincided with some of the largest yellow fever outbreaks in half a century.

The outbreak of the eurozone crisis has led to a large increase in news coverage, but in a mostly biased way where the national viewpoint has become even more extreme.

These minorities have, however, in general become very much larger in the years since the outbreak of the War of 1914 - 1918.

In the Lifescript article they say, «In 2008, when the U.S. experienced its largest measles outbreak in a decade, nearly half the 131 sickened kids were unvaccinated.&raquIn the Lifescript article they say, «In 2008, when the U.S. experienced its largest measles outbreak in a decade, nearly half the 131 sickened kids were unvaccinated.&raquIn 2008, when the U.S. experienced its largest measles outbreak in a decade, nearly half the 131 sickened kids were unvaccinated.&raquin a decade, nearly half the 131 sickened kids were unvaccinated.»

Because modern disposables absorb large amounts of moisture — a key ingredient in most diaper rashes — diaper rash outbreaks tend to be less common and less severe, she says.

«Germs with unusual antibiotic resistance widespread in U.S: Ramped - up CDC strategy helps providers stop spread of new germs, prevents large outbreaks.»

A salmonella outbreak associated with eggs prompted one of the largest egg recalls in recent years Saturday, more than 206 million eggs sold under nine different brands in nine states.

Perhaps more importantly, the outbreak of war in former Yugoslavia, and what was widely regarded as the EU's confused, divided and often impotent response to it, not only illustrated the weakness of the EU's political present, but also indicated that regional conflicts had replaced large - scale territorial war as the principal security threat.

However, it is also true that the outbreak in the Bronx is the largest in history.

But this outbreak appears to have waned quicker than those in other cities across the globe — both large and small.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. attacked Bassett for not enlisting the federal government's assistance in combating what the administration has called the largest outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in the city's history — a contagion that has so far only spread within the confines of the South Bronx.

There's only one outbreak, the very large one, going on in New York City right now.

During the exercise, Rockland health officials worked through a scenario where the largest grocery store in the county had an outbreak of hepatitis A and hundreds of people were infected.

«The outbreak in The Bronx is the largest in [state] history,» Cuomo said, adding that the federal and state health inspectors will «do a full briefing» on the city's outbreak next week.

Delaware County Public Health is holding a «Medical Countermeasures» drill today to practice and test the ability to dispense large amounts of medicine in the event of a public health threat such as a disease outbreak or bioterrorism threat to the community.

The team, who published their findings in the journal Science, predict the next large - scale epidemic is unlikely to emerge for at least another ten years — although there is a possibility of smaller outbreaks in this time.

«A large urban outbreak of yellow fever virus in a tropical megacity is a terrifying prospect,» said Ebel.

The largest U.S. impacts of tornadoes result from tornado outbreaks, sequences of tornadoes that occur in close succession.

While no significant trends have been found in either the annual number of reliably reported tornadoes or of outbreaks, recent studies indicate increased variability in large normalized economic and insured losses from U.S. thunderstorms, increases in the annual number of days on which many tornadoes occur, and increases in the annual mean and variance of the number of tornadoes per outbreak.

From April to September 2007, the largest outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever since 2003 unfolded in the Kasaï Occidental province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This would allow the facilitation of early interventions in emerging yellow fever outbreaks — which is key to prevent large scale outbreaks.»

The largest outbreak on record for the filovirus family was caused by Ebola virus in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, resulting in more than 28,000 infections and more than 11,000 deaths.

Ebola virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates with high mortality rates and continues to emerge in new geographic locations, including West Africa, the site of the largest outbreak to date.

In the study, a tipping point represented the point at which vaccine coverage declines dramatically due to spreading fear, which could cause large disease outbreaks due to a loss of population immunity.

2007: First large Zika outbreak in humans, on the Pacific island of Yap in Micronesia.

His explanation for this delay in the outbreak of the disorder is that large parts of the heparan sulfate molecule can be degraded without arylsulfatase G. «Hence, it takes more time to accumulate.»

Previous EVD outbreaks were confined to remote regions of central Africa; the largest, in 1976, had 318 cases (2)(Fig. 1A).

In central British Columbia, the insects have destroyed more than 14 million hectares of trees — an area the size of Connecticut — in the single largest outbreak the world has ever seeIn central British Columbia, the insects have destroyed more than 14 million hectares of trees — an area the size of Connecticut — in the single largest outbreak the world has ever seein the single largest outbreak the world has ever seen.

In Sudan, outbreak of Rift Valley fever is a large and recurring health problem.

More than 11,000 people died in the three West African countries, in the largest recorded outbreak.

And they would love for people in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia to have access to experimental therapies as well, as the death toll from the largest Ebola outbreak on record climbs past 600.

«Currently, there is no efficient countermeasure for this toxin in case of a large outbreak of botulism,» Jin said.

Professor Christl Donnelly, from the Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial, said: «These findings confirm that badgers do play a large role in the spread of bovine TB.

First identified in East Africa in the early 1950s, chikungunya virus caused sporadic illness in Africa and large urban outbreaks in Thailand and India in the 1960s and 1970s.

In an update to an analysis first published in June 2005, Bufe and colleague David Perkins, a USGS geophysicist also in Denver, argue that the most recent round of large temblors may mark the beginning of a new global outbreak of megaquakeIn an update to an analysis first published in June 2005, Bufe and colleague David Perkins, a USGS geophysicist also in Denver, argue that the most recent round of large temblors may mark the beginning of a new global outbreak of megaquakein June 2005, Bufe and colleague David Perkins, a USGS geophysicist also in Denver, argue that the most recent round of large temblors may mark the beginning of a new global outbreak of megaquakein Denver, argue that the most recent round of large temblors may mark the beginning of a new global outbreak of megaquakes.

While climate conditions in the U.S. are increasingly favorable to mosquitos, socioeconomic factors such as access to clean water and air conditioning make large - scale outbreaks unlikely, according to new analysis of existing research — but small - scale, localized outbreaks are an ongoing concern.

Eppinger hopes his research will aid in halting and preventing large - scale outbreaks.

These findings are among the many insights published this month in a special section of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene — AJTMH and PAHO: Commemorating the 3rd Anniversary of the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti: Invited Papers documenting the public health response to the largest national cholera outbreak in modern Outbreak in Haiti: Invited Papers documenting the public health response to the largest national cholera outbreak in modern outbreak in modern history.

«If you look at the history of significant tornado activity, there are a large number of outbreaks that occur in March and April,» Carbin told OurAmazingPlanet.

The largest outbreak of the MERS coronavirus outside the Middle East is no different from previous outbreaks in the way that it spreads

For example, compared with women men routinely produce fewer pathogen - fighting antibodies after vaccination, and in the last large U.S. measles outbreak in 1989 10 percent of previously vaccinated children were not protected.

«And when we get a storm system moving through, interacting with high temperatures and moisture, it creates instability in the atmosphere and that favors these large outbreaks,» Crouch told OurAmazingPlanet.

«Large chains implement standardized training across all outlets for servers in order to protect their brand and reduce the likelihood of being implicated in a foodborne illness outbreak.

Although this is not the first major health crisis that HealthMap has covered — the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic was one of its largest efforts — the Ebola outbreak has pushed the site in new directions in an effort to provide information for a variety of institutions, including the WHO, the United Nations and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.