Friday, August 24, 2012

Disease Outbreaks US


Disease Rates for 2012 for Pertussis and West Nile are up significantly:

[Paraphrasing] Cases of Pertussis are "surging" in Maricopa County AZ and across the country. 508 Maricopa county residents have been officially designated as sickened by pertussis, a 300% jump from this time last year. Over 22,000 cases have been reported nationally according to the CDC
Source: Merrill, L. (2012, Aug 22). No pertussis cases reported in Scottsdale Schools So Far." The Arizona Republic, pp. 7-8.


Worst Year for West Nile Is Expected, Officials Say. The New York Times. By Donald Mcneil Aug 22, 2012:

[Excerpted] The nation is heading toward the worst outbreak of West Nile disease in the 13 years that the virus has been on this continent, federal health authorities said Wednesday. 

But it is still unclear where and how far cases will spread. Dallas declared an emergency last week, and West Nile deaths have been concentrated in Texas and a few nearby states, including Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma, as well as South Dakota. 

So far this year, there have been 1,118 cases and 41 deaths reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Lyle R. Petersen, director of the agency’s division of vector-borne diseases, said Wednesday in a telephone news conference. 

“That’s the highest number of cases ever reported to the C.D.C. by the third week of August,” he added. “And cases are trending upward.”...


Majia Here:

For Link to CDC page on viral outbreaks: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/

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