Transmissible: A Public Health Podcast

12.20.23 Daily Public Health News Updates: Mpox spread, Hantavirus among Russian troops, and new Malaria vaccine

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Jessica discusses today's public health news updates which include:

  • "Mouse fever" aka hemorrhagic fever renal syndrome spreading among Russian frontline troops
    • Mpox Clade I (previously called Monkeypox) spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, US physicians warned to be on the lookout
      • New malaria vaccine could save more than 600 lives per 100,000 children, as well as prevent nearly 200,000 clinical cases of malaria 

        • https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-soldiers-mouse-fever-outbreak-frontlines-ukraine-inteligence-2023-12

        https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hfrs/index.html

        https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00501.asp

        https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-new-malaria-vaccine-presents-a-bargain-for-saving-lives/


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        Transmissible: A Public Health PodcastBy Jessica Stahl