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Oct 30, 2012
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New HIV Test is Ten Times Cheaper, More Sensitive

By Lauren Edmundson
A study published in Nature Nanotechnology on Oct. 28 reports the invention of an HIV test that is ten times cheaper and more sensitive than existing tests. Once widely available, this test could...
HIV, test, diagnostic, London
Jul 24, 2012
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Healthy Olympics 2012: Disease surveillance and mass gathering medicine

By Katharina Schwan
In the blockbuster Contagion, Gwyneth Paltrow travels to Hong Kong on business and returns to suburban Minneapolis with flu-like symptoms. Within days she is dead. Paltrow is the index case in a...
London, 2012, Olympics, Disease Surveillance, Health Protection Agency, HealthMap, Vector Blog
Jul 3, 2012
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Healthy Olympics 2012

By Katharina Schwan
After a historic 4-0 victory for Spain in the last match of the European soccer championship, the public eagerly awaits the start of the second great athletic event of the summer: the 2012 Olympic...
Olympics, London, HPA, measles, Mass Gatherings, syndromic surveillance