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  Steve Johnson

  Nov 24, 2019
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  Why Olympic athletes and fans aren't likely to catch Zika

  Vox - Julia Belluz

  When masses of people from around the world descend on a city for the Olympics, public health experts get a bit jittery. It's easy to understand why: Thousands of tourists cramped into stadiums and bars inevitably swap bacteria and viruses. In the past, this has led to outbreaks of measles and …

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  Why infectious bacteria are winning

  Quartz - Keith Collins

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  The real reason germs spread in the winter

  BBC Future - David Robson

  It begins as surely as the leaves dropping off the trees. As the mercury drops and the sunlight fades, the sniffles set in. At best, it’s just a cold that leaves us with the strange feeling that we’ve swallowed a cheese grater; if we’re unlucky, our body is wracked with a high fever and aching …

• Great explanation of how flu vaccine works

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  Get the flu vaccine, reduce your risk of death - Harvard Health

  harvard.edu - John Ross, MD, FIDSA

  Last year was a lousy year for the flu vaccine. Hospitalizations for flu hit a nine-year high, and the vaccine prevented flu in only 23% of all …

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  10 Ways to Prepare Your Office for Flu Season

  huffingtonpost.com - Alan Kohll

  Preparing your office for flu season is essential in maintaining a healthy workforce throughout the fall. It's estimated that 5-20% of the population …