Looking at disease clusters

Feb. 19   1 Comment  

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) defines a "disease cluster" as an unusually large number of people sickened by a disease in a certain place and time. Toxic exposure by industrial activity is usually suspected or blamed. Along with the National Disease Clusters Alliance, NRDC reported in 2011 that it had identified 42 disease clusters in 13 U.S. states.

Does where you live make you sick?

Globe: 4 Northeastern students may have mumps

April 16, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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The Boston Globe has reported that four Northeastern University students may have the mumps, a once common childhood disease now thought to be virtually irrelevant because of the commonality of childhood vaccines. The Globe, citing city public health officials, said that the results are not confirmed, but that two students came down with symptoms after [...]