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Hantavirus and An Explainer on the Current Outbreak
The hantavirus was first identified as the cause of what was then called Korean Hemerologic Fever in 1978. The virus was isolated from small infected field rodents. It is so named because these rodents were near the Hantan River in South Korea. Due to its virologic properties, it was added as a new member of…
BREAKING NEWS
Court halts changes to childhood vaccine schedule and the newly reconstituted vaccine committee Today, a U.S. District Court in Massachussetts ordered a stay: of the January 2026 Memo that revised the CDC’s childhood immunization schedule; of the appointments of 13 of the members appointed to the newly reconstituted ACIP; and of all votes taken by…
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