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Public health
fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Residents in private nursing home suffered scabies outbreak lasting months with poor infection control, inspectors reveal

Fragmented outbreak management and infection-control failures caused a prolonged scabies outbreak at Kilkenny Care Centre, infecting residents and staff, including crusted scabies.
Public health
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Editorial | Preventing another needless outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the future | amNewYork

Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem sickened 90, hospitalized 15, and resulted in 3 deaths, but cases are declining.
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