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Misdiagnosing Legionellosis and Legionnaires Disease Can Be Fatal. But Why Is It Still Common?

Gideon

So much so that even the World Health Organization or WHO states, “Since many countries lack appropriate methods of diagnosing the infection or sufficient surveillance systems, the rate of occurrence is unknown. Online] [Accessed 08 07 2021]. [2] 255-257, 2021. [3] 13, 2021. [5] Cassell et al. 64-69, 2003.

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Disaggregated Data Key to Tackling Low Maternal Vaccination Rates among Boston’s Black Pregnant Population

Maternal Health Task Force

Alarmingly, a secondary analysis of the national Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network (SET-NET) database revealed that between May 2021 and May 2022, only 38% of Black pregnant individuals in Massachusetts were vaccinated against COVID-19 compared with 56% of White pregnant individuals.

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Chagas Disease

Gideon

On April 14, 2021, we recognize the second annual World Chagas Disease Day (2). Recently, a new surveillance system has been implemented in some countries where malaria is also endemic; microscopy technicians have been trained to identify T. Dr. Chagas named the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi ( T. cruzi in malaria films (18).