3.Current+Events

**Current Events: the latest outbreaks in the media ** Journal:
 * Sunday October 21: I set up a current events page and created "a google alerts account" which will email me the latest news articles pertaining to the search query "outbreaks."

Content:


 * Is the 2012 meningitis outbreak an epidemic?
 * As of October 22, CDC confirmed 54 diagnoses
 * Yes
 * Harmful, transient (only exists because of contaminated drug, once manufacturing and distribution ceases, no new cases will emerge*), localized (maintained in one region of the country), exceeds expected prevalence
 * No
 * Relatively low fatality rate (29 deaths as of Oct. 31)

*This is true eventually, however, this particular fungal infection has a long incubation period, so new cases may still emerge over the next few weeks

Article links: A few articles on the current meningitis outbreak (october 21): >
 * [|http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/meningitis/]
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 * http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-usa-health-meningitis-deaths-idUSBRE89T1HX20121031