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Peter Chin-Hong
Coverage of Peter Chin-Hong in the Nexus archive.
- In a Vaccine-Skeptical California County, a Potential Playbook To Contain Measles
Shasta County, California, a vaccine-hesitant area with conservative pandemic policies, successfully contained a measles outbreak through rapid public health response. Health officials traced exposures from nine cases, contacting over 600 people, and declared the outbreak over after two and a half months.
- Infectious disease specialist commends U.S. hantavirus response: "Very appropriate"
A flight carrying 18 Americans from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship landed in the US. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist, commended the US response as very appropriate. The incident involves a public health response to the hantavirus outbreak.