Straitstimes.com reports that six suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just six months after an outbreak of the deadly virus ended in the area, the United Nations (UN) said on Wednesday. Mr Sylvestre Ntumba, an official working for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said the cases had been recorded between May 1 and May 12 in the Bas-Uele district, in the northeastern Orientale Province. Read article
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Gulfnews.com reports that a female member of an anti-polio vaccination team was killed and another injured in a gun attack Tuesday in a village in the suburbs of Peshawar, capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakthunkhwa province, police said. According to reports the World Health Organisation has temporarily suspended anti-polio vaccination in the affected area. Police […]
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According to a tylerpaper.com report, an Anderson County man is the state’s first confirmed case of West Nile illness this season, the Texas Department of State Health Services today confirmed in a news release. The illness was confirmed in an adult male from Anderson County. The patient is recovering from the neuroinvasive form of the […]
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According to arabnews.com, there have 2,788 cases of malaria diagnosed in the Kingdom since 2011, according to the Health Ministry. Most malaria victims come from the Tahama region like Jazan and Al Qunfutha. Most cases occur during the rainy seasons. About 97 percent originate outside the Kingdom. Read article
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Abc.net.au reports that Queensland Health is still searching for people in the state’s far north who may have been exposed to a multi-drug resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB). Last month, a woman died in Cairns Base Hospital while being treated for TB. Chief health officer Jeannette Young says anyone who was in contact with the […]
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Nacion.com reports that a man of 28 years old Spanish origin, is isolated in the Intensive Care Unit, Hospital San Vicente de Paul in Heredia, on suspicion of hantavirus. This disease usually transmitted by rodent droppings and is characterized by high fever, respiratory disease, and lung problems. Although it is a very rare disease is […]
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Eurosurveillance.com reports that from January to April 2013, Poland reported 21,283 rubella cases (55.2 per 100,000 inhabitants), the highest number since 2007. Some 81% of cases were among 15–29 year-old males. This outbreak reflects the history of immunisation policies – selective vaccination of adolescent girls since 1989, then universal two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccination, since 2004. The […]
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Guangzhou’s food-safety authorities have revealed some details about the sale of rice and rice noodles contaminated with cadmium, a heavy metal, in the face of enormous public pressure. And having initially withheld information about the brands involved and where the items were produced, yesterday they released that information. Six batches of rice were from Hunan […]
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According to a 14news.com report, the number of mystery illness cases affecting Alabama is growing. Wednesday, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Dr. Mary McIntyre confirmed the number rose to ten overnight from a previous report of seven. Two people have died. “Since we sent out the alert to providers last night, we have had […]
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The CBC reports that a 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ministry […]
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