As reported by pia.gov, “The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas has cautioned the public to avoid being complacent against typhoid fever despite the apparent decline of typhoid cases in the region. Citing records of comparison on the disease, the health department reported only 88 typhoid cases for the last two months this year against last year’s 317 monitored cases of the same ailment for the same period.” Read Article
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As recorded by radioaustralia.net, “The Solomon Islands Government and the World Health Organisation are working on plans to try to curb an outbreak of dengue fever. The number of dengue cases has recently risen in the capital, Honiara, with 233 people dying from the mosquito-borne disease.Health authorities are calling on members of the public to […]
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As reported by counselheal.com, “According to British Health Officials, there may be a ‘superbug’ gonorrhea strain spreading across UK, making it harder for medical professionals to treat people with this sexually transmitted infection (STI). Officials noted a dramatic increase in patients with gonorrhea stating that there are about 21,000 new cases…” Read Article
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As reported by foodpoisoningbulletin.com, “The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that another person has been sickened in the E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak linked to recalled Gourmet Meat Shoppe frozen beef burgers.” Read Article
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Japantimes.co.jp reported that a fresh rubella outbreak spreading quickly nationwide poses the greatest threat to fetuses, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. If a woman catches rubella in the early stages of pregnancy, her child can suffer hearing, heart and eye defects. Five such cases were reported during last year’s epidemic and one […]
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As reported by pigprogress.com, “Two outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) have been discovered in China’s southern province Guangdong and south western Tibet Autonomous Region. The Ministry of Agriculture have stated that 88 pigs in Guangdong were found to have been affected by FMD.” Read Article
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As reported by risingkashmir.in, “Hepatitis-B has broken out in Sumbal area of north Kashmir, doctors confirmed Wednesday. The medicos blamed chemists and diagnostics centers “operating in unhygienic conditions” for spread of infection. A local news gathering agency CNS reported that at least seven cases of Hepatitis-B had been detected so far in Sumbal tehsil and […]
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According to dailymail.co.uk, “At least seven deaths were traced to the infection in an outbreak at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center last year…The ‘superbug’ springs from a type of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics and can linger in the body for more than a year…Doctors say it’s still impossible to eradicate the […]
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As covered by bbc.co.uk, “An outbreak of 189 cases of measles has been reported in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, Public Health Wales says. It began in November but 20 cases have been notified in the last week and the total is more than for the whole of Wales in the last three years.” Read […]
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As recorded by gantdaily.com, “Cambodian authorities on Tuesday expressed concern over a possible bird flu outbreak after the disease claimed its eighth fatality, taking the life of a 35-year-old man from the northeastern province of Kampong Cham. Deputy Head of the Health Ministry’s Disease Surveillance Bureau, Ly Sovann, confirmed that the man died from H5N1 […]
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