As reported by globalpost.com, “Contagious diseases such as typhoid and hepatitis A are spreading across war-torn Syria due to people drinking contaminated water from rivers and wells, the World Health Organization has warned…The rising number of infections has coincided with the collapse of the country’s health system…” Read Article
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As covered by shanghaidaily.com, “The influenza virus has caused 12 fatalities in Greece so far this winter, the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday.” Read Article
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eltiempo.com reported that with the advance of the epidemic outbreak living the department on behalf of the dengue virus, health authorities Valley have drawn attention to blinde the population is under 15. So far this year there have been 1,339 cases of dengue, 53 of them seriously, and three people have died, including two girls […]
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Victim may have been infected by father who had visited the Middle East and also suffers from the infection. news-medical.ne reported that “A British man infected with a new virus from the same family as SARS has died, health officials said on Tuesday, bringing the worldwide death toll from the previously unknown disease to six,” […]
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A patient admitted to hospital in Saudi Arabia with a new virus from the same family as SARS has died, taking the global death toll from the previously unknown disease to seven. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday the patient died on February 10, two weeks after entering hospital. The cause of death […]
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AN Indonesian tourist has died in Bahrain of tuberculosis. He died yesterday at Salmaniya Medical Complex, where he was admitted on Friday after arriving on board a cruise ship from the UAE. An Indonesian Embassy spokesman said it was now making arrangements to repatriate the body. “We have the information about this man and how […]
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As reported by beforeitsnews.com, “Two Port Douglas residents have been diagnosed with dengue fever as the outbreak continues to spread across the Far North. Queensland Health confirmed the two cases today and said there were a further three residents who were also suspected of having contracted it.” Read Article
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As covered by thenewage.co.za, “The Sekhukhune district municipality and water affairs department officials have warned residents living along the Tubatse River outside Burgersfort not to use the river water because of the presence of cholera in the water.Yesterday a joint operations teams comprising health, municipal and water affairs officials were inspecting water facilities and sources […]
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As reported by foodpoisoningbulletin.com, “On Thursday, a 12-state Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 124 people over the last eight months was announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although health officials in Washington and Oregon have linked the outbreak to chicken produced by Foster Farms of Livingston, Calif., the company has declined […]
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As reported by cbc.ca, “Nunavut’s Department of Health is concerned an outbreak of syphilis that began last year in the territory is still ongoing. More than 30 cases have been diagnosed since the outbreak began last May in Iqaluit, and the sexually transmitted infection is spreading to other regions.” Read Article
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