The fatal Influenza A (H1N1) virus, which became pandemic in 2009-2010 with at least 18,138 global deaths, has staged a comeback in the U.S. Should the world worry? “[Usually] the most common problem from the flu isn’t the virus itself, but the bacteria and pneumonia that the virus sets you up for,” Bruce Hirsch, M.D., an infectious disease specialist at North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital in New York, told weather.com. “(But) this season – unlike few others – we’re seeing this H1N1 flu cause viral pneumonia in and of itself and causing an occasionally fatal flu in young adults who would not be otherwise vulnerable.” Read Article
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salon.com reported that a 73-year-old woman died after she became infected with a new strain of bird flu that has not previously manifested itself in humans, Chinese authorities said Wednesday. The H10N8 virus, with which China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the woman had been infected, is the second new strain of bird […]
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Insidecostarica.com reported that the sixth recorded case of malaria in Costa Rica this year, but authorities believe the patient acquired the disease while on a trip to Peru. An investigation into the case has determined that the patient contracted the disease in Peru, according to Director of Health Surveillance, Mary Ethel Trejos. According to Trejos, […]
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bbc.co.uk reported that football (soccer) fans going to the World Cup in Brazil should be aware of the risk of dengue fever, a UK expert warns. The tropical disease, spread by mosquito bites, could be a problem in three of the 12 host cities next summer, says Prof Simon Hay, of Oxford University. There are […]
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latribuna.hn reported that the director of surveillance of health, Bredy Lara, reported statistics reflect a reduction of 53 percent of the cases of dengue in week 46, in comparison to the number 31, when registered the most.The population keep preventive measures to counter the incidence of dengue fever. “We are seeing the trend of cases […]
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eluniversal.com.mx reported that of the total cases, 519 have been classic type and 128 hemorrhagic. In this year at Sonora 647 cases of dengue, have accumulated said epidemiology director of the Secretariat of health of the State, Francisco Javier Navarro Galvez. Of those cases, 519 have been classic type and 128 bleeding, he added. Read […]
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octavodia.mx reported that the number of cases of dengue fever in Baja California Sur now exceeds 2 000 in so far this year, including 78 were of the hemorrhagic type, according to health authorities. According to the Ministry of health in BCS, there have been a total of 2 024 cases of dengue, of which […]
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Japannews.com reported that in the latest case, one of two people who received transfusions of the blood in question contracted HIV. The Red Cross Society told a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry panel on activities involving blood products that it does not conduct blood donations to check for HIV and does not notify donors of […]
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According to Gov.Uk, French Polynesia is a French Overseas Territory. There is no British diplomatic representation. If you need urgent consular assistance you should contact the British Embassy in Paris. Read Article
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time.com reported….Dengue fever can kill and is spreading around the world to an unprecedented degree. The latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) suggest that annual transmissions of the disease may breach 390 million. This year, infections are breaking records all over Asia and Latin America — from sweeping epidemics in Nicaragua to the […]
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