The country’s largest trade union, Siptu is set to serve notice of industry action to commence from the start of next month on the Dublin Airport Authority as part of a row over pensions. The action is expected to involve two-hour work stoppages starting from October 1st. Read article
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WASHINGTON — The number of West Nile virus cases reported in the United States through early September is the highest year-to-date total since the mosquito-borne disease was first detected in this country in 1999, federal officials said Wednesday. The number of fatalities had jumped by nearly a third from the previous week, they said. Texas […]
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Yosemite National Park authorities have doubled the estimate of those likely infected in a recent outbreak of the hantavirus, a deadly pulmonary disease commonly carried by mice and other rodents. Given the rising number of confirmed cases (currently eight) and deaths (three), U.S. officials have sounded a worldwide alert to more than 22,000 domestic and […]
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However, it’s estimated that thousands more in the region are infected with the virus.The Hepatitis C Trust has now urged people in Tayside who may unknowingly be caught in the epidemic to get tested now. Read article
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Following outbreak of Lassa fever in some parts of the country, Lagos State government, at the weekend, alerted residents on the need to maintain adequate personal and environmental hygiene at all times as part of the precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of the Lassa fever in the State. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide […]
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Quebec City’s large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak appears to be under control, the city’s public health director said Friday. Dr. Francois Desbiens said measures the city’s public health department have taken to ensure cooling towers in the outbreak zone have been cleaned and disinfected appear to be bearing fruit. Read article
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A man who died at a Ho Chi Minh City hospital last month was a victim of what is probably Vietnam’s first-ever recorded case of the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. The Hospital of Tropical Diseases said Wednesday (August 29) a male patient named P.V.T., 25, of Phu Yen Province died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis – […]
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GOMA, Congo — Officials in eastern Congo say the Ebola epidemic has spread to a second center after a woman was contaminated during the funeral of a victim of the disease and travelled back to her home. The health officials say 15 people have died since the beginning of the epidemic. Congolese authorities are warning […]
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A SUDDEN surge of Hepatitis A cases were reported in a town in the farthest province of the region, the Department of Health (DOH)-Cordillera reported. DOH medical officer Dr. Amelita Pangilinan said the Regional Epidemiological Surveillance Unit reported a rapid increase of Viral Hepatitis in Cabugao, Apayao from June 22 to September 3. Read article
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The acting head of the Veterinary Agency, Mr. Hoang Van Nam, said the new virus still belongs to the 2.3.2.1 virus branch but it is different from the 2.3.2.1 virus (both A and B groups,) which caused the avian flu epidemic in Vietnam last year. Nam said that this virus can make the avian flue […]
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