In a major blow for his family, it has been confirmed that a four-year-old boy who is fighting for his life at Durban’s Prince Mshiyeni Hospital, had contracted rabies. The boy, Siphesihle Nzuza from Umlazi, was hospitalised early last month and was in the hospital’s high-care unit after being bitten by a dog, which later died. Read article
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Panama, June 24 (Prensa Latina) Authorities of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Los Santos, Panama, today confirmed a new case of hantavirus in the province, a 39-year-old native of the community of Agua Buena de Cañas, Tonosí district. Confirmation made Kenya Zambrano, regional director of the MoH in Los Santos, who said the patient […]
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They were infected with E.coli and all ate steaks contaminated. Four children and one adult were admitted last week to the University Hospital of Bordeaux and Pau. They were suffering fromsymptoms of E. coli bacteria.Three remain hospitalized Monday in Bordeaux. Have consumed contaminated steaks. Read article
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LONDON — Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil. Read article
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In Italy, mail delivery services are being delayed because of an air transport strike that began on Friday, June 22. International flights arriving and departing from Milan will experience significant delays. Furthermore, flights going to Italy that are carrying letters and other shipments will have mail processing and delivery impacted. According to Travel Weekly, along […]
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Dozens of employees with Puerto Rico’s Ports Authority are protesting a plan to privatize management of the island’s main international airport. Union president Astrid Ortiz accuses the agency of intentionally providing substandard service and of misspending money on contracts, among other things. Read article
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PHNOM PENH, June 26 (Xinhua) — Some 29,510 malaria cases were reported in Cambodia in the first five months of this year, claiming 27 lives, according to a report of the country’s National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control on Tuesday. The report showed that the number of malaria cases declined by 11 percent […]
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In the northeastern part of Surin Province, the infected person of leptospirosis have been confirmed 107 people, have also climbed seven dead. For this reason, since the health authorities of the prefecture is greater risk of infection of farmers, are invited to wear rubber boots and rubber gloves in order to prevent infection during farm […]
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ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the recent outbreak of measles and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), commonly known as Congo fever, in some parts of the country. According to WHO Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, 22 suspected cases of CCHF were reported throughout the country, out of which 15 cases were confirmed, leading […]
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VANCOUVER, Wash. — A teenager was sickened by a strain of salmonella that originated inside a Clark College microbiology lab earlier this month. The teen is a roommate of a student who was in a class studying live salmonella cultures, confirmed Catherine Kroll, an epidemiologist with the Clark County Public Health Department (CCPH). Read article
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