Recent News

By Category: International

Death toll in Nicaragua’s dengue epidemic reaches 16

(InsideCostaRica) A dengue epidemic sweeping Nicaragua has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy, raising the disease’s death toll there to 16 people, according to officials. The death is the second in less than 24 hours due to dengue, health authorities reported. The disease has infected some 5,795 people in Nicaragua this year.

November 4, 2013
| Filed under North America, South America, International, and Public Health
Share

Deadly bioterror threats: 6 real risks

(FoxNews) Bioterrorism is back in the news with word of a dangerous new strain of botulism, for which there is no antidote. The strain is so powerful, the researchers who discovered it won’t release its genetic code until an antidote is found because they fear it will fall into the wrong hands. U.S. agencies like Read More »

November 4, 2013
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, and International
Share

WHO confirms four more cases of Middle East virus

(Reuters) Three more people in Saudi Arabia have become infected with the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus and one has died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, and it also confirmed the first MERS case in Oman. In a disease outbreak update, the Geneva-based United Nations health agency said the four new Read More »

November 1, 2013
| Filed under Middle East, North America, International, and Public Health
Share

16 new dengue cases, total 547

(TimesofIndia) Doctors of the microbiology department of the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College (GSVM) confirmed 16 new dengue cases on Monday. With this, the number of dengue cases here has gone up to 547. Dr Atul Grag of GSVM’s microbiology department said that among the 16 new cases, seven have been reported at Lala Read More »

October 30, 2013
| Filed under North America, South Asia, International, and Public Health
Share

Polio breaks out in Syria – WHO warns it could spread

(WorldHealthOrganization) The World Health Organization confirmed 10 cases of polio in Syria Tuesday, a sobering development that shows conflict can set back decades of work that had almost eradicated the crippling and deadly virus. It’s the first confirmed outbreak of polio in Syria in 14 years, and World Health Organization officials say it can spread. Read More »