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Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – update

(WHO) On 27 March 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. A 55 year-old woman from Huizhou City, Guangdong Province. She became ill on 16 March and was admitted to hospital on 23 March. She is  Read More »

Rising number of bird flu cases in Cambodia under scrutiny

(ABC Australia) It was the highest number of human cases in the world and more than the total that Cambodia had recorded, since H5N1 was first detected there a decade ago. So far this year, another four Cambodians have died from avian influenza. This week, officials from Cambodia, Vietnam and international agencies have been meeting  Read More »

First Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak reported in Guinea

(Vaccine News Daily) The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa announced on Sunday that it received notification from the Ministry of Health of Guinea that an Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak began in southeastern Guinea. As of March 22, there have been 49 confirmed cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, including 29 deaths. The case fatality  Read More »

EBOLA: “There is no treatment and no vaccine. The priority is to isolate suspected cases.”

(Pulse) The Ebola epidemic confirmed by the Ministry of Health on March 22 is the first to affect Guinea. The latest official statistics put the toll at 86 suspected cases and 60 deaths. The priority of the teams on site is to identify patients with Ebola symptoms and isolate them, while providing high-quality care. In  Read More »

Ebola Victims Face 90% Death Risk; Drugs Start to Emerge

(Bloomberg) Almost 40 years after Ebola emerged from the jungles of Africa as one of the world’s most lethal diseases, scientists are beginning to close in on treatments that may be able to stop the virus. People who are at risk of infection have little protection for now against a virus that kills as many  Read More »

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