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New dengue cases reported from Cairns, brings total to 70

(The Global Dispatch) Queensland Health is reporting 11 additional dengue fever cases from the city of Cairns in north Queensland bringing the total number to 70, according to an ABC News report today. In response to the 2 month old Cairns outbreak and the outbreak in Port Douglas, which remains unchanged at 17 cases, Queensland  Read More »

H5N1 death of Alberta nurse may have been from illegal Chinese poultry market

(Calgary Sun) An illegal poultry market may be to blame for the H5N1 death of an Alberta woman. That’s according to a letter to the editor to the Journal of Infection by Chinese researchers in Beijing. The researchers drew parallels between the Jan. 8, 2014, case and a Jan. 6, 2009, case where a 19-year-old  Read More »

Dengue Fever on the Rise in Southeast Asia

(The Diplomat) In Malaysia, the signs are ominous. The coming wet season is already shaping up as potentially the worst on record for dengue fever with regional governments stepping up efforts to limit the spread of the potentially deadly disease. Twenty-two people have already died in Malaysia this year from dengue, almost triple the number  Read More »

Uganda: CDC Health Projects Improve Disease Detection and Control

(All Africa) The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) global health security (GHS) projects on early disease detection, response and prevention in Uganda and Vietnam have resulted in improvements in those areas. This was revealed in an article published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released by CDC on January 30. For  Read More »

CDC health projects improve disease detection and control

(The Observer) The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) global health security (GHS) projects on early disease detection, response and prevention in Uganda and Vietnam have resulted in improvements in those areas. This was revealed in an article published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released by CDC on January 30. For  Read More »

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