Frontpage » Tag » outbreak

News tagged with outbreak

Related topics: e coli , centers for disease control and prevention , world health organization , death , flu




Mass. Gov. proposes new compounding pharmacy rules

(AP)—Gov. Deval Patrick is proposing tighter regulations on compounding pharmacies following last year's deadly meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts company.

Health created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Influenza on the increase in Norway

The 2012-2013 influenza season in Norway is emerging and above the epidemic threshold. The activity at the moment is of medium intensity. The three different influenza viruses that are circulating are all ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flu? Malaria? Disease forecasters look to the sky

Sunny with a chance of flu? That's what some health scientists are thinking, as they study the weather for clues about how to predict disease outbreaks.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wave of illness subsides on Caribbean cruise

The cruise line that operates the Queen Mary 2 says an apparent outbreak of gastrointestinal illness has subsided as the ship heads back to port.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zambia sees new cholera outbreak

Cholera has broken out in northern Zambia this week, with at least 30 cases recorded in the past three days, a health official said Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pakistan child measles deaths surge in 2012

Measles cases surged in Pakistan in 2012 with hundreds of children dying of the disease, an international health body said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Suspected norovirus hits 400 on two Christmas cruises

An outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea has sickened more than 400 vacationers and crew members aboard two Christmas-time cruises in the Caribbean, the CDC said Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Suspected norovirus outbreak kills four in Japan hospital

A suspected norovirus outbreak has killed four people and infected almost 100 others at a hospital in the Japanese city of Yokohama south of Tokyo, officials said.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recent U.S. food-linked listeriosis outbreaks shorter

(HealthDay)—Compared with earlier outbreaks, more recent food-associated listeriosis outbreaks in the United States have been shorter and affected fewer people, according to research published online Dec. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UN chief names special advisor for Haiti cholera

The UN chief on Friday named a US health expert as special advisor in fighting Haiti's cholera epidemic, which has claimed more than 7,750 lives and is widely blamed on UN peacekeepers.

Health created Dec 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bangladesh slaughters 150,000 birds over avian flu

Bangladesh's livestock authorities are slaughtering around 150,000 chickens at a giant poultry farm near Dhaka after the worst outbreak of avian flu in five years, officials said Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Norovirus kills six in Japanese hospital: officials

The norovirus has killed six elderly people in a rural Japanese hospital and infected dozens of other patients and staff, officials said Sunday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

States lagging in emergency preparedness, report shows

(HealthDay)—While significant progress has been made in the past 10 years, many states still fall short in their preparedness for public health emergencies such as disease outbreaks, natural disasters and ...

Health created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA chief renews push for specialty pharmacy rules

(AP)—The head of the Food and Drug Administration renewed her push for new rules to help police pharmacies like the one that triggered a deadly meningitis outbreak, even as members of Congress expressed little interest ...

Health created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Way to make one-way flu vaccine discovered

A new process to make a one-time, universal influenza vaccine has been discovered by a researcher at Georgia State University's Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection and his partners.

Medications created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast