Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Congo announces four new Ebola cases in country's northeast

At least four new cases of the Ebola virus have emerged in Congo's northeast, just a week after an outbreak in the northwest was declared over, the country's health ministry said Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola reaches an urban area in Congo. What now?

The global health community gulped Thursday with the announcement that a case of Ebola had been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million in Congo, bringing the latest outbreak of the often deadly hemorrhagic fever out of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Congo announces 1st death amid Ebola outbreak in northwest

Congo's minister of health on Thursday announced the first death since a new Ebola outbreak was declared in the country, as well as nine other cases of people sickened by a hemorrhagic fever that is suspected as Ebola.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Congo announces first confirmed death from Ebola outbreak

Congo's minister of health says the first death from a new outbreak of Ebola in the country's northwest has been confirmed along with 11 other cases of people sickened by the virus.

Cardiology

Dengue fever linked to increased risk of stroke

A new study has found that people with dengue fever have a higher risk of stroke, especially in the first 2 months following infection. The study is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Prior dengue infection does not increase Zika disease severity

Individuals infected with Zika virus after having dengue fever do not appear to become more severely ill than people with Zika who have never had dengue. This is the conclusion of a study published on June 20 in the journal ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

8 in 10 Indonesian children has been infected with dengue

Indonesia has one of the highest burdens of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne virus, in the world, and children account for many cases. Well over half of all children in urban areas are infected with dengue by the age of 5, ...

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