Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Stopping onchocerciasis on two sides of a border

Pathogens don't pay attention to international borders, with transmission and endemic areas often stretching between countries. In the new work, Moses Katabarwa of the Carter Center, USA, and colleagues report in PLOS Neglected ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UN agency warns of new global bird flu threat

The UN food agency on Tuesday warned the world risked a surge in bird flu outbreaks unless countries strengthen their monitoring against dangerous animal diseases despite economic hardship.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Danes halt virus restrictions; rest of Europe a patchwork

Denmark took the European Union lead Tuesday by scrapping most pandemic restrictions as the Scandinavian country no longer considers COVID-19 "a socially critical disease." European nations elsewhere had a patchwork of different ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Border closures creating potential long-term mental health crisis

Australia's extended international COVID-19 border closures have led to high levels of psychological distress across the community, with experts suggesting future pandemic policy settings consider the toll on people's mental ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Coronavirus: main measures taken in Europe

Confinements, schools, shops and borders closed, gatherings banned. Here are the main measures being taken in Europe to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

China reports another death from H7N9 bird flu (Update)

A man in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, state media said Wednesday, bringing the total deaths attributed to the virus to three since the first human cases.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Fully vaccinated Canadians exempt from quarantine in July

Fully vaccinated Canadian citizens who test negative for COVID-19 will be exempt from two weeks of quarantine when returning to the country in early July, officials said Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Variant surge at border forces Bangladesh into new lockdown

In a state-run hospital near Bangladesh's border with India, Shahinul Islam prays his father does not become one of the facility's more than 300 patients who've died this month from the coronavirus.

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