The daily number of new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) cases is now nine times higher outside China than in the country where the disease was first detected.
Mar 4, 2020
0
11
(HealthDay)—Surveillance data for acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) suggests a viral etiology, according to a study published online Oct. 7 in Pediatrics.
Oct 7, 2019
0
5
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often "invisible" in national population surveys that collect only the minimum data for disability, according to researchers at The Ohio State University College ...
Oct 4, 2019
0
7
(HealthDay)—The proportion of diphtheria case-patients younger than 15 years of age decreased as diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) 3 coverage increased, according to a study published in the October issue of Emerging Infectious ...
Sep 19, 2019
0
0
In 2017, the majority (58 percent) of the almost 27,000 newly reported hepatitis B cases in the European Union and European Economic Area were classified as chronic infections. This follows a consistent upward trend in reported ...
Jun 21, 2019
0
0
European surveillance data show a 10 percent decrease in newly reported hepatitis C cases between 2016 and 2017. However, with more than 31,000 recorded cases in 2017, diagnoses remain at a high level in the European Union ...
Apr 3, 2019
0
2
The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak. As is the case with any disease caused by pathogenic viruses – like Zika or influenza – Ebola spreads dangerously and unpredictably. This makes tracking ...
Jan 14, 2019
0
2
A Sydney playground was closed earlier this year after children and adults suffered a spate of injuries including broken bones, burns and bruises on a giant tube-slide. The Hilltop Playground had been open for less than one ...
Oct 29, 2018
0
0
A reliable means of predicting disease risk and communities engaged in controlling mosquito populations are helping South Dakotans get a handle on West Nile virus. It did not happen by chance.
Sep 11, 2018
0
3
A new study suggests a drug that was used in the past to treat gonorrhoea could help tackle infections that are resistant to current treatments.
Nov 1, 2017
0
1
