Pestilence and Disease

GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) — Health officials in Ohio say 10 people now have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease amid an outbreak at a recently opened ...

The spread of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) appears to be accelerating with more than 2,000 cases recorded, two-thirds of them fatal, according to government figures, and the World Health Organization (WHO). The number of confirmed cases reached the milestone three times as quickly as it took to reach 1,000, experts said on Tuesday. Eastern DRC is now in the midst of the second-worst outbreak of the disease in history. Attacks by rebel groups have complicated health workers' efforts to contain it. In Beni, 16 people were killed in clashes with suspected Allied...

Immigrants have been quarantined in over 30 ICE detention centers across the U.S. for mumps and a few cases of chickenpox in recent months, according to a Quartz investigation into information shared by attorneys. Why it matters: Mumps is from a fast-spreading but relatively mild virus that sometimes causes serious complications. But the people who are quarantined also are not allowed access to their attorneys and cannot attend bond or asylum proceedings, Quartz points out. By the numbers: Quartz found nearly 300 confirmed cases of mumps in ICE facilities and other immigration detention cen...

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo More than 1,300 people have died in what is now the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history with the number of cases increasing significantly in recent weeks to between 15-20 new cases per day. Geneva/Nairobi, 4 June 2019 – Aid organisations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need to “reset” their response to the current Ebola outbreak and place more emphasis on understanding and addressing persistent community fears, mistrust and concerns. Nicole Fassina, Ebola V...

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese agriculture ministry on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of O-type foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in Ruoqiang County, ...

Hundreds of people have been queuing for tuberculosis screenings following an outbreak of the disease in Carmarthenshire. People who may have been ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added Tennessee to a list of states where hedgehogs have been linked to an ...

PIG FARMERS are being urged to be vigilant following an outbreak of swine dysentery in the north-east of Scotland.

Health workers across Florida are working hard to provide free or low-cost vaccinations to prevent the spread of Hepatitis A. In the last week, more than 100 new ...

1. CDC says New York measles outbreak drives new cases in historically bad year for disease
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2. Measles outbreak: Disease is booming, reaching 764 cases in 23 states
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3. The US is having its largest measles outbreak in 25 years — here's who needs another dose of the vaccine
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4. Measles outbreak: New York doctors urge lawmakers to end religious exemptions to vaccine
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Arizona is seeing a surge in hepatitis A cases, mostly in the Tucson area but also in metro Phoenix, health officials say.

Getting the hepatitis A vaccine also helps prevent the illness, but it only works if given within two weeks of exposure. More than one shot is needed. Credit: ...

CHAPEL HILL — A North Carolina elementary school has sent six students and one staffer home with whooping cough.

Colorado health officials are working to slow a hepatitis A outbreak that began in October and has already resulted in 52 cases of the contagious liver infection, ...

By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Maine could soon prohibit parents from citing religious or personal beliefs to avoid vaccinating their children, making the U.S. state ...

1. This is the worst measles outbreak in 20 years
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2. Measles Cases Surpass 700 as Outbreak Continues Unabated
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3. Measles History 101: How Serious Is This Year's Measles Outbreak? : Shots - Health News
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4. As Measles Cases Top 700 Nationwide, Public Health Officials Worry Disease Is Gaining Significant Foothold In U.S.
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5. Measles has surged in some parts of the US. Some people might need a booster.
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At least 156 people in 10 states have been infected with a strain of Escherichia coli after eating ground beef at home and in restaurants, the Centers for Disease ...

English News and Press Release on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Health, Children, Women and Epidemic; published on 25 Apr 2019 by WHO.

CDC researchers identified campylobacter, a bacteria most often found in chicken, raw milk and contaminated water, as the No. 1 cause of bacterial foodborne ...

Restaurants are being dragged into the measles epidemic as frequent points of contamination, inadvertent victims themselves of a major.

A nationwide Hepatitis A outbreak has made its way to Georgia and metro Atlanta.

The Broward County Health Department confirms seven cases of Hepatitis A in adults in 2019, making the county a high-risk zone for the liver disease, just like ...

A case of measles confirmed in Maryland last week appears not to have spread into the greater Washington area, officials said Thursday, but government health ...

From 2014 to 2017, more than one-fifth of healthcare-associated outbreak consultations undertaken by the CDC were for non-Legionella water-related ...

Health officials across the country are struggling to control what has become one of the worst measles outbreaks in years, and California is no exception.