Category: Health alert
Here’s Why Your Cellphone Has More Germs Than Toilet Seats
Cellphones are often passed between people which spreads the germs around – but they are never cleaned which is why it contains 10 times more bacteria than most toilet seats, according to experts. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University […]
Five More Tested Positive For Swine Flu in Lucknow
INDIA- A day after swine flu claimed an elderly person, five more cases were tested positive for H1N1 virus in Lucknow. Samples of five people, brought to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) with symptoms of the […]
Chemical in Lipstick, Toothpaste may Trigger Heart Problems
Researchers have warned that a chemical commonly used in lipsticks, face washes and toothpaste can cause heart and muscle problems. They have found that ‘Triclosan’, which is in hundreds of household products, can hinder the process by which muscles, including […]
Too close for comfort: Evacuees get skin disease, diarrhea
Respiratory infections, skin diseases and diarrhea were among the conditions hounding many Filipinos from Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Southern Luzon who were affected by recent heavy rain and floods. The Department of Health said Friday at least 2,000 Filipinos […]
Disease alert after PH floods
Manila, Philippines – Emergency relief officials and doctors deployed to flood devastated communities in the Philippines Sunday to prevent outbreaks of disease as the death toll jumped to 85. While floods have gone down significantly around the capital Manila, many […]
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease kills 8 in central China
CHANGSHA – Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) sickened 17,058 people and killed 8 in July in central China’s Hunan province, the provincial health authorities said Monday. The disease incidence rate in July was much lower than that of previous months, the department […]
Report predicts rapid chronic disease growth in China
BEIJING- Chronic diseases will experience rapid development in China, as the number of patients is expected to triple or even quadruple in the coming two decades, a newly-released report warns. “With an increasingly aging population and various factors that lead […]
Fears of Ebola outbreak as patient admitted in Kenya’s coast
MOMBASA, KENYA – Fears gripped Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa on Friday after a truck driver was quarantined at the local hospital. The patient was admitted that the Aga Khan Hospital after he was suspected to be infected with the […]
2 cutaneous anthrax cases confirmed in E China
BEIJING – Two cases of cutaneous anthrax have been confirmed in Lianyungang of East China’s Jiangsu province, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said here Monday. Skin irritations were found among seven villagers in Lianyungang, said Deng Haihua, the […]
Bird flu claims 9th victim in Indonesia this year
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Health Ministry says bird flu has killed a 37-year-old man in central Indonesia, marking the country’s ninth fatality this year. The Ministry’s website said Monday that the man died July 30 in Yogyakarta province after […]
