Category: Health alert
MERS incubation period in doubt
South Korean health authorities said Sunday they were tracing the route of infection for the most recent case of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, whose symptoms may have manifested a week after the estimated maximum incubation period of the disease. […]
Suspected Congo Ebola victims test negative for the virus
Six hunters in the Democratic Republic of Congo who fell sick and were suspected to have Ebola have tested negative for the virus, the health minister said on Saturday. The government and World Health Organization investigated a possible outbreak about […]
Liberia: 200 Reportedly Had Contact With Ebola Victim
The World Health Organization reported Friday that nearly 200 people had been in contact with a 17-year-old in Liberia who was confirmed to have died of Ebola on June 28, the country’s first Ebola case since May 9, when it […]
Experimental treatment sends deadly leukemia into remission
An experimental new treatment approach for a rare, deadly leukemia can send the disease into remission even in patients for whom the standard therapy has failed, buying them more time to have the stem cell transplant that could save their […]
Liberia investigating animal link after Ebola re-emerges
Liberia confirmed a third Ebola case on Thursday, nearly two months after it was declared Ebola free, and officials said they were investigating whether the disease had spread through animals before resurfacing. Dr Moses Massaquoi, case management team leader for […]
Ebola crisis: Liberia’s new outbreak spreads
Authorities on Tuesday quarantined an area on Tuesday where the teenager’s corpse was found but two more cases have been announced A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in Liberia, following the death of a teenager from the virus […]
Death toll from Pakistani heatwave reaches over 800
The death toll from a heatwave in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has passed 800, hospital officials say, as mortuaries reached capacity. At least 780 people have died in Karachi, BBC Urdu reported. Another 30 deaths were reported elsewhere in the […]
Report Shows Widespread Mistreatment by Health Workers During Childbirth
They are slapped and pinched during labor, yelled at, denied pain medicine, neglected and forced to share beds with other women who just gave birth. And that is just a partial list of the abuses and humiliations inflicted on women […]
Fish Poisoning More Common Than Believed
Poisonings from a toxin carried by barracuda and other sport fish have been seriously underestimated in Florida, according to a new study — and the problem is far more common in fishing communities around the world than has been recognized, […]
Half of heart disease deaths due to preventable factors
In the U.S., preventable risk factors still account for 50 % of deaths from cardiovascular disease among adults age 45 to 79, according to a new analysis. But even if every state brought levels of those risk factors – such […]
