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(2011-09-09) A Taichung hospital warned the public Friday [9 Sep 2011] to make sure to fully cook seafood at barbecues after a man recently died 48 hours upon swallowing a single raw oyster. Read More >>

(2011-09-08) According to the European CDC, 11 confirmed cases of legionellosis have been reported in travelers returning from the northern town of Lazise, Verona Province (Veneto Region) since July 2011. More >> 

(2011-07-07) A warning has been issued for people who have recently returned from holidays in Bali after a 2nd person was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease within a week. More >>

(2011-07-07) The situation in Port-au-Prince continues to deteriorate. Most of the contacted cholera treatment centers (CTCs) report that they are at full capacity ..... More >>

(2011-07-07) As many as 11 people have reported getting sick from eating raw oysters contaminated with cholera bacteria in northern Florida, officials said on Tuesday, 10 May 2011. More >>

(2011-07-06) Schistosomiasis grips villages in Leyte town ..... More >>

(2011-07-06) With the [ebolavirus] issue appearing to be over, health authorities are battling at least one, maybe 2 different outbreaks [of hepatitis E] in Karamoja. More >>

(2011-07-06) The following background data on schistosomiasis in the Philippines are abstracted from the Gideon e-book series. [1,2] (Primary references available on request). More >>

(2011-07-06) Wishaw Sports Centre closed its doors last week after the bug, which can cause the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease ..... More >>

(2011-07-06) Health officials have issued a warning for the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area and begun an "urgent investigation" after uncovering a 5th case of Legionella pneumonia. More >>

(2011-07-06) The WPV3 outbreak has been ongoing since November 2007, and Chad is therefore considered to have re-established WPV3 transmission. More >>

(2011-07-06) The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched in 1988. More >>

(2011-06-16) 10 months after the devastating earthquake of 12 Jan 2010, cholera appeared in Haiti for the 1st time in nearly a century. More >> 

(2011-06-16) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) [Taiwan] under the Department of Health [Taiwan] yesterday [26 Apr 2011] confirmed the 1st case of encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba spp in Taiwan. More >>

(2011-06-16) Cote d'Ivoire is experiencing an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) with 3 new cases reported with onset of paralysis on 27 Jan, 24 Feb and 27 Feb this year [2011]. More >>

(2011-06-09) Genetic sequencing of the isolated viruses show that they are linked to WPV3 last detected in mid-2008 in northern Nigeria. More >>

(2011-05-19) As of 28 Mar 2011, cholera outbreak numbers at a glance ..... More >>

(2011-05-19) A gene that makes bugs highly resistant to almost all known antibiotics has been found in bacteria in water supplies in New Delhi ..... More >>

(2011-05-19) The World Health Organization (WHO) said on [30 Mar 2011], 4 new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 have been reported in Pakistan, bringing the total for 2011 to 24. More >>

(2011-04-13) The [Landmark] hotel's leisure club and spa have been off limits since [17 Mar 2011] after staff and guests reported feeling unwell with flu-like symptoms ..... More >>

(2011-04-13) The [death] toll due to cholera in Haiti has reached 4672, since the 1st case was detected in October 2010, an official report said. More >>

(2011-04-13) About 5614 cholera cases with 69 deaths have been recorded nationwide by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). More >>

(2011-04-13) A man is in hospital with the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease after using the leisure centre at a 4-star hotel in Dundee. More >>

(2011-03-30) Miami Valley Hospital [MVH] has discovered bacteria in its water system, according to hospital officials. More >>

(2011-03-30) Los Angeles County health officials said Tuesday [15 Feb 2011] that the number of people who have fallen ill after a 4-day conference that culminated ..... More >>

(2011-03-30) A 9th Miami Valley Hospital patient has tested positive for legionnaires' disease, and one more possible case is pending test results ..... More >>

(2011-03-30) On [4 Nov 2010], a case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was confirmed in a resident of the port city ..... More >>

(2011-03-29) Test results made public Monday [14 Mar 2011] show the hot water system in Miami Valley Hospital's new 12-story addition harbored Legionella bacteria ..... More >>

(2011-03-01) The government of Venezuela has said that it had contained a cholera outbreak that at its peak sickened ..... More >>

(2011-03-01) Haiti's cholera outbreak appears to be diminishing nationwide but the death rate in rural areas remains alarmingly high ..... More >>

(2011-03-01) City officials confirmed on Sat 5 Feb 2011, the 1st known cases of cholera in New York since the outbreak of the disease in Haiti in 2010. More >>

(2011-03-01) Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion has come under the scanner after more than 80 guests at a party there became sick ..... More >>

(2011-03-01) New polio case forces fresh drive in 5 districts. More >>

(2011-02-17) Venezuelan health minister Eugenia Sader said Fri 28 Jan 2011 that 111 people went to the hospital to be checked for cholera ..... More >>

(2011-02-01) The Western Cape Provincial Veterinary Services has reported a case of Rift Valley fever [RVF] in the Great Brak River area. More >>

(2011-02-01) The report highlights additional cases beyond the 5 cases the HEAS (Haiti Epidemic Advisory System) brought to their initial attention. More >>

(2011-02-01) Haiti's cholera death toll has risen to 3759, government figures showed Thu 13 Jan 2011, but daily fatalities linked to the persistent..... More >>

(2011-02-01) The Department of Health has been notified of a 4th Western Australian diagnosed with legionnaires' disease following travel..... More >>

(2011-02-01) Ten people have died reportedly from an unknown disease in remote villages along the Owen Stanley Range in Northern..... More >>

(2011-01-17) A record spike in the number of people with legionnaires' disease has prompted the Canterbury District Health Board ..... More >>

(2011-01-17) There have now been 10 laboratory-confirmed cases of legionnaires' disease due to Legionella pneumophila ..... More >>

(2011-01-17) Haskovo: 16 new cases of hepatitis A have been registered in the hospital in the southern town of Haskovo. More >>

(2011-01-10) There has been a rise in the number of cholera cases in President Robert Mugabe's home district in Zvimba in northern Zimbabwe. More >>

(2011-01-06) Haiti's cholera death toll has soared in recent days with 3333 people dead, official figures show. More >>

(2011-01-05) In a mail dated [9 Dec 2010], Dr Matthieu Bikoko, a local [physician], working for a Belgian NGO, Memisa, reported: *"Yesterday, I participated in an epidemiological surveillance meeting ..... More >>

(2011-01-06) Haiti's cholera toll has passed 2500, official figures showed Sunday [19 Dec 2010], dashing hopes the fatality ...... More >>

(2011-01-04) A total of 2323 people have died and 104 614 have been sickened so far in the cholera epidemic besieging Haiti since mid-October 2010, authorities said Mon 13 Dec 2010. More >>

(2011-01-03) Since the beginning of the epidemic (19 Nov 2010), 93 222 people were infected with cholera and treated ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) Since the beginning of the epidemic (19 Nov 2010), 93 222 people were infected with cholera and treated ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) Poliovirus has been detected in Delhi's sewage triggering fears that the disease might spread.  More >>

(2011-01-03) As a result of poor hygiene standards and the lack of awareness campaigns, hepatitis A is fast spreading in Azad Jammu and Kashmir ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) 2 percent of adult patients with diarrhea (2000 publication), 24 percent of untreated surface water supplies in 1996 ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SMI, has Monday [29 Nov 2010] analyzed drinking water and samples from the water ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) The number of deaths from the cholera epidemic afflicting Haiti since mid-October 2010 has risen to 1721 ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) The death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic rose to 1603 on Thu 25 Nov 2010, up from 1415 just 2 days previously ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) Type 1 wild poliovirus and putative enterovirus 109 in an outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis in Congo, Oct-Nov 2010. More >>

(2011-01-03) The epidemic in Haiti could easily get worse despite efforts to control it, say the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) The cholera outbreak in Haiti has spread across the border to the Dominican Republic and ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) A woman who recently returned to Florida from Haiti has been diagnosed with cholera ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) According to reports from the Madrid Health Council, last 1 Nov 2010, a person died in Madrid as a result of legionellosis ..... More >>

(2011-01-03) The death toll in Haiti's cholera epidemic has reached more than 900, the government reported Sun 14 Nov 2010 ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) The Ministry of Health, on Tuesday [9 Nov 2010], confirmed that a 41 year old African woman had become the 1st cholera case in Saudi Arabia. More >>

(2010-12-21) As of 9 Nov 2010, 184 cases of acute flaccid paralysis and 85 deaths have been reported from the site ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) A Cholera out break in the northeastern Ugandan district of Nakapiripirit has killed five people ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) A 3 week old cholera epidemic that has killed more than 640 people in Haiti is spreading quickly ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) Haiti's cholera outbreak has spread to the country's capital, where 10 deaths raised the number ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) Medical workers in Haiti on Friday [12 Nov 2010] called the upward trend in deaths and illnesses in the cholera ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) A number of employees and patients at the Commonwealth Health Center were stricken with diarrhea last week ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH) is alarmed over the rising number of measles and ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) As cholera continues in Chad, cross-border movements and basic conditions aid the spread of the disease. More >>

(2010-12-21) The death toll in Haiti's cholera epidemic climbed yesterday, reaching 800, according to a United States ..... More >>

(2010-12-21) BRENDAN TREMBATH: The World Health Organization is about to start a mass vaccination drive in three central African countries ..... More >>

(2010-11-24) A doctor in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, says she has seen cases of suspected cholera, sparking fears that the epidemic has spread to the city. More >>

(2010-11-24) At least 16 people have died and hundreds more are ill after a fresh cholera outbreak in eastern Zimbabwe ..... More >>

(2010-11-24) A cholera epidemic has spread into Haiti's capital, imperiling nearly 3 million people living in Port-au-Prince ..... More >>

(2010-11-24) Officials with the United Nations (UN) confirmed that the cholera epidemic in Haiti has spread from the countryside ..... More >>

(2010-11-24) A Cholera out break in the northeastern Ugandan district of Nakapiripirit has killed five people and ..... More >>

(2010-11-19) Five new cases of  Legionnaires' disease (legionella) have been diagnosed in Madrid in the last 24 hours ..... More >>

(2010-11-19) In the digital collection of the United States National Library of Medicine, I found an interesting ..... More >>

(2010-11-19) MRI image of the brainstem of a paralysed child, showing brainstem encephalitis ..... More >>

(2010-11-19) The Public Health Ministry reported 10 days ago that the outbreaks since May in the extreme northern part ..... More >>

(2010-11-19) Two public health experts, including an U.N. official, said, on Wednesday, researchers have yet to determine ..... More >>

(2010-11-19) 4 November 2010 An acute outbreak of poliomyelitis is occurring in the Republic of Congo, with 120 cases of acute flaccid paralysis and 58 deaths. More >>

(2010-11-19) SACHET water producers in the Western Region are up in arms against what they see as an attempt by the government to sabotage their business. More >>

(2010-11-18) An acute outbreak of poliomyelitis is occurring in the Republic of Congo, with 120 cases of acute flaccid paralysis and 58 deaths. More >>

(2010-11-18) Outbreaks Following Wild Poliovirus Importations --- Europe, Africa, and Asia, January 2009-September 2010. More >>

(2010-11-16) An acute outbreak of poliomyelitis is occurring in the Republic of Congo, with 120 cases of acute flaccid paralysis and 58 deaths. More >>

(2010-11-16) Safety reassurances have been offered to people who enjoy water sports on the River Witham following the death ..... More >>

(2010-11-16) An epidemic similar to poliomyelitis has been raging in Pointe-Noire, the principal economic and industrial center of the Congo ..... More >>

(2010-11-15) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) - situation report 9: cholera outbreak in Haiti. More >>

(2010-11-15) Medical detectives working in Haiti believe the original source of the bacterium that caused the recent cholera epidemic was someplace in south Asia. More >>

(2010-11-15) Confirming the deaths of 2 children from suspected cholera in Monze, district medical officer Dr Kenneth Chibwe ..... More >>

(2010-11-15) The death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic spiked to 442 on Wednesday, 3 Nov 2010, with 105 more deaths since ..... More >>

(2010-11-15) Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed ..... More >>

(2010-11-15) Fresh polio fear hits Kano, Sokoto, Katsina. More >>

(2010-11-15) Scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have Haitian cholera bacteria ..... More >>

(2010-11-15) As of 27 Oct 2010, the Ministry of Health in Haiti (MSPP) reported 4722 cholera cases including 303 deaths. More >>

(2010-11-15) There are several genotypes of hepatitis E virus [HEV]. Genotype 1 and 2 infect humans ..... More >>

(2010-11-08) Polio is back in Uganda barely a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) ..... More >>

(2010-11-02) Haiti reported 25 more cholera deaths as UN health officials warned the epidemic was not ..... More >>

(2010-11-01) Nearly 300 000 suspected malaria cases, including some confirmed cases of a severe form of the disease ..... More >>

(2010-11-01) The recent reports from Cornwall remind us that autochthonous cases of hepatitis E ..... More >>

(2010-11-01) The Local Health Council (Conselleria de Sanidad) agreed that 2 car washing ..... More >>

(2010-11-01) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) - situation report 4: cholera outbreak in Haiti More >>

(2010-11-01) UN officials say Nigeria has seen more than 1500 deaths from cholera in 2010 More >>

(2010-11-01) An outbreak of cholera has spread from a rural valley in central Haiti to the nation's capital More >>

(2010-11-01) Britons warned not to eat undercooked pork More >>

(2010-10-28) The number of detected cases of polio among children in Pakistan rose ..... More >>

(2010-10-26) Laboratory tests in Haiti have confirmed cholera as the cause of an outbreak of severe diarrhea ...... More >>

(2010-10-26) New cases of wild polio detected in Kasai-Occidental. More >>

(2010-10-26) Norovirus confirmed in BC oysters. More >>

(2010-10-26) Afghanistan: polio risk from 2 directions. More >>

(2010-10-26) An outbreak of legionnaires' disease, which saw 2 deaths and 22 people infected, has been officially declared over. More >>

(2010-10-02) In face of a cholera pandemic in resource-constrained settings ..... More >>

(2010-10-02) Oyster illness outbreak under investigation ..... More >>

(2010-10-02) Increasing numbers of cases of people poisoned by spoiled or contaminated mussels are occurring ..... More >>

(2010-10-02) It seems to me, if [the Legionnaires' disease outbreak occurring in South Wales ..... More >>

(2010-09-16) A cholera outbreak in northern Cameroon has killed 387 people, the Ministry of Public Health said ..... More >>

(2010-09-08) The fast-spreading cholera outbreak has claimed 2 lives in the Federal Capital Territory ..... More >>

(2010-09-03) Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health and the World Health Organization (WHO).... More >>

(2010-09-03) Venezuela investigates mass poisoning More >>

(2010-09-03) At least 1370 cases of cholera have been reported in recent days in Hangu..... More >>

(2010-09-03) Cold empties Bolivian rivers of fish. Antarctic cold snap kills millions of aquatic animals in the Amazon. More >>

(2010-08-30) At least 12 more people including 8 children lost their lives on Tuesday [24 Aug 2010] due.... More >>

(2010-08-20) At least 8 people including 2 children died during a breakout of cholera and diarrhea after deadly.... More >>

(2010-008-30) The Disasters Emergency Committee has expressed grave concern following reports of cholera.... More>>

(2010-08-30) An outbreak of the water-borne disease melioidosis has infected 1307 people.... More>>

(2010-08-26) Cholera, Diarrhea and dysentery update 2010 (15) Pakistan ..... More >>

(2010-08-26) Unfortunately, cholera has returned to Puerto Real (Cadiz, Andalusia). Yesterday [16 Aug 2010] ..... More >>

(2010-08-23) According to the head of the Community Health Office, Dhirjung Shah, a 35 year old man, local resident of .....  More >>

(2010-08-19) The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan has since [1 Jan 2010] reported 430 cases of polio following ..... More >>

(2010-08-19) County and state health officials on Friday [30 Jul 2010] said several people have become ill after consuming water ..... More >>

(2010-08-19) Ohio health officials are investigating whether 9 people who reported suffering from stomachaches ..... More >>

(2010-08-19) Several cases of illness from eating raw oysters and lab detection of bacteria that can ..... More >>

(2010-08-19) Minister says there isn't an outbreak of polio. More >>

(2010-08-19) Since May 2010, the Far North Region of Cameroon has experienced a severe cholera outbreak, the country's biggest outbreak in the last 10 years. More >>

(2010-07-08) Cluster of Legionnaires 'disease associated with a public whirlpool Spa, France, April - May 2010. More >>

(2010-07-19) Interesting article. You can find more information about this article... More >>

(2010-08-16) A total of 43 Vallgorguina residents have been affected by an outbreak of Pontiac fever, stated the mayor, Joan Mora. More >>

(2010-07-19) The Public Health Council has identified the source of the most recent Legionella outbreak occurring in Alcoy, which has already affected 9 persons... More >>

(2010-07-08) Papua New Guineans have been sternly urged to forego all burial rituals when handling... More >> 

(2010-07-08) Polio outbreak in Tajikistan raises risk of reigniting spread elsewhere... More >> 

(2010-07-08) Although less recognized than other forms of viral hepatitis, several studies have suggested that hepatitis E virus infection... More >> 

(2010-07-08) Health officials say 2 cases of hepatitis E, thought rare in the United States, have been reported in Texas and blamed for one death. More >> 

(2010-07-08) Giardia cases have risen almost 50 per cent nationwide in the past 3 months, with concerns about an outbreak in the Wellington [capital] region. More >> 

(2010-01-07) Countries in Africa and Asia are reporting several outbreaks of Cholera disease, diarrhoea and dysentery, warns The Travel Clinic. More >> 

(2010-15-06) There is a new outbreak of Legionnaires Disease in Alcoy, where 4 cases have already been confirmed. More >> 

(2010-06-15) Laboratory tests have proved polio diagnosis in 2 Tajik children in Russia's Urals Chelyabinsk region More >> 

(2010-06-14) The Sverdlovsk Rospotrebnadzor [Russian Federal Agency for Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare] confirmed More >> 

(2010-06-02) 4 persons lost their lives following an outbreak of cholera at Ibwa community in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. More >> 

(2010-05-31) A possible epidemic that causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea in young children has been reported More >> 

(2010-05-26) Papua New Guinea's Minister of Health has declared a public health emergency in Central Province More >> 

(2010-05-26) According to Shamsidin Jabirov, the head of the National Immunization Centre More >> 

(2010-05-06) Freshway Foods is voluntarily recalling products containing romaine lettuce with a use by date of 12 May 2010 or earlier More >> 

(29-04-2010) 171 cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) have been reported by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan from January (2010) to present. More >> 

(29-04-2010) On 23 Apr 2010, the World Health Organisation announced the confirmation of wild poliovirus serotype 1 (WPV1) in 7 samples from children with More >> 

(28-04-2010) The incidence of hepatitis [A] virus infection has increased markedly in Moscow. An increasing number of cases of hepatitis A and acute intestinal More >> 

 (24-04-2010) The following information has been sent by our health specialists fromTajikistan: More >> 

(22-04-2010) Russia is ready to help Tajikistan in the fight against the polio outbreak in response to an outbreak of polio reported in Tajikistan More >> 

(15-04-2010) A new report by the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] confirmed a new strain of norovirus, which, in Louisiana, "has sickened More >> 

(08-04-2010) Compared with 2009, this year the [number of] cases of hepatitis in the city have increased by over 50 percent, according to More >> 

(06-04-2010) Around 17 students staying at the Government Dental College Hostel at CST [Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus have been suffering from hepatitis A [virus infection] in the last few days, due More>> 

(04-04-2010) After at least 38 people became sick after eating raw oysters during the past month [March 2010], Louisiana's seafood More>> 

(25-03-2010) This paper describes several simultaneous outbreaks of norovirus infection linked to the consumption of raw oysters. Since January 2010, 334 cases in More>> 

(18-03-2010) A 28-year-old woman in Tay Ho district was hospitalized at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases on 12 Mar 2010 in serious condition, but  More >> 

According to Yonhap News, Korean health authorities on Friday [19 Feb 2010] confirmed the country's 1st cholera patient of 2010 More >> 

More than 160 people in the Himachal Pradesh state capital [Shimla] have tested positive for hepatitis E [virus infection] More >>