On February 11th, in Zakarpatie, about 60 people were hospitalized, suspected of having the deadly disease – meningitis. Most of the patients are associated with
Month: February 2011
As China ushered in its Lunar New Year this past week, the city of Beijing has reported 11 new cases and 1 death due to
Just one week after being discovered in Indiana, the deadly White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has been identified in bats located in an old Avery County
This week New York City officials confirmed 3 cases of cholera, the first diagnoses since the outbreak in Haiti started. All the patients attended a
On January 11th, an individual infected with measles flew from Brisbane to Auckland, triggering a public health warning over potential exposure to other passengers. In
An epidemic of influenza has been spreading throughout Russia. Nearly 60 regions in Russia have been severely affected. In Moscow, since January 31st, all elementary
In Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, 32 cases of Hepatitis A were confirmed by the state Secretary of Health in the city of Santo Antônio do
On February 2nd, an outbreak of leptospirosis was reported in two cities of Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil, with Teresópolis reporting 2 confirmed cases
Last week, the Martin County Health Department released an official press release stating that a confirmed case of meningococcal meningitis had been identified in a
The Cholera outbreak in Haiti beginning in October has infected nearly 210,000 people and killed more than 4,000. This terrible disease spread to a neighboring