The National Animal Health Services of Costa Rica (SENASA) recently reported four cases of bovine paralytic rabies in Alajuela, a province in northern Costa Rica.
Month: December 2011
While people suffering from sinus infections are reaching for their neti pots, hoping for unobstructed nasal passageways, the Louisiana Department of Health reminds residents to
A recent survey conducted by EcoHealth Alliance has shown that fewer than 1 in 5 people realize that the next pandemic will most likely come
The second case of the influenza H1N2 virus ever recorded in humans was identified early this week in Minnesota. The infant fell ill in October
A team of researchers, led by Nita Bharti of Princeton University, recently applied a new method of tracking migration patterns in the developing world to
The Dec. 12 edition of the Pakistan Daily Times warns of avian influenza, or H5N1, “looming” over the country. In June 2011, the Pakistani government
On Thursday, Dec. 8, nine people reported illness Buryatia Republic a south-central region of Siberia in Russia. Epidemiological investigation concluded that wild boar meat eaten
November 2011, the Korean Center for Disease Control determined that a 54-year-old woman, who died earlier this year, died of iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). After
On July 3, 2009, a 77-year old Swedish man went out kayaking when he suddenly developed acute diarrhea, followed by fever, chills and loss of
Plasmodium falciparum attracts over 95 percent of funding for malaria research and control. Historically, this makes sense; of the four different species of Plasmodium parasites,