Over 400 cases of acute hemmorrhagic conjunctivitis have been reported in clinics throughout Ghana. This viral infection is highly contagious and typically resolves after two
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Today, the Venezuelan government confirmed 415 cases of H1N1 influenza in Venezuela. This is twice as many cases as there were last week, meaning that
There have been many reports of children in nursery schools in Lviv, Ukraine having symptoms indicative of chickenpox. In one nursery, 10 children became ill,
On February 7th, 2011, New Zealand news sources announced that a Wellington woman was dead and two others were seriously ill after returning from
On March 21st, in the Trans-Baikal region, the State Veterinary Service received confirmation of an occurrence of Foot and Mouth Disease in domestic livestock
Fifteen people have died from meningitis in Ghana’s Upper West Region with over 100 cases reported. Ghana is located in the Meningitis Belt of sub-Saharan
Two cases avian influenza (H5N1) have been reported in the Kamalapur area of Dhaka. The first case is a one year old girl and second
Since early February 2011 deaths from both pneumonic and bubonic plague have been occurring in Northern Madagascar. As of February 23rd a total of 45
On March 11th, 2011 a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck just off the coast or Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, 231 miles northeast of Tokyo. The largest ever recorded in
Inspired by uprisings in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt, Libyans began protesting against Muammar Gaddafi on February 15th. Gadaffi responded with violent military action, leading UN