“Crowd diseases” to which you could be exposed in this Soccer World Cup... Public health authorities have created response plans for possible outbreaks, focusing on vaccination and awareness of prevalent diseases
Ebola cases increase in the world: US announces new quarantine plan... The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which causes the current outbreak, mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, lacks treatments and vaccines
Prevention or suggestion? Flight diverted to Canada due to Ebola concerns: FIFA and WHO tighten controls for the World..... Concern is evident in the US about the risks of being exposed to a massive epidemic or new pandemic, as occurred with COVID-19
It's not hantavirus or Ebola!: Massive and deadly measles outbreak originating in Bangladesh worries US experts.... Measles vaccination rates have fallen, exposing many children to a highly contagious disease
Can pets transmit hantavirus to humans?... If a pet brings a rodent home, care should be taken to avoid exposure to the virus and clean properly.
More about the Bundibugyo virus, the Ebola species that is wreaking havoc: a strain that has no vaccines or treatment... Healthcare workers and families of sick people face the greatest risk, with a high infection rate among them
Young man arrested in Arkansas for threatening mass shooting at Walmart due to possible confinement due to hantavirus... The Marion County Sheriff's Office confirmed that he was arrested on Friday and charged with first-degree terroristic threatening and harassing communications.
What does the declaration of a global health emergency due to Ebola imply?... Certain species of bats are believed to be hosts of Ebola and from them the virus is transmitted to other animals and people
Revelations about the Andes strain: first genetic analysis of the cruise hantavirus rules out that it is due to mutation... Canada confirmed that one of its four citizens who returned home from the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak tested positive for the virus.
Purple onion with garlic and aloe to cure flu: Does it really work?... Although the three ingredients provide natural benefits to the body, doctors are not convinced that it is an effective remedy against the flu
Alarming increase of candidemia in the US, reveals study... It was identified that the most common species was Candida albicans, but the proportion of infections due to Candida auris has also increased.
Washington keeps 41 people under surveillance for exposure to hantavirus... No cases have been confirmed in US territory, although the CDC activated a special follow-up operation
California could be the first state to ban constructions with artificial stone, to protect the health of workers... Silicosis reduces long-term quality of life by causing progressive respiratory failure, functional limitation, pain, and chronic fatigue.
More than half a hundred restaurants have closed in Los Angeles due to pest and rodent infestation... Mild winters and high-population density have contributed to the proliferation of pests, with a 34% increase in requests for control services
More than 1,700 people confined on a cruise in France after suspected a gastrointestinal outbreak and the death of a pas... The ship, which left Belfast, is in the port of Bordeaux after 49 people fell ill due to a gastrointestinal illness
Hantavirus: how to know if there are rats in the home and remove them... Noises, droppings, and cracks can alert you to rats in your home, a risk closely linked to hantavirus and other diseases.
They confirm that drug used for another disease serves against hantavirus... This discovery comes at a critical moment, when a cruise with 150 passengers was hit with the virus
The MV Hondius cruise leaves Tenerife, Spain, after evacuating all passengers... 26 crew remain on the ship and it is expected to take about five days to arrive to Rotterdam
Washington defends its exit from WHO as tension rises over hantavirus... “We were paying $500 million dollars a year and they weren't treating well; they were making wrong diagnoses,” the president noted
17 Americans from MV Hondius cruise repatriated due to hantavirus outbreak; one tested positive and another presents mil... They will be transferred to medical centers in Nebraska for monitoring, WHO recommends quarantine
In images: the evacuation of passengers from the cruise affected by the hantavirus in Spain... The ship anchored in Spanish waters the morning of this Sunday
What are the risks of hantavirus in the U.S.? This does the CDC say... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on the level of risk in the U.S. following an outbreak on a cruise ship
The WHO affirms that the hantavirus outbreak does not mark the beginning of a pandemic after confirming 5 cases on the c... "This is not influenza; it spreads in a different way," said the WHO's director of epidemic and pandemic prevention and preparedness
California and two states monitoring residents after hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship... Health officials in Arizona and Georgia also remain alert for a possible spread of the virus, although they consider the risk to be low
California, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona: where the risk of hantavirus and how it is spread... Rural areas of the US concentrate cases of hantavirus: what situations increase the risk and what signs oblige to consult on time
WHO confirms 8 cases of hantavirus on Hondius cruise, but maintains low risk for public health... The World Health Organization maintains its assessment on the outbreak, which it rates as serious but contained and the global risk remains low
Spain will receive in Tenerife the cruise ship affected by the hantavirus outbreak to evacuate passengers... The Spanish authorities had announced that they would accept the request of the World Health Organization that the ship head to the Canary Islands
Three dead on cruise trigger global alert about hantavirus: investigating human to human strain... Hantavirus is spread by rodents, but the strain on an Oceanwide Expeditions boat could be human to human
The hantavirus reappeared: what is this outbreak about?... Considered rare and not easily transmissible between people, the hantavirus outbreak has sparked an alert response from health authorities.
