Category Medical Alert

#Ebola outbreak in DR #Congo declared as an International Public #Health #Emergency

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). “It is time for the world to take notice and…

12 #dead as rare #bacterial #infection spreads through #Essex, #UK

Twelve people have died of a rare bacterial infection that has spread in Essex. There have been 32 reported cases of the disease, called invasive Group A streptococcus (iGAS), the NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed. It said…