Category Bacteria Alert

Thousands test positive for bacterial disease after leak from Chinese factory #Bacteria #Disease #China

A gas leak at a Chinese research lab has infected over 3,000 people with a bacterial disease that can cause lifelong illness. Staff working at China Animal Husbandry Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Factory, which used the bacteria that cause brucellosis in animals…

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…