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The World Health Organization, also known as WHO, is reporting 50 new cases of the Ebola virus today. In all, the disease has triggered 500 deaths since February in the three West African nations of Sierre Leone, Liberia and…
The UAE’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced two new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Abu Dhabi. In a statement cited by news agency WAM, the Ministry said both patients were “stable and receiving necessary…
Ghana is treating a suspected case of the deadly Ebola virus, the health ministry said. The virus has so far killed more than 460 people since it broke out in Guinea in February and spread to neighbouring Liberia and…
Common Ohio mosquitos are now spreading a serious virus with a very exotic sounding name. By now, most of Ohio have heard about the West Nile virus but since July 4 there have been about 50 cases in the United…
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has identified the state’s first two cases of travel-associated chikungunya virus. The patients, both of whom are adults from Sedgwick County, reported recent, but separate, travel to the Caribbean. “Chikungunya virus can…
Health Vice Minister María Esther Anchía on Friday confirmed that a French tourist is officially the first patient to test positive for the Chikungunya virus in Costa Rica. The woman, whose identity was not disclosed, visited Costa Rica from May 10-21. She first showed symptoms…
Paraguayan authorities reported on Monday the first case of Chikungunya virus in the country after a citizen got infected in the Dominican Republic. An official communiqué by the country’s Health Ministry explained that a Paraguayan citizen returned to the…
THE Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has issued a warning to dog owners, following a recent spate of serious brucellosis (Brucella suis) infections in dogs. DPI Senior Veterinary Officer Pigs and Poultry, Amanda Lee, said four dogs in NSW…
An outbreak of Beet Western Yellows Virus is thought to have affected thousands of hectares of canola in South Australia’s Lower and Mid North regions. The virus is transported by green peach aphids, which agronomists’ say seem to have developed…
Although there are no reported cases of chikungunya in Jamaica, the Ministry of Health remains on high alert as the mosquito-borne virus continues to spread across the Caribbean The country has beefed up its surveillance and vector-control measures amid reports…
