Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
We’ve told you before about the chikungunya virus that’s been hitting the tropics recently; now, the U.S. State Department is warning travelers that the mosquito-borne disease has reached the Dominican Republic. The outbreak is not widespread, but the disease has some serious symptoms…
New deadly strain of Ebola virus is unleashing itself on earth ***Be Alert***
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded 243 infection cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) worldwide as of April 17, 2014, the latest include a man in Malaysia who came from a pilgrimage in Saudi…
A deadly mosquito that hasn’t been widely seen in the Bay Area since the 70s has been detected in San Mateo County. It’s called aedes aegypti and it was found in January at the Holy Cross cemetery in Menlo Park. It’s the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says passengers on a cruise ship that sailed out of Baltimore became sick on board during two consecutive voyages. According to the CDC website, about 100 passengers and crew members on the Grandeur…
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that Nigeria is now at risk of contacting the deadly Ebola virus which has been spreading across neighboring West African countries in recent times. The virus which first broke out in Guinea…
Saudi Arabia said yesterday it had recorded 11 cases infected with the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) virus in Jeddah, including hospital staff. Two of the patients died, six have recovered, while three are undergoing treatment, the official…
On April 4, 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of three additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. A 30-year-old man from Tongling City, Anhui province…
Saudi health authorities announced on Wednesday another death caused by the MERS virus in the capital Riyadh, bringing the nationwide toll to 67.  The 57-year-old Saudi national had been suffering from chronic illnesses, the health ministry said.  It…
A virus never before seen in the U.S. has killed millions of baby pigs in less than a year, and with little known about how it spreads or how to stop it, it’s threatening pork production and pushing up prices…