Oct. 13, 2008: Lucila Huerta, tends to her husband Guadalupe, who is suffering from Valley Fever and other medical problems, in their apartment in Madera, Calif. (AP) Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. – California and federal public health officials say valley… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Infectious disease’
Coronavirus: Is This the Next Pandemic?
SOURCE Last September a doctor in a Saudi hospital was fired for reporting a new, deadly strain of the coronavirus. Now, with half of all confirmed cases ending in death, the World Health Organisation has issued a global alert and scientists are… Read More ›
Measles outbreak kills hundreds in Pakistan
SOURCE An international health body says that the disease has killed more than 300 children in Pakistan‘s Sindh province. Measles cases in 2012 have surged by almost five times of that the previous year in Pakistan, leading to the deaths… Read More ›
Emerging vector-borne diseases create new public health challenge
December 1, 2012 – HEALTH – Vector-borne zoonotic diseases result from disease-causing agents or pathogens that naturally infect wildlife, and are transmitted to humans by carriers such as mosquitoes and ticks. In short, they’re diseases transmitted between animals and humans…. Read More ›