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Bad tap water found in city of 40,000

Articles: 2, Last update: Feb 8, 2012 6:56:00 PM, Start: Feb 8, 2012 6:03:00 PM

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Declaran a Beni en alerta roja por incremento de casos de dengue y fiebre hemorrágica

Source country lostiempos Wednesday, February 8, 2012 9:02:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] dengue[5]; Epidemiologia[1]; incremento[3];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases;

El responsable de Epidemiologia del Sedes, Wilfredo Camargo, precisó que en lo que va del año se registraron cuatro muertes por dengue y dos por fiebre hemorrágica....

Hepatitis C and Orphan Diseases Driving Big Biotech Potential: Geoff Meacham

Source country ibtimes-au Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:47:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] Hepatitis[2]; atypical[1]; hepatitis[9]; growth[1];

It may seem counterintuitive that rare diseases might actually be biotech growth drivers, but Senior Analyst and Managing Director Geoff Meacham of JPMorgan Chase makes just that case. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Meacham lays out his premise that hepatitis C and orphan.......

Chronic fatigue syndrome after Giardia enteritis: clinical characteristics, disability and long-term sickness absence.

Source country 7thspace Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:34:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] Giardia[2]; outbreak[2]; giardiasis[4]; infection[1];

Background: A waterborne outbreak of Giardia lamblia gastroenteritis led to a high prevalance of long-lasting fatigue and abdominal symptoms. The aim was to describe the clinical characteristics, disability and employmentloss in a case series of patients ......

Declaran alerta roja por fiebre hemorrÃ¡gica en departamento boliviano

Source country prensa-latina Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:32:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] Epidemiología[1]; dengue[4]; incremento[1];

Entities: Juan Carlos[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases;

08 de febrero de 2012, 14:10 La Paz, 8 feb (PL) La alerta roja por el incremento de los casos de dengue y fiebre hemorrÃ¡gica fue declarada hoy en el departamento boliviano de Beni.  ...

Brucellosis added to CDC’s list of reportable diseases

Source country taipeitimes Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:30:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] infective[1]; cases[3]; infect[1]; infectious[1]; brucellosis[1]; Brucella[1]; infected[2]; Brucellosis[4];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases;

Brucellosis, an infectious disease that occurs in humans through contact with animals, has been listed as a notifiable communicable disease, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. Brucellosis has been put on the list of 60-plus transmittable diseases that must be reported in order to.......

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

"Kleine Zeitung" Kommentar: "Die blinden Flecken unserer Gesellschaft" (Von Thomas Götz)

Source country ots Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:12:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] Fälle[1]; Malaria[1];

Entities: Michael Haneke[1];

Utl.: Ausgabe vom 9.2.2012 = Graz (OTS) - Erst waren es die Missbrauchsfälle in der Kirche, dann kamen die Geschichten aus weltlichen Internaten dazu. Es waren schreckliche Erzählungen über Quälerei, Abhängigkeit, Drohung und Angst, die uns die letzten Jahre über begleitet haben. Und nun ......

Source country swradioafrica Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:58:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] outbreak[1]; cases[3]; increased[1]; typhoid[7]; deaths[1]; Typhoid[1];

Entities: Tendai Biti[1]; Tendai Mahachi[1]; Henry Madzorera[1];

SW Radio Africa news - The Independent Voice of Zimbabwe Popular Mereki Drive-In to reopen after typhoid scare By Tererai Karimakwenda 08 February 2012 On Saturday Harare officials will reportedly reopen the popular Mereki Drive-In, which was closed last month as the city battled to contain the spread of typhoid that has gripped the capital....

Microbiologi,impegni contro rosolia

Source country ansa Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:56:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] rosolia[4]; vaccinazione[1]; casi[1];

(ANSA) - MILANO, 8 FEB - Sono 110 i casi di rosolia in gravidanza e 5 i feti che hanno contratto la rosolia congenita in Italia fra il 2005 e il 2008. A richiamare l'attenzione su questa malattia e' l'Associazione dei Microbiologi clinici italiani (Amcli)....

Regional IV de Salud dice "elimina" criaderos de mosquitos en barrios

Source country HoyDigital-DO Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:41:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] mortal[1]; dengue[4]; transmisor[1];

Entities: Departamento de Salud[1]; Ministerio de Salud Pública[1]; Simon Bolivar[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases; Public Health (general);

DISTRITO NACIONAL.- Con la finalidad de prevenir el dengue, más de 16 mil 400 criaderos de mosquitos fueron "eliminados" en los 17 barrios del Distrito Nacional que están bajo la responsabilidad de la Regional IV de Salud, del Ministerio de Salud Pública....

Côte d'Ivoire : le vent froid et poussiéreux de l'"Harmattan" souffle sur le pays

Source country french-news Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:29:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] méningite[2]; vacciner[1];

ABIDJAN, 7 février (Xinhua) -- Les habitants d'Abidjan, la capitale économique ivoirienne, et de plusieurs localités du pays ont été surpris mardi par un vent froid et poussiéreux. L'"Harmattan" signe son retour après avoir soufflé une première fois durant le mois de décembre....

Divided Auckland: Overcrowding a hotbed for infections

Source country nzherald Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:29:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] Epidemiology[1]; rise[1]; infectious[3]; Infectious[1]; infections[4]; meningococcal[2]; epidemic[3];

Entities: Nigel Smyth[1]; Michael Baker[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases; Public Health (general);

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Michael Baker said: "It has become almost exclusively a Maori and Pacific disease,"

Michael Baker says: "Maybe we should be using the same approach to deal with all infectious diseases in children"

Infectious diseases associated with child poverty and overcrowding are approaching a peak not seen since the epidemic of meningococcal disease a decade ago.Health experts say the latest peak, driven by skin infections, appears to......

Articles published more than 3 hours ago

"Malariatherapie": Immer mehr Betroffene

Source country wienerzeitung Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:00:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] Fälle[1]; Malaria[1]; Syphilis[2];

Entities: Hans Hoff[1];

Wien. In der Affäre um die Verabreichung von "Malariatherapien" gegen psychiatrische Erkrankungen in den 60er Jahren an der Wiener "Klinik Hoff" melden sich immer mehr Betroffene. Der Anwalt Johannes Öhlböck, der seit Mittwoch mit bereits vier ehemaligen Patienten Kontakt hat, rechnet mit rund 100 Opfern....

Bill Gates gives Global Fund a tonic, but it still needs surgery

Source country taipeitimes Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:59:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] epidemics[2]; malaria[1]; infection[1]; Malaria[1];

Entities: Michel Kazatchkine[1]; Bill Gates[2];

At Davos last week, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria received an unexpected birthday gift from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, in the form of a US$750 million “promissory note” to help shore up its faltering finances. In pledging his hefty financial support, Gates effectively rescued the fund’s 10-year birthday celebrations....

Cholera fears in typhoid-hit Harare

Source country zimonline Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:56:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] outbreak[8]; typhoid[5]; infected[1]; infections[1]; epidemic[2]; typhoid-hit[1];

Entities: Robert Mugabe[2]; Morgan Tsvangirai[2];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases; Environment (general); Public Health (general);

HARARE – City health officials and independent doctors have warned of a possible cholera outbreak in Harare, already grappling with a typhoid outbreak that has infected more than 800 people over the past two weeks. The independent Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights said the absence of.......

Childhood Tuberculosis: Act before it is too late

Source country asiantribune Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:52:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] victims[1]; meningitis[1]; prevalence[1]; infection[4]; infectious[1]; infected[4]; infections[4]; pneumonia[2]; epidemic[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases; Manmade Disasters; Public Health (general);

| |Share: |more: |Zoom: A A A By Shobha Shukla - CNS A significant proportion - about 15% to 20% - of all tuberculosis (TB) occurs in children in India, where paediatric TB is a serious, but under-recognized and neglected public health problem. | |Share: |more: |Zoom: A A A...

18:13 Salute: ministero sostiene sviluppo settore trapianti in Serbia

Source country asca Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:42:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] rosolia[1]; vaccinazione[1];

Entities: Renato Balduzzi[1]; Nanni Costa[1]; Alessandro Nanni Costa[1];

(ASCA) - Roma, 8 feb - L'Italia in prima linea per lo sviluppo dei trapianti d'organo in Serbia: l'impegno, assunto con un Memorandum d'intesa fra i due Stati sottoscritto nel giugno scorso a Roma, ......

Mozambique: The situation gets desperate as stocks run dry

Source country reliefWeb Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:37:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] cases[1]; malaria[1]; increasing[1]; outbreaks[1];

Entities: Americo Ubisse[1];

Other categories: Echo; Food Security & Aid;

Source: IFRC Country: Mozambique By Tapiwa Gomo in Mozambique The local authorities in Namacurra in Zambezia Province, Mozambique are appealing for urgent humanitarian assistance following the tropical cyclone Funso which hit the coastal areas of the province in the districts of Nicoadala, Pebane,.......

Le cancer en RDC

Source country bbc-french-africa Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:34:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] victimes[1]; paludisme[1]; transmissibles[1];

Entities: Thomas Hubert[1];

En République démocratique du Congo, la population fait face à tant de maladies transmissibles, du paludisme au sida en passant par le choléra, que le cancer est relégué au second plan. Pourtant, il frappe de plus en plus de Congolais, en particulier les femmes....

Caso di Meningite all'Amendola Studentessa grave in ospedale

Source country lacittadisalerno Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:30:00 PM CET [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] meningite[2]; Meningite[1]; epidemiologia[1]; pneumococco[1];

E’ in prognosi riservata la studentessa 17enne ricoverata all’ospedale Ruggi di Salerno per un caso di meningite. La ragazza frequenta l’Itc "Giovanni Amendola", dove ieri la notizia si è diffusa rapidamente, scatenando un’autentica psicosi. Peraltro il servizio di prevenzione dell’Asl non ha ritenuto necessaria la chiusura della scuola....

Caso di Meningite all'Amendola, sta meglio la studentessa diciassettenne

Source country lacittadisalerno Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:30:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] infettive[1]; meningite[3]; Meningite[1]; pneumococco[1]; pneumococcica[1]; vaccinazione[1]; casi[1]; contagiosa[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases;

I tubi della ventilazione assistita sono stati staccati. Respira autonomamente la studentessa 17enne - che frequenta l’Itc "Giovanni Amendola" - ricoverata all’ospedale "Ruggi d’Aragona" con la febbre altissima, poi diagnosticata come meningite da pneumococco....

Officials warn of malaria infections in SA

Source country mg Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:27:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] cases[2]; malaria[8]; infection[1]; Malaria[1]; infected[1]; infections[1]; transmission[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases;

After six cases of malaria have been confirmed in Tshwane, officials have warned healthcare workers to remain vigilant....

Global Fund cancellation jeopardises health sector

Source country financialgazette Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:25:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] malaria[9]; rise[1]; prevalence[1]; mortality[1]; increase[1]; Malaria[1]; infections[2];

Entities: Mashonaland West[1];

Other categories: Public Health (general);

Tabitha Mutenga, Staff Reporter THE termination of funding by the Global Fund could jeopardise Zimbabwe’s under-funded health sector in the next two years, stakeholders cautioned this week, amid fears of a reversal in the gains achieved against the HIV and Aids scourge, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, especially in the rural areas....

Articles published more than 4 hours ago

Malaria-Tests: Immer mehr Betroffene

Source country ORF Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:17:00 PM CET [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] Fälle[1]; Malaria[1]; Syphilis[1];

In der Affäre um die Verabreichung von „Malaria-Therapien“ gegen psychiatrische Erkrankungen in den 60er Jahren an der Wiener Klinik Hoff melden sich immer mehr Betroffene. Die Universitätsklinik will die Vorwürfe in den nächsten Wochen klären und sucht nun Zeitzeugen....

Manos Unidas pide que no se recorte en ayuda al desarrollo

Source country europapress Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:16:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] paludismo[1]; malaria[2]; aumento[1]; infecciosas[1]; incremento[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases; Human Trafficking;

La presidenta de Manos Unidas, Myriam García Abrisqueta, ha pedido a las instituciones públicas españolas que no recorten presupuestos en Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo y busquen otras alternativas de ahorro para superar la actual crisis económica porque, según ha precisado, si en 2012 continúa.......

Plus 600 femmes enceintes ont le test du VIH/Sida en 2011

Source country angolapress-fr Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:10:00 PM CET [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] vacciné[1]; malaria[1]; infections[1];

Caxito, Caxito (Angola) - Six cents quarante-deux femmes enceintes dans la province de Bengo ont réalisé le test du Vih/Sida, durant les consultations pré-natales au Centre Materno-Infantile de Mabubas, dans la municipalité de Dande, en 2011, pour connaitre leur état sérologique et éviter des complications lors de l'accouchement....

New Market Study Published: Neisseriaceae Infections - Pipeline Review, H1 2012

Source country pr-inside Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:08:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] Neisseria[1]; Vaccine[3]; Meningococcal[2]; Infections[29];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases;

(PR-inside.com) Neisseriaceae Infections - Pipeline Review, H1 2012 Summary Global Markets Direct's, 'Neisseriaceae Infections - Pipeline Review, H1 2012', provides an overview of the Neisseriaceae Infections therapeutic pipeline. This report provides information on the therapeutic development for.......

Las pautas para evitar el cáncer pueden reducir en un 30 % la mortalidad

Source country eldia Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:04:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] mortalidad[4]; prevalencia[2]; hepatitis[1];

Sociedad - Edicion digital 16:02 Dejar de fumar, evitar el alcohol, moderar las exposiciones al sol y una dieta rica en frutas y verduras son cuatro de las recomendaciones del Decálogo de Europa Contra el Cáncer, que se presume que pueden reducir en un 30 por ciento la mortalidad, según ha indicado hoy Marta Lloret....

Bad tap water found in city of 40,000

Source country javno-en Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:03:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks] outbreak[1]; cryptosporidium[1]; increase[1]; giardia[1];

PRINCE ALBERT, Saskatchewan, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Some 40,000 people in and around Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, were under boil water orders Wednesday after multiple purification failures, officials said. Troubles began at the water plant Friday in the central......

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