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From 1 January through 15 April 2018, 1849 suspected cases have been reported from 21 states (Abia, Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Federal Capital Territory, Gombe, Imo, Kaduna, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, and Taraba). Of these, 413 patients were confirmed with Lassa fever, nine were classified as probable 1422 […]

On 2 March 2018, the Australian National Focal Point (NFP) notified WHO of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection (listeriosis) associated with the consumption of rockmelons (cantaloupe) from a single grower.

The ongoing cholera outbreak in Somalia started in December 2017. As of 18 March 2018, a total of 1613 cholera cases, including nine deaths (case fatality rate = 0.6 %), have been reported from four regions: Hiraan, Banadir, Lower Juba and Middle Shabelle.

Disease outbreak news for listeria in South Africa.

WHO: Zika virus classification tables

They are tiny animals that live near or inside human dwellings where contact with people is high. Every few days, they lay 100-150 eggs which develop into adults in about a week. They are mosquitoes. The adult females feed on people’s blood, several times during the day.

Scientists at the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service, find that global warming has allowed disease-bearing insects to proliferate, increasing exposure to viral infections.

Nigeria has been affected with an outbreak of the deadly Lassa fever since the start of this year. This disease typically has a high rate of fatality, no known cure and no vaccines have been developed against it yet. This is an unprecedented outbreak of this disease that is spreading faster than before. It is […]

Globally, Brazil has been the hardest hit by the current Zika outbreak. Almost all cases of Zika-associated malformations in newborns have been reported from this country

BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, announced today its collaboration with Biosensorix, a Singapore-based company in the field of medical diagnostics, to develop next-generation, quantitative, point-of-care diagnostics based on research conducted at Ben-Gurion University.

La XVI Semana de Vacunación en las Américas, que se celebrará del 21 al 28 de abril, apunta a proteger a 70 millones de personas - 10 millones más que en 2017- contra una serie de enfermedades peligrosas prevenibles con vacunas. La iniciativa es impulsada por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) desde 2003 para […]

Nadir Cardozo muestra orgullosa su documento de identidad. Nadir es una mujer trans y desde que Argentina sancionó en 2012 la Ley de Identidad de Género, las personas tienen el derecho de tramitar sus documentos personales con el nombre y el género de su elección. La medida hizo que muchas mujeres como Nadir que antes […]

La mamá mira a su hija en la incubadora, le habla, le acaricia las manos. Cuenta que la niña se pone ‘como loca’ cuando llega la hora de tenerla en brazos. La beba es prematura. Llegó antes de las 39 semanas de gestación, pero está recibiendo los cuidados que necesita en el Servicio de Recién […]

Reyna tiene 56 años y vive en la Ciudad de México. Trabaja como encargada de un restaurante en la Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente (TAPO) en la colonia Venustiano Carranza, en la parte oriental de la ciudad. Hace 14 años, le diagnosticaron diabetes tipo 2.