In the first five months of 2024, 7,599 children and adults have been infected by the disease, which affects the lungs and respiratory tract and spreads easily, according to figures published on Thursday, the Xinhua news agency reported."Young babies are at the highest risk of serious...
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department (AHV) officials said that as the ASF outbreak continues unabated, on an average more than 100 pigs are dying every day, while more than 200 pigs are culled every day in different districts due to the infectious disease.Officials said pigs in more than...
The total number of confirmed infection cases since the beginning of May has reached 299, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.Although most of the cases were diagnosed in Israel's central region, Rambam Hospital in the northern city of Haifa on Thursday reported two hospitalized patients...
While children are more susceptible to respiratory infections like the common cold than adults, the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus affected them less, resulting in less hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed millions of people globally. The rates of admission and death decreased...
Malappuram (Kerala), Four students of a school in this district in north Kerala were affected by Shigella infection but they recovered due to timely detection and treatment, a health official said on Monday.The official said 148 students of a school in Kozhippuram Vennaiyur had sought...
Dengue is a disease transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes thrive in warm, humid environments, causing disease that is endemic in more than 100 countries."Children are at greater risk of contracting dengue with varied presentations than in previous years. The classic...
Koraput, Two persons were found infected with anthrax in Odisha's Koraput district, officials said on Friday.He said the patients hailing from Padaiguda village of Koraput block were admitted to SLN Medical College and Hospital.He said the outbreak is linked to a feast on June 14, where at...
ISLAMABAD [Pakistan], As Congo virus cases rise across Pakistan, another new case of the virus has been reported in Quetta, ARY News reported on Sunday citing sources.The patient is a 32-year-old, admitted in the isolation ward of Fatima Jinnah Hospital and is now under medical care.Hospital...
After diphtheria cases were reported from at least three districts of Odisha, the state government has decided to conduct genome sequencing of patients' samples to find out the type of bacteria, a senior health official said on Wednesday.At least five people have died due to diphtheria in...
All five patients suffering from monkeypox, also known as mpox, three from KwaZulu-Natal province and two from Gauteng province, were men aged 30 to 39 with no travel history, Phala told media. Two are still hospitalized, two have been discharged and one died in a hospital in Johannesburg on...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Wednesday reported the detection of 36 more H5N1 avian flu strains in domestic rats and four more viruses in domestic cats."This is really worrying, although there is no immediate threat. The...
New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the first death of a human infected with avian influenza A (H5N2), the virus that causes bird flu.This is the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with influenza A (H5N2) virus globally and the infection has been...
Koraput (Odisha): Three people have been found infected with anthrax in Koraput district of Odisha, a health department official said on Friday.He said that between Tuesday and Thursday, three cases were reported in Lakshmipur block.Anthrax is a disease caused by the spore-forming...
The new case is a dairy farm worker who came into contact with infected cows, possibly due to cow-to-person spread, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. Happened.According to the CDC, this is the first human case of H5...
Officials of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary (AHV) department said the department has announced six districts
, Champhai, Lunglei, Saitual Khojawal and Serchhip.
-Infected districts while the remaining five districts of the state are still considered safe from the recurrence of this...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday that the case identified in Michigan state is the second case linked to a multistate outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cows, Xinhua news agency reported.According to the CDC, the infected person is a worker at a dairy farm where...
Washington, DC [US], A second person has been infected with bird flu in the United States, ABC News reported, citing health officials. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said a Michigan farmworker who is regularly exposed to livestock infected with bird flu or avian...
At a press conference, Herbosa said cases were high among teenagers, with the youngest infected person being a 15-year-old, Xinhua news agency reported."We have about 59,000 people living with HIV; I estimate about 130,000 are current cases. That's still low for a country with a population of...
In what has been called "the worst treatment disaster" in the history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS), thousands of patients with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders were infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses after receiving infected blood and blood products. Xinhua News Agency...
Addressing the House of Commons following the publication of the inquiry, Suna said on Monday: "I want to apologize wholeheartedly and unequivocally for this terrible injustice."He also promised to provide "comprehensive compensation" to those infected and affected by the scam, Xinhua news...