Dangerous outbreak of E. coli illness from romaine lettuce expands, with 19 states affected

An additional 31 people have fallen ill from E. coli-contaminated romaine lettuce, bringing the tally to 84 cases across 19 states from an outbreak whose source is still under investigation. Of those sickened, 42 have been hospitalized, a higher rate … Read More

Yellow fever: UN aims to eradicate disease from Africa by 2026

The UN and partners have launched a plan to vaccinate 1 billion people against yellow fever in Africa. A mass vaccination campaign in West Africa is a model to eliminate the disease. Nearly 1 billion people in Africa will be … Read More

Untreatable ‘super gonorrhea’ case could be ‘tip of the iceberg’

The medical community is sounding the alarm after a man in the U.K. has become the first patient with a type of gonorrhea infection that is not responding to the antibiotics commonly used to cure it. Doctors are calling it … Read More

Brazil yellow fever update: 1,131 confirmed cases and 338 deaths

The Brazil Ministry of Health updated on Wednesday (computer translated) the information passed by the state health departments on the situation of yellow fever in the country. During the monitoring period (from July 1, 2017 to March 27, 2018), 1,131 cases of yellow … Read More

Measles warning issued for Detroit airport fliers after disease travels from overseas

A poster educating parents and children about measles is displayed at the Tamalpais Pediatrics clinic on Feb. 6, 2015, in Greenbrae, Calif. (Eric Risberg/AP) A confirmed carrier of the measles disease passed through the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on March 6, … Read More

Lassa fever outbreak an “Eligible Event” for pandemic cat bond: World Bank

The World Bank has confirmed that it believes the recent outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria is an “Eligible Event” under the terms of the Class B pandemic swaps and pandemic catastrophe bonds that were issued to support the financing … Read More

Africa girl dies of new eye-bleeding fever, feared to be worse than Black Death

Nine-year-old died in central Uganda with symptoms of an eye-bleeding disease which could kill up to 40 per cent of those infected by it.  The outbreak comes months after hundreds of people were killed by the plague in Madagascar in … Read More

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