19 private RO plants in Pune found supplying contaminated water amid GBS outbreak

19 private RO plants in Pune found supplying contaminated water amid GBS outbreak

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has identified 14 of 30 private reverse osmosis (RO) water plants supplying cans of contaminated water in the city. This comes as the city is witnessing a surge in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a rare nerve disorder. During a recent water quality inspection in the Kirkatwadi, Nanded, and Nandoshi … Read more

Ebola in Uganda: New outbreak kills nurse in Kampala

Ebola in Uganda: New outbreak kills nurse in Kampala

Uganda’s ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death. The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included “high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in breathing” and “bleeding from multiple body sites”. He died of multi-organ failure on Wednesday at Mulango National … Read more

Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert in Kagera area

Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert in Kagera area

Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. On Tuesday, the global health agency said a total of nine suspected cases were reported over the last five days in the Kagera region, including eight deaths. But in a … Read more

Kerala: India reports first mpox case in current outbreak

Kerala: India reports first mpox case in current outbreak

India has reported its first case with the new mpox strain that has triggered a public health emergency alert by the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reports. Called clade 1b, the new variant is highly-transmissible and has been linked to the mpox outbreak in Africa. According to media reports, the strain has been detected in … Read more

UK E. coli outbreak put at least 86 people in hospital

UK E. coli outbreak put at least 86 people in hospital

3 hours ago By Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images At least 86 people were admitted to hospital for E. coli symptoms linked to an outbreak thought to be caused by some pre-packed sandwiches containing lettuce, health officials have confirmed. The UK Health Security Agency says cases have slowed but a further 45 infections … Read more