Ruth Hutchinson, director of public health at Surrey County Council, said: “We are deeply saddened by the death of a pupil at Ashford Church of England School and we offer our sincere condolences to their family, friends and the whole school community, who are in our thoughts.” Source link
Nineteen people have now died in this outbreak but there are no other recorded cases in Kampala. Source link
It is proving more difficult to deal with as vaccines are not available for a rare strain of the virus. Source link
Trainee nurses, pharmacists and doctors at a Ugandan hospital fear their lives are being put at risk. Source link
Sept. 15, 2022 – The number of Americans newly diagnosed with monkeypox has decreased by about 50% since early August, White House and other federal health officials announced Thursday. Although the overall picture is improving, there are still some areas in the U.S. seeing increasing infection numbers. For this and other reasons, the CDC plans … Read more
That, combined with widespread damage to supply and sewerage infrastructure, has left many of the 5 million Syrians who depend on the river for drinking water and crop irrigation reliant on unsafe sources. It has also triggered an increase in dangerous water-borne diseases like cholera. Source link
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A total of 97 people across six states have now been made ill by E. coli, in an outbreak possibly tied to contaminated lettuce used in sandwiches sold at Wendy’s restaurants. “Since the last update on August 25, 2022, 13 more illnesses … Read more
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) – – A total of 84 people across four states have now been made ill by E. coli, in an outbreak possibly tied to contaminated lettuce used in sandwiches sold at Wendy’s restaurants. “Since the last update on August 19, 2022, 47 more … Read more
Aug. 18, 2022 – Acknowledging the seriousness of the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, the White House announced today that 1.8 million more vaccine doses will be available to order by local and state jurisdictions that are running low on supply starting next week. At the same time, U.S. officials will send 50,000 more … Read more
There is widespread scepticism over North Korea’s claim to have the world’s lowest Covid death rate. Source link