Disease outbreaks will increase as per ZetaTalk

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Taking Sick

On Jan 15, 1998 ZetaTalk stated that Illness will increase as Planet X approaches.  Zetas right again !!!

ZetaTalk: Take Sick, written Feb 15, 1998.

Increasingly, as the pole shift nears, the populace will take sick. This will take the form of known illnesses occurring more frequently, seemingly depressed immune systems, but will also appear as new and puzzling illnesses not seen before in the memory of man. What is going on here?

The changes at the core of the Earth that have resulted in El Nino weather patterns and white buffalo and deformed frogs also affect man. The germs are on the move. Their carriers are on the move. And thus humans are exposed to diseases that are so rare as to be undocumented in medical journals.

You will see increasing illness, odd illnesses, microbes that travel because an insect is scattering about and spreading germs in places where it normally doesn't travel. 90% of all the illness and distress you're going to see is a natural situation, a natural occurrence. Because of the changing, swirling in the core of the Earth, and this will continue to up-tick until the pole shift.

And reiterated in 1999

ZetaTalk: Next 3 1/2 Years, written Sep 15, 1999.

Sickness will slightly increase from where it is today. There is a lot of illness now because people who are already unstable are unable to take the turmoil caused by the increased emanations from the Earth. Some of them have simply sensed what is coming and have decided to die. This is true of animals as well as humans. Sickness will increase, but not to the point where it is going to get exponentially worse.

On Feb 2, 2000 a Washington report confirmed this increase, and published concerns were subsequently reported.

Diseases From Around World Threatening U.S.
Reuters, Feb 2, 2000

30 New Diseases Make Global Debut
At least 30 previously unknown diseases have appeared globally since 1973, including HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis C, Ebola haemorrhagic fever and the encephalitis-related Nipah virus that emerged in Indonesia. Twenty well-known infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and cholera have re-emerged or spread since 1973.

  

Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?
Scientific American, August 2000

Notably, computer models predict that global warming, and other climate alterations it induces, will expand the incidence and distribution of many serious medical disorders. Disturbingly, these forecasts seem to be coming true.

And since this time, SARS and increased incidence of flesh eating disease,
and entire cruise ships regularly returning to port with the passengers ill with stomach flu have been reported.
Depressed immune systems?
Zetas RIGHT Again!

After the pole shift, there will be many opportunistic diseases that will afflict mankind. This does not require an imagination, as today they afflict mankind after disasters. The primary affliction will be from sewage laden water, which will pollute the drinking water man is forced to use. We have been adamant about mankind distilling their drinking water after the pole shift for this reason. Distillation removes heavy metals as well as killing microbes by the boiling process. Any disease that flourishes in malnourished bodies and in areas of poor hygiene will take advantage of the pole shift disasters. Scurvy due to lack of Vitamin C will occur, with bleeding gums and even death if not corrected. Many weeds are high in Vitamin C and survivors should arm themselves with knowledge about the vitamin content of weeds. Unprotected sex by survivors either taking advantage of the weak, as in rape, or by simple distraction and grief and a lack of contraceptive devices will spread AIDS and hepatitis. Morgellons, which is caused by a synergy of parasites and microbes when the immune system is low will likely increase. There will be outbreaks of diseases which were endemic in the past, such as small pox or measles, but in those survivor communities where the members have been immunized in the past these will be limited and quarantines can help in this regard.

http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/20no2010.htm

 

Chile battles youth unrest and typhoid fever outbreak

Posted on September 15, 2011 by The Extinction Protocol

September 15, 2011 – SANTIAGO – Chile’s problems dealing with youth unrest over slow education reforms are being compounded by concerns the capital may be in the grip of a typhoid fever outbreak. The government has battled to enforce restraint on law enforcement agencies amid angry student-led protests, which have disrupted urban centers across the country for more than a month. The reforms demanded by youth groups are nowhere near being implemented and protests continue to simmer with support from teachers and workers unions. Now authorities are faced with the more immediate risk of typhoid. Health authorities issued repeated alerts for tougher hygiene checks and controls after they found several people infected and seriously ill with typhoid in the western metropolitan area of Santiago. At least seven cases were confirmed by the Public Health Institute but there were no immediate reports of fatalities. “Typhoid fever is an acute infectious disease triggered by a salmonella bacteria strain,” Institute Director Maria Teresa Valenzuela said. In most cases the infection is caused by consumption of contaminated food and drink or fruit and vegetables grown in areas where contaminated water is used in irrigation. Typhoid fever produces symptoms of high fever, diarrhea or intense headaches. The Santiago region has been prone to typhoid outbreaks since the 1990s when incidence of the disease caused up to 190 cases a year.

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/chile-battles...

Epidemic Hazard in India on Saturday, 17 September, 2011 at 03:16 (03:16 AM) UTC.

Description
The Department of Health and Family Welfare has informed that it had received a message through telephone on 12th September 2011 of an outbreak of fever of unknown cause leading to three deaths at Poilwa village, Peren District. Immediately the State Rapid Response Team (RRT) of Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP), Nagaland, comprising of Dr. John Kemp (State Surveillance Officer), Dr. Sao Tunyi (Epidemiologist), Dr. Kevisevolie Sekhose (Epidemiologist), and Venezo Vasa (Entomologist) conducted an outbreak investigation at Poilwa village. The team collected three samples from suspected cases out of which all the three were tested positive for Scrub Typhus. Till date, there are 9 cases with 3 deaths. This was stated in a official press note issued by Dr. Imtimeren Jamir, the Principal Director, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima. Scrub Typhus is Rickettsial disease caused Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by the bite of mite called Leptotrombidium deliense. In Nagaland, it was formerly detected by IDSP with Central Surveillance Team at Longsa village Mokokchung in 2006, and in Porba village of Phek District in 2007. The State RRT team carried out the outbreak investigation along with doing and entomological survey. The patients were treated with appropriate medicines and awareness and preventive measures were communicated with the villagers. The concerned local health authorities and programs are informed for further necessary action. The mop-up operation is being carried out by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program.
Biohazard name:	Typhus (Scrub)
Biohazard level:	3/4 Hight
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level.
Symptoms:	- After bite by infected mite larvae called chiggers, papule develops at the biting site which ulcerates and eventually heals with the development of a black eschar. - Patients develop sudden fever with headache, weakness, myalgia, generalized enlargement of lymph nodes, photophobia, and dry cough. - A week later, rash appears on the trunk, then on the extremities, and turns pale within a few days. - Symptoms generally disappear after two weeks even without treatment. - However, in severe cases with Pneumonia and Myocarditis, mortality may reach 30% Diagnosis - The most commonly used test for diagnosis is Wel-Felix Test, which is available at State IDSP laboratory, Kohima. - More specific serological tests like detection of IgM can also be done for diagnosis.
Status:	confirmed

Turns out, the plague isn't just ancient history. New Mexico health officials recently confirmed the first human case of bubonic plague — previously known as the "Black Death" — to surface in the U.S. in 2011. 

An unidentified 58-year-old man was hospitalized for a week after suffering from a high fever, pain in his abdomen and groin, and swollen lymph nodes, reports the New York Daily News. (Officials declined to say when the man was released from the hospital.) A blood sample from the man tested positive for the disease.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/10/first-case-of-bubonic-plague-...

http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/10/first-case-of-bubonic-plague-...

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Saturday, 17 September, 2011 at 03:33 (03:33 AM) UTC.

Description
Umatilla County health officials today confirmed a case of plague in an adult male county resident. He may have been infected while hunting in Lake County, noted Sharon Waldern, clinic supervisor for the county’s public health department. “Lake County had two cases of human plague last year.” The man has been hospitalized and is receiving treatment, Waldern noted. “People need to realize he was never considered contagious and he started treatment fairly quickly.” Plague is spread to humans through a bite from an infected flea. The disease is serious but treatable with antibiotics if caught early, officials said. Plague can be passed from fleas feeding on infected rodents and then transmitted to humans. Direct contact with infected tissues or fluids from handling sick or dead animals can pass the disease, as well as through respiratory droplets from cats and humans with pneumonic plague, officials said in a press release. Some types are spread from person to person, but that is not the case here, Waldern said. Symptoms typically develop within one to four days and up to seven days after exposure and include fever, chills, headache, weakness and a bloody or watery cough due to pneumonia, enlarged, tender lymph nodes, abdominal pain and bleeding into the skin or other organs. Plague is rare in Oregon. Only three human cases have been diagnosed since 1995 and they all recovered. Last year two human cases of plague were diagnosed in Lake County. As far as she knows, this is the first ever incident in Umatilla County. “In this recent case it is important to stay away from flea-infested areas and to recognize the symptoms. People can protect themselves, their family members and their pets,” said Genni Lehnert-Beers, administrator for Umatilla County Health Department. “Using flea treatment on your pets is very important, because your pets can bring fleas into your home.” People should contact their health care provider or veterinarian if plague is suspected. Early treatment for people and pets with appropriate antibiotics is essential to curing plague infections. Untreated plague can be fatal for animals and people. Antibiotics to prevent or treat plague should be used only under the direction of a health care provider. Additional steps to prevent flea bites include wearing insect repellent, tucking pant cuffs into socks when in areas heavily occupied by rodents, and avoiding contact with wildlife including rodents.
Biohazard name:	Plague (Bubonic)
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Statu The Black Death: Bubonic Plague	confirmed http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EH...

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A mysterious illness affecting multiple teenage girls at a high school in upstate New York has residents of the small town all aflutter. In the small town of Le Roy, New York, (population of just under 8,000) at least a dozen teenaged girls, one boy, and one school nurse have begun exhibiting symptoms ranging from subtle twitches to violent jerking of body parts and verbal outbursts. Since August, researchers and the media alike have taken an interest in what could possibly be the cause of this emerging trend. Doctors from the Dent Neurological Institute in Amherst, New York, were among the first to look into the issue, ruling that tics and twitches were a result of a conversion disorder. Conversion disorder, which has in the past been referred to as ‘mass hysteria’ is a “condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation.” Prompted by inner conflict, conversion disorder is the physical embodiment of psychological turmoil. Those who typically are afflicted with conversion disorder typically must look to therapy or other psychological treatments for this disease.

For many who believe that the mystery at Le Roy Junior/Senior High School is a product of a psychosomatic phenomenon, the popularity of social networking sights proves to be the perfect transmitters for the disease. Sites like Facebook and YouTube are just as popular with teens in Le Roy as they are with teens all around the world. Dr. David Lichter has tested one of the afflicted girls and believes this to be the case. As a clinical professor of neurology at the University of Buffalo, he believes that “If you are a person who is vulnerable in some way because of your own stresses and anxieties and particularly if you identify with that individual through some kind of an emotional bond…then I think there is a potential to create a further potential spread.”

For many young people, social media and online identities are just as important as face-to-face interactions. This idea that ailments have gone viral is not completely unwarranted. Dr. Lichter and other researchers suggest that perhaps on some unconscious level these symptoms may be implanted into another person and physically mimicked. “I think you do have the potential for people going online and witnessing other student’s behavior, then I think this medium has the potential to spread it beyond the immediate environment,” states Lichter. This seems all the more likely since many of the girls have posted videos on YouTube showing the differences in their body movements.

But this answer is not enough for many including the worried parents who are looking for answers or preventative steps in protecting themselves and their families. At the behest of concerned parents, another opinion was sought—this time from a New Jersey-based specialist in pediatric neurologist. PANDAS/PANS was then thrown into the mix. An acronym for pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome, PANS draws a line from the “body’s response to certain bacterial infections.” Perhaps then a bacterial infection, like strep throat, could have been the catalyst for this new disease.

Another possible answer to this mystery revolves around a train wreck that occurred within a couple miles of the high school in 1970, spilling approximately 30,000 gallons of tricholorethene (TCE) into the surrounding soil and water sources. Believed to have been cleaned up at the time, this alarm has still sparked much concern amongst residents and interested parties across the country, including well-known activist Erin Brokovich. While the spill was considered clean, with wells dug to monitor water at the site (by hydraulic cleansing, a controv

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http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/12950581/nz-safe-from-lamb...

A new virus detected in Europe that causes deformities so severe in new born calves and lambs that they die within seconds is worrying farmers here.

Federated Farmers fear the Schmallenberg virus could be potentially disastrous for New Zealand.

But MAF Director of Animal and Animal Products Standards Matthew Stone says the virus is spread by a certain type of fly that we don't have in New New Zealand.

He says even if we were to get one or two cases by what ever means, the likelihood of further transmission in New Zealand is almost zero.

Dr Stone says MAF maintains ongoing controls on aircraft and ship arrivals to manage the risk of insects arriving and establishing in New Zealand.

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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/lasa-fever-kills-doctor-nurse-11...

Lasa Fever kills doctor, nurse , 11 others in Jalingo

On February 15, 2012 ·

Jalingo – An outbreak of the deadly Lasa fever has claimed the lives of 13 people, including a medical doctor and a nurse in Jalingo, Taraba,  a week after it was first diagnosed.

The deaths were largely recorded at the Federal Medical Centre Jalingo, a situation which had forced officials of the centre to close down the Accident and Emergency Unit.

The outbreak of the disease had also led to panic among patients on admission at the centre who had deserted it in droves, leaving the wards virtually empty.

The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Mustapha Hamman-Gabdo confirmed the development to newsmen in Jalingo on Tuesday.

He said that a female medical doctor named Aisha Isa died on Sunday at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital while Amina Abdullahi, a nurse died in Jalingo on Monday, adding that the deceased were staff of the center.

He said that some patients admitted into the centre for different ailments were diagnosed with the disease.

The commissioner, however, assured that the state government was making efforts to prevent further spread of the disease.

Also in a chat with Journalists, the state Epidemiologist, Dr. Innocent Vakai said the fever started from Mayo-Ranewo village in Ardo-Kola local government area of the state.

He said the disease spread after a patient from the village was brought to the centre for treatment.

Vakai, explained that the disease was caused by rats’ excreta and advised the people to keep their environment clean and ensure that their food was not contaminated by rats.

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http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Feb/15/skin-disease-outbrea...

Skin disease outbreak at Khag,Tangmarg

SCORES INFECTED; HEALTH AUTHORITIES DISPATCH TEAMS

Budgam, Feb 14: Scores of people have been infected by an unknown skin disease in many villages of Khag and Tangmarg areas of Central Kashmir’s Budgam and Baramulla districts respectively.
 According to reports, few days back during a medical camp organised by army’s 35 Rashtriya Rifles and Border Area Development Programme (BADP) Mobile Medical Team at Hamchipora Khag, some cases of skin disease were treated by the doctors. “The patients complained of severe rashes and itching on the skin and in few days hundreds of similar cases surfaced in the adjoining Gogaldara area which falls in Tangmarg area of Baramulla district. This skin disease has now spread over to few more villages of Khag and Tangmarg areas,” reports said.
 “A joint medical team compromising Mobile Medical Team under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) and doctors from Khag and Tangmarg medical blocks along with Army doctors visited Gogaldara and few other villages and examined hundreds of patients suffering from this skin disease,” reports added.
 "We found around 60 percent of the population at Gogaldara suffering from this skin ailment and our joint team of doctors gave free medicines to the patients in spite of the fact that they had to walk to the village as the road leading to it was closed due to heavy snowfall," said Dr Sheikh Ghulam Rasool Medical Officer Mobile Medical Team (MMT) under BADP.
 BMO Tangmarg, Dr Asif and Dr Javaid from Khag Medical block also played a great role in reaching out to the ailing people in this far flung area which falls between Budgam and Baramulla district near Khag. “The disease is under control now,” Dr Sheikh added.
 The team led by Block Medical Officer Tangmarg collected the samples of sputum from the area as many people complained of some respiratory disease as well. “We are thankful to the medical team which reached our area on the right time in spite of the fact that vehicles could not ply on the road due to snowfall,” said Sarpanch of Gogaldara village, Muhammad Maqbool.

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http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2012/02/19-year-old_stud...

Huge uptick in meningitis

19-year-old student died of believed bacterial infection Friday morning

University, health officials address students on potential health risks

By Lauren Gibbons | Originally Published: 6 hours ago |Modified: 3 hours ago | 10 Comments and 1 Reaction

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Justin Wan | The State News

From left, communicable diseases nurse at Ingham County Health Department Kathy Kacynski rests as disease control manager at Ingham County Health Department Ruby Rodgers, and university physician Dr. Beth Alexander speak Friday afternoon at Snyder-Phillips Hall. MSU held the town hall meeting with students after sophomore Carly Glynn, who used to lived in Snyder Hall, died Friday morning possibly due to meningococcal disease. Justin Wan/The State News

Sophomore Carly Glynn, 19, died early Friday morning of a suspected bacterial infection, university spokesman Kent Cassella said.

Glynn, who is a family community services major according to the MSU directory, was taken to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing by friends around midnight Thursday night and died a few hours later, according to an email from the MSU Provost Office.

Officials with the Ingham County Health Department and MSU’s University Physician’s Office are investigating potential causes of death, one of which is suspected to be the meningococcal disease, a bacterial infection.

Marcus Cheatham, a public information officer from the Ingham County Health Department, said Glynn’s test results are not yet confirmed.

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http://blisstree.com/live/200-sick-after-washington-state-cheerlead...

200 Sick With Mysterious Disease Following Cheerleading Competition

4 hours ago 

Diarrhea. Uncontrolled vomiting. Aches and pains. These are the symptoms that are plaguing as many as 200 high school cheerleaders and their families across Washington state following a cheerleading competition last weekend, which was attended by around 3,000 people. And you thought you were having a terrible week.

Yes, it sounds like the beginning of a re-make of Outbreak, but the unknown disease is very real to hundreds of cheerleaders and their fans this week. Reports of flu-like symptoms by those who attended or participated in last Saturday’s Salute to Spirit and State Cheerleading Championships started pouring in earlier this week, as schools, parents, and health officials statewide scrambled to find a cause. So far, they haven’t established one yet–and the number of those who are experiencing this crappy illness keeps going up.

State health officials are working hard to figure out what the disease is, and where it may have come from, but so far, there’s little conclusive information about what’s got as many as 19 cheer squads (and their friends and families) feeling so gross. The symptoms are similar to those caused by bacteria, foodborne illness (like food poisoning), or the rotovirus, according the Health Department–but that doesn’t help narrow down the cause, or who patient zero might be. And it doesn’t help parents decide if their kids may still be exposing themselves to the cause.

But even those who haven’t been sickened yet are taking no precautions, which means cheerleading practice across the state has had to get a little creative. According to an MSNBC article, coaches and families are taking no risks.

Assistant cheerleading coach Michelle Whelan says until they know what’s going on, she’s taking extra precautions. “I’m not letting the girls use pom-poms, signs, flags or anything else that was at the competition until we can disinfect them.”

Most of those who have become ill have reportedly started to recover without seeking medical attention–which is sort of a good news/bad news situation, because, while it means the disease isn’t serious, it also means the health department has no way of collecting samples to test.

Anyone attendees who have experienced symptoms are being urged to see their doctor, if only to help isolate what might be wiping out squads across the state.

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2 cases of deadly disease in Calif.

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Published: Feb. 9, 2012 at 3:59 PM

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A California health official says two cases of what appears to be Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Marin County could be coincidence.

One of the victims has died, the Marin Independent Journal reported.

Dr. Craig Lindquist, the county public health officer, said the doctors treating the two patients reported the diagnosis to the state, which alerted him last week.

"There is no information suggesting a causal link between the two cases; nor is there any information that suggests a risk to the public," he said.

A variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob occurs from eating beef from cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as mad cow disease. BSE is caused by protein fragments known as prions.

The more common form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob, although it is also rare, is caused by genetic mutation or by the introduction of contaminants during medical procedures. Both forms cause brain deterioration leading to dementia and death.

Craig McAllister of Oakland told the Independent Journal the dead patient might be his ex-wife, Aline Shaw of San Rafael. He said they lived in London from 1989 to 1992 at a time when there was an outbreak of BSE among British cattle.

Researchers are unsure how long people with Creutzfeldt-Jakob remain without symptoms although they suspect it may be decades in some cases.

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http://www.examiner.com/healthcare-industry-in-national/measles-out...

Measles outbreak: Person infected with measles attended Super Bowl festivities

If you were in Indianpolis for the 2012 Super Bowl, pay attention to this health alert. The Indiana State Department of Health reported on Feb 8, 2012 that one person who attended Super Bowl XLVI activities in Indianapolis last weekend has a confirmed case of the measles.

Two cases of highly infectious measles have been confirmed in Hamilton County, with two more cases still unconfirmed in Boone County. The Indiana State DOH states that one person who is confirmed to be infected "visited the Super Bowl festivities in downtown Indianapolis on Friday, February 3, but health officials report the individual did not go into the NFL Experience at the Indiana Convention Center.

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Epidemic Hazard in Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday, 04 February, 2012 at 05:36 (05:36 AM) UTC.

Description At least 11 people have died from meningitis in the past three days in the Ivory Coast. There were 40 reported cases in four departments across country during the month of February, 2012. People are scrambling to access vaccinations for their families. The ministry of health has declared the outbreaks in the Kouto and Tengrela regions as epidemics, and are providing free vaccinations in both locations through mobile health teams. They are achieving this with the help of the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Bacterial and viral meningitis are diseases which cause inflammation in layers of the brain and spinal cord, and the former has a high fatality rate. Residents of affected cities Saminkro and Kani must pay US$5 each for a vaccination, or $3 if they come forward as a group. People are lobbying the health ministry to bring down prices as many cannot afford to raise enough money to vaccinate their families. “It’s a question of economics,” Jeremie Ipo, director of the district health centre in the village of Poungbè in Korhogo region, told IRIN. “We can only reduce the price of the vaccine as soon as there are enough people demanding it.” The government recently abandoned the provision of free health care for all because of extremely high costs. While birth deliveries and some immunisations for children under age six are still covered, meningitis is not included. A 2009/2010 meningitis outbreak killed over 900 people and infected over 13,000 in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria. Biohazard name:

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/st-ignatius-virus_n_124900...

A violent stomach virus outbreak has forced St. Ignatius High School, a Jesuit college preparatory academy in the Sunset district, to shut down through the weekend.

Principal Patrick Ruff said in a news conference that more than 300 students (over 20 percent of the student body) and 30 teachers became ill from gastroenteritis, causing many to vomit in trash cans across the campus.

"We encourage students and staff to stay home when sick and to wash hands frequently," a message on the San Francisco Unified School District's website reads. Ruff explained that the number of absent teachers would make it difficult to hold classes. Officials are monitoring the situation closely, and affected individuals are urged to stay away from campus for at least 72 hours.

Peter Radsliffe, whose son was among the sickened, told Bay City News the virus already appeared to have cleared up. "He felt much better this morning," Radsliffe said. "He's sleeping, feeling fine, just the typical 24-hour bug that you get over."

St. Ignatius boasts a number of famous alumni, including California Governor Jerry Brown, former San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, Gordon Getty and Intel CEO Peter Otellini.

Health experts claim gastroenteritis only lasts a few days. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning came down with the disease the week before his heartbreaking championship victory over the San Francisco Giants.