The Examiner 2011-11-07: Listeria death toll expected to keep rising The U.S. Center for Disease Control issued a public health statement Friday about the nation's worst Listeria outbreak in U.S. history, with death toll rising from the disease that can cause a baby to die unexpectedly before birth or experience a life-threatening infection within the first few days after birth. Symptoms might not appear up to two months after infection, so Listeria cases continue mounting from the source first identified as a killer cantaloupe but then, lettuce was added, as were related lawsuits against not only farmers,... more »
Disease outbreaks will increase as per ZetaTalk
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
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.
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| 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. |
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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.
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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 11, 2011 at 5:51am
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This can't be good. The CDC has confirmed infectious TB at a homeless shelter where occupy Atlanta protesters may still be at risk from this airborne disease.
http://nation.foxnews.com/occupy-wall-street/2011/11/10/tuberculosi...
Tuberculosis Outbreak at Occupy Atlanta's Base
'Outbreak' Warner BrosATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – The home base for Occupy Atlanta has tested positive for tuberculosis.
The Fulton County Health Department confirmed Wednesday that residents at the homeless shelter where protesters have been occupying have contracted the drug-resistant disease. WGCL reports that a health department spokeswoman said there is a possibility that both Occupy Atlanta protesters and the homeless people in the shelter may still be at risk since tuberculosis is contracted through air contact.
“Over the last three months were have been two persons who have resided in this facility who have been diagnosed with confirmed or suspected infectious tuberculosis (TB),” said Fulton County Services Director Matthew McKenna in a written statement to CBS Atlanta. “One of these persons was confirmed to have a strain of TB that is resistant to a single, standard medication used to treat this condition. All person(s) identified as positive have begun treatment and are being monitored to ensure that medication is taken as directed.”
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-10/rats-feeding-on-trash-i...
Rats Feeding on Trash Increase Disease Threat in Flooded Bangkok
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Bangkok officials began paying residents to clear trash after doctors reported more cases of a potentially lethal rat-linked disease in flood-stricken areas.
The municipal government said it will pay 300 baht ($9.70) a day for the next two months to remove garbage in a city that normally produces 8,000 tons of waste daily. Concern that uncollected food scraps may be harboring vermin increased after Health Minister Wittaya Buranasiri said yesterday seven people were being treated for leptospirosis, a bacterial infection spread in water contaminated with rat urine.
“We don’t want the rats to walk around finding food,” said Porntep Siriwanarangsun, director general of Thailand’s Department of Disease Control. “We have to take care of the garbage immediately.”
The specter of infectious epidemics is increasing as the battle to overcome the nation’s worst flood since 1942 stretches into the 15th week. Medical workers treated 4,684 people for influenza, 828 for diarrhea and 246 for conjunctivitis in 127 state shelters the past month in Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces, the health ministry said this week.
“We are sending more mobile teams to cope with and combat infectious diseases,” Porntep said in a Nov. 8 interview.
Colds and skin diseases of the feet caused by contact with dirty water are the main complaints treated at refugee shelters so far, he said, adding that leptospirosis is a key concern because the bacterium may persist in water for a month.
Anti-Garbage Campaign
“We are now in a campaign to get rid of garbage because this will attract rats, and the rat urine will leave the disease on small puddles of water on the ground,” Porntep said.
Humans become infected through direct contact with the urine of rats and other infected animals or with a urine- contaminated environment, according to the World Health Organization. The bacteria enter the body through cuts or abrasions on the skin, or through the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose and eyes.
In the early stages of the disease, symptoms include high fever, severe headache, muscle pain, chills, redness of the eyes, abdominal pain, jaundice, hemorrhages in the skin and mucous membranes, vomiting, diarrhea, and rash, the Geneva-based agency said.
Aid workers are delivering pre-prepared meals to displaced families to try to mitigate the risk, said Varabhorn Bhumiswasdi, director of the Priest Hospital in central Bangkok, who is leading a mobile medical team in Rangsit, a flooded area 20 kilometers (13 miles) north of the city center.
At a temporary shelter in Rangsit, villagers set up an outdoor kitchen, storing rice, raw fish and other food items in plastic bags. Trash was piled in a corner of the compound, which was shared with dogs and ducks.
No Cooking
“We tell people not to cook their own food at the shelters because we’re very worried about the garbage,” Varabhorn said. “We also warn them not to buy food from vendors because it may be unhygienic. That’s why we have to supply fresh cooked food three times a day, to prevent food poisoning and diarrhea.”
Varabhorn’s six-person team set up a makeshift clinic on a concrete bridge above the now-submerged village of Lak Hok. Patients are examined on an abandoned bed and dispensed medicines from the back of a truck.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/kawasaki-disease-wind-patt...
Kawasaki Disease: Researchers Find Surprising Link To Wind Patterns
First Posted: 11/10/11
Part of a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop.
Dr. Jane C. Burns always takes her vacation in September and October. That's when, she says, there is a "lull in the action."
By action, she means the influx of children with Kawasaki disease that she has come to expect during summer and winter months. Similar seasonal patterns are seen in other parts of the world, but no one has been able to explain why.
Now Burns and her colleagues think they may have found an important clue -- blowing in the wind. Despite 50 years of research, the underlying cause of Kawasaki, a rare condition that involves the inflammation of blood vessels, remains unknown.
The interdisciplinary team of doctors and climatologists has linked large-scale wind patterns originating in central Asia to fluctuations in cases of the serious and sometimes fatal disease in Japan, San Diego and Hawaii. Their findings, detailed in the journal Nature's Scientific Reports on Thursday, suggest that when these particular wind currents reverse -- sweeping in from the south, in the case of Japan -- the number of Kawasaki cases drop. A close look at data from these three regions found no associations with other environmental factors such as precipitation, temperature or dew point.
"If the winds blow in one direction, there is Kawasaki; if winds blow in the other, there is no Kawasaki. It's very dramatic." says Burns, a professor of pediatrics and director of the Kawasaki Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital.
Researchers are now looking at dust samples collected from winds over Japan in hopes of determining what virus, bacteria, fungi or other contagion -- live or inert -- ultimately triggers Kawasaki disease. And until that mystery is solved, no one can be certain of the wind's true role.
If the Kawakasi agent does, in fact, traverse great distances by wind, it would be the first known human infectious disease agent to do so. Dust plumes have been known to travel internationally. And some pathogens of plants and animals such as European livestock Foot and Mouth Disease and African Swine Fever can blow around, but only over relatively short distances, said Guy Hendrickx, managing director of Avia-GIS, a Belgian company specializing in spatial information for health and agriculture research. His own research has found that insects carrying Bluetongue virus will fly with the wind over hundreds of miles -- yet still not at the same high altitude and long distance suggested in the new Kawasaki research.
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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food-disease/news/nov09...
Five-state Salmonella outbreak linked to chicken livers
Nov 9, 2011 (CIDRAP News) – A New York food processor has recalled broiled chicken liver products that have been linked to at least 169 Salmonella Heidelberg infections in five states, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and state health departments.
The recall applies to an undetermined amount of broiled chicken livers produced by Schreiber Processing Corp., based in Maspeth, N.Y., the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said yesterday in a statement.
It said the products appear to be ready to eat but are partially cooked and need to be fully cooked before eaten. It said illnesses have also been linked to chopped liver made from the product and sold at retail stores.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) said today that it has identified 56 Salmonella infections in the city linked to the company's MealMart brand kosher broiled chicken livers. It said illnesses have also been identified in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Minnesota.
In addition, 33 more cases have been identified in the state outside New York City, Peter Constantakes, a spokesman with the New York State Department of Health, told CIDRAP News. He added that the patients are from nine different upstate counties and that five were hospitalized.
Meanwhile, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) said today that it has identified 64 cases with links to the recalled products. It said most of the sick patients are from Ocean County. Donna Leusner, the department's spokeswoman, told CIDRAP News that about 11% of the patients were hospitalized and 48% are female.
Maryland health officials have received reports of nine cases linked to the outbreak, including seven adults and two children, according to an e-mail response from Karen Black, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She said the cases occurred from late March to early September and that no deaths or hospitalizations have been reported.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PDH) has confirmed seven outbreak-related cases that occurred from April through August, according to Tom Hostetter, a press aide at the PDH.
New York City's health department said it identified a pattern of people reporting that they ate kosher broiled chicken livers or chopped liver before they got sick, and investigators recently confirmed that Salmonella Heidelberg infections identified from February through November had the same genetic fingerprint. The NYCDHMH said 12 people were hospitalized.
The FSIS said testing by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets identified the outbreak strain in samples of the company's broiled chicken livers and in samples of chopped liver made from the same products.
The products were sold in 10-pound boxes that contained two 5-pound bags of chicken livers made for further processing or loose-packed broiled chicken livers. The NYCDHMH warned that the broiled chicken livers are often repackaged and sold in smaller quantities or are used to prepare chopped liver sold at deli-style establishments.
According to an NYCDHMH list of facilities that received the recalled products, most are in New York or New Jersey. However, the broiled chicken livers were also shipped to two cities in Pennsylvania, one in Maryland, and one in Minnesota.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-x-1109-whooping-cough-20111...
Doctors call for preventive measures in wake of pertussis outbreaks
Boosters recommended, in addition to washing hands, covering mouth when coughing
When a series of whooping cough cases spread through a northwest suburban high school this fall, school officials knew they had to act quickly to try to stem the outbreak.
Doctors recommend that people who have or think they may have whooping cough cover their mouths, cough into tissues and wash their hands frequently to limit the spread of the disease.
Cleaning crews at Cary-Grove High School scrubbed down and repeatedly sanitized the sprawling campus, which accommodates 1,820 students and more than 100 teachers and staff.
"We were already tested on this" with the H1N1 flu outbreak in 2009, said Jeff Puma, Community High School District 155 communications director. "We disinfected high-touch areas throughout the building — desks, doorknobs, drinking fountains — anything that a lot of people might be touching."
But there was little the school could do about a broader issue: a need for proper vaccinations against a highly contagious condition officially known as pertussis.
For pediatrician Walter A. Orenstein, the Cary-Grove case illustrates why adolescents and adults need more protection.
"Adolescents and adults lose immunity over time and it's very critical that they get a (one-time) booster dose," said Orenstein, a member of the Committee on Infectious Di
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http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1268956/-/bhcghmz/-/
Kitgum in nodding disease dilemma
Posted Tuesday, November 8 2011 at 00:00In Summary
The disease is prevalent in the Sudan region, where more than 300 children are affected, and in Kitgum District.
The resettlement process in Acholi sub-region is yet faced with a new dilemma, especially for children whose hope of returning to school after decades of war is starting to fade following the outbreak a strange nodding disease. In Kitgum District, more than 200 pupils have dropped out of school after suffering severe attacks from the disease, also medically referred to as head seizure.
The disease which impairs the victim’s cognitive ability, started during the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) war but is now spreading faster to villages and schools. In Akwang Sub-county in Kitgum District, three-quarter of pupils of Alune Primary School are affected. The school has 281 pupils, out of which 200 are suffering from the nodding sickness. Eighty of these have so far dropped out of school.
Mr Francis Odokonyero, a Primary Five teacher in the school, said he is tired and terrified by the magnitude of the problem during his class work. “Sometimes it makes teaching very hard when a child falls in class. No one can concentrate in such a situation,” he said.
Mr Odokonyero said as a result, the school has banned noise-making, believed to heighten the disease in those affected.Villagers have linked the cause of the disease to air pollution from bombs used during the war. Mr
Martin Kidega, 45, of Lamit Tumangu village in Akwang Sub-county, has lost two daughters to the disease. His only son, Ojok, 16, is also affected and is still struggling for his life but Kidega is losing hope.“I am not sure of the exact cause of the illness, but it could be the result of the bomb or spirits of the many people killed here during the war,” Mr Kidega said. “I am in a terrible pain that my children are not in school. Where is the future of my home?” he bemoaned.
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At the home of Mr Sunday Kibwota, all 14 of his children have been affected by the disease, forcing them to drop out of Alune Primary School. The chairman of Akwang Sub-county, Mr Peter Oola, said: “Many families are counting their days to die and the future of our children to take up leadership from us is shuttered.”
Health officials have distributed medicines at village level to try to help the sick while waiting for test result from Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, US, where health experts, including those from WHO, are studying the results preliminary investigations in the are
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Ankole cattle corridor faces anthrax outbreak
Posted Tuesday, November 8 2011 at 00:00In Summary
Two people have already been reported dead in Sheema District, and the region has now moved a quarantine on all animals.
Mbarara
The Ankole cattle corridor is on high alert following an anthrax outbreak that claimed the lives of two people in Sheema District, last week. The district health inspector, Mr Francis Mugume, said five other people were admitted to Kabwohe Health Centre IV in critical condition.
Death reports
Mr Mugume identified the dead as Mr Fred Kafureka, 56 and Mr Mohammed Burambo, 67, all butchers in Mashojwa Village, Kagango Sub-county. Sheema District Health Officer Johnson Kabwishwa told Daily Monitor that a partial quarantine has been imposed on the sub-counties of Muzira, Kibingo, Kagango and Kabwohe Itendero Town Council to stem the spread of the disease. “As a control measure, beef and its products have been banned in the affected sub-counties and farmers have started immunising their animals. We advise that dead animals should be buried immediately,” Mr Kyabwisho said.Mbarara District Veterinary Officer Lewis Barigye said they are investigating the cause of the death of a cow in Kyantamba Mixed Farm in Kashaari. He said drugs for vaccination are readily available on the open market in pharmacies and farmers should be able to vaccinate their animals with the guidance of sub-county veterinary staff. The district leadership held a meeting yesterday and slammed quarantine on all movements of animals in the district.
Vaccination
Bushenyi Veterinary Officer Rusoke Tibakyenga said ring vaccination will be carried out at the border with Sheema. “We have put up a roadblock at Rwentuuha Township and will start immunisation today (Monday) along the border of Bushenyi with Sheema District. We have placed announcements on radios and there are talk shows to educate the public about the dangers of the disease,” Dr Rusoke said.In Isingiro District, the district veterinary officer, Dr Bruhan Kasozi, said the area was safe while Kiruhura’s Francis Mugisha said the district is already under quarantine.
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http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Health/2011/11/98019/
Ninh Thuan Province declares hand-foot-mouth epidemicNinh Thuan Province in central Vietnam officially declared hand-foot-mouth disease as an epidemic on Monday, after six out of its seven districts reported a high outbreak of the disease.
Phan Thi Lai, deputy head of the Department of Health in the central province of Ninh Thuan said that the People’s Committee had decided to announce the hand-foot-mouth disease as an epidemic after more cases were reported in six districts out of its seven districts in the province. Accordingly measures will now have to be taken to tackle the situation.
Consequently, the People’s Committee has ordered agencies and related departments to coordinate with health authorities to implement urgent and effective measures to fight the disease and prevent any further outbreaks.
Health statistics from the Department of Health in Ninh Thuan Province show that during the first 10 months of the year, over 500 cases of HFMD were detected with 3 reported deaths, a 24 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
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Legionnaires’ Cases Confirmed at Baltimore Nursing Home
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WEBWIRE – Tuesday, November 08, 2011Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been discovered at the Keswick Multicare Center on West 40th Street in Baltimore, MD. Their symptoms began in September, and health officials have now confirmed that the patients are indeed suffering from Legionnaires’, according to NBC affiliate WBAL-TV. Both patients are expected to recover.
An investigation into the source of the outbreak is underway; but in the meantime, the Keswick Multicare Center said that it is only serving bottled water as a precautionary measure.
Legionnaires’ disease is a very serious form of pneumonia that results in long term health effects or a flu-like illness called Pontiac Fever. Most individuals become infected by inhaling Legionella bacteria in the air; it is not spread from person to person. The bacteria spread through mist or vapor from contaminated water in hot tubs, cooling towers, faucets, showerheads, and other water systems. A current or previous smoking habit, chronic lung disease, age (usually 50 years or older), and the use of certain rheumatoid arthritis and chemotherapy drugs can increase the risk of contracting Legionnaires’ disease.
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