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, 2011SANTIAGOChile’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.

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

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Comment by Yvonne Lawson on December 11, 2013 at 6:45pm

Bubonic plague killed 20 villagers in Madagascar, health experts confirm

Announcement of one of worst outbreaks in years raises fears that disease could spread to towns and cities
Bubonic plague bacteria
Bacteria that cause bubonic plague. The disease is spread by Xenopsylla cheopis fleas, whose main host is the black rat. Photograph: Rocky Mountain Laboratories/AP

Once feared as the Black Death – the rodent-borne disease that wiped out a third of the world's population in the Middle Ages – bubonic plague has killed 20 villagers in Madagascar in one of the worst outbreaks globally in recent years, health experts have confirmed.

The confirmation that bubonic plague was responsible for the deaths last week near the north-western town of Mandritsara follows a warning in October from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that the island nation was at risk of a plague epidemic.

The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar revealed on Tuesday that tests taken from bodies in the village last week showed that they had died of bubonic plague. The institute added it was concerned the disease could spread to towns and cities where living standards have declined since a coup in 2009.

The deaths are doubly concerning because the outbreak occurred both outside the island's normal plague season, which runs from July to October, and apparently at a far lower elevation than usual – suggesting it might be spreading.

Bubonic plague, which has disappeared from Europe and large parts of the globe, is spread by bites from plague-carrying rat fleas – Xenopsylla cheopis – whose main host is the black rat. In Europe the threat of the Black Death pandemic, which appeared with black rats brought by merchant ships from Asia, eventually died out as black rats were displaced by brown rats and health and hygiene improved.

Victims often develop painful swelling in the lymph nodes called buboes, flu-like symptoms and gangrene. Although the disease is treatable with antibiotics, without treatment the mortality rate is almost two-thirds of those infected, according to the US Centres for Disease Control.

Last year about 60 people died of plague in Madagascar – the highest number globally. The disease is prevalent in the island's central highlands, where approximately 200 to 400 confirmed cases are reported each year to the World Health Organisation – between a third and a fifth of globally reported cases.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/11/bubonic-plague-killed-...

 

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 25, 2013 at 5:58pm

http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/708872

Mass disease outbreak in Ulyanovsk Region caused by water infection

 November 25, 12:43 UTC+4 
Regional police have opened a criminal case on charges of non-observance of sanitary and epidemiological regulations
ITAR-TASS/Artyom Geodakyan

ULYANOVSK, November 25. /ITAR-TASS/. The mass disease outbreak in the city of Inza in the Ulyanovsk Region could be caused by rotavirus infection (intestinal flu), as most experts believe, said the region's Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Valentina Karaulova.

The final results will be known later this Monday.

Tests of water from sources in Inza have confirmed there was intestinal infection. Specialists of the local department of the Rospotrebnadzor federal public health control service believe one of the main causes of the mass disease was utilities' negligence to timely check and properly purify tap water. When experts examined the lines they found four ruptures. Everything has been repaired for the present.

In the group of risk are children under two. Symptoms of the disease are clear in one-three days. These are diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain and high temperature, Karaulova said.

According to the Emergencies Ministry's Ulyanovsk regional department, a total of 255 cases have been reported — 53 adults and 202 children. Eighty seven people (12 adults and 75 children) remain in hospitals. Sixty six patients have been discharged. Thirty one new cases (eight adults and 23 children) were reported on Sunday. Thirty are outpatients, and one child was taken to the district's central hospital in Inza.

Regional police have opened a criminal case on charges of non-observance of sanitary and epidemiological regulations, which caused mass infecting of people. The regional prosecutor's office and the regional investigative department are continuing their inquiry.

Bottled water is supplied to the population according to schedule. Medics continue to visit homes to find out whether there are ill people.

Comment by Mario Valencia-Rojas on November 24, 2013 at 10:16pm

Deadly New Disease Affecting Dogs

A warning from local vets is being issued to dog owners about a deadly new disease affecting dogs in other parts of the country.

It comes on suddenly, and there’s no vaccine to prevent it from killing.

"What we see is a lot of vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy,” says Dr. Andrea Dennis of Bloomfield Animal Hospital, describing the symptoms.

Until 2012, the virus was only detected in pigs and chickens.

Now, “circovirus” is hitting dogs.

The symptoms are the same as more common viruses like Parvo, but within two or three days, the dog is dead.

Dr. Dennis says it’s especially concerning with holidays coming up, when people board their dogs.

"You just don't know. And you just have to be prepared, that this virus can hit this state at any time,” she says.

While there's no vaccine yet, circovirus doesn't have to be a death sentence for a dog. In fact, if they're brought in early, with supportive care, dogs can be saved.

If you bring your dog to a vet right away, after the first signs of symptoms, they can get IV fluids and avoid dehydration, which Dennis says actually leads to most of the deaths.

As a dog owner and president of Enfield’s Big Fluffy Dog Rescue, Elizabeth Zaccaro is aware of circovirus, even though it’s not yet in Connecticut.

"Most people are anxious about it. It's going around on Facebook so everybody's kind of like, ‘Oh my god, what is it?’ ”

At “Dog Days of West Hartford,” owner Bob Duncan is taking preemptive action by double-checking his cleaning supplies, making sure his disinfectant is “circo-proof.”

"It cleans 99.9 percent of the viruses out there, but this is one that I'll be asking the manufacturer if it does cover this new virus that we're hearing about,” he said.

Dr. Dennis offers this bottom line to pet owners:

"Don't wait 24, 48 hours to see if it's going to get better on its own. That's the best advice I can really give."

Source- http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/hc-deadly-new-virus-affecting-...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 21, 2013 at 2:15am

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2013/11/niger-tanzania-p...

Niger, Tanzania probe two unknown-illness outbreaks

Health officials in Africa are investigating two separate outbreaks of unknown illness, a small one in Niger that has killed nearly a third of patients and a larger one in Tanzania in which no deaths have been reported so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today.

Deadly outbreak in Niger

In Niger, the outbreak as of the middle of October had sickened 23 patients in two villages in Tera District, located in the country's Tillaberi Region. The area is located in far southwestern Niger, not far from the Burkina Faso and Mali borders. Seven deaths have been reported, according to the WHO report.

Symptoms included fever, dysphagia, nosebleeds, vomiting, neck pain, submandibular lymphadenopathy, and ulceronecrotic tonsil lesions. However, none of the patients had a pseudomembrane at the back of the throat, which is a hallmark feature of diphtheria. Also, nosebleeds, which occurred in five patients, isn't a common diphtheria symptom.

Throat swabs from five patients were negative for diphtheria, and blood tests from two patients were negative for mononucleosis. These tests were done at the Centre for Medical and Health Research (CERMES), a Pasteur Institute lab that operates under Niger's public health ministry.

Given the unusual symptoms, negative lab tests for diphtheria, and high case-fatality rate, further investigations are needed to determine the outbreak's scope, source, and risk of further spread, the WHO said. The office said the WHO is assisting Niger's health ministry investigators and has deployed an epidemiologist to provide technical support in coordinating the work.

Almost 800 cases in Tanzania

Meanwhile, Tanzania's health ministry is investigating an unknown disease in Kasulu district, located in the northwestern part of the country not far from the Burundi border. Since late August, 794 illnesses have been reported, none of them fatal, according to a separate WHO outbreak report.

The main symptoms are fever, headache, vomiting, and abdominal pain, but tests for dengue fever conducted on some of the patients were negative. The WHO said more tests are under way to determine the cause of the outbreak and that health officials are weighing several possibilities, including dengue fever, yellow fever, and hepatitis A or E.

In response to the outbreak, health officials have intensified health education about environmental hygiene and sanitation and have strengthened surveillance and lab analysis of samples, according to the report.

Monitoring challenges

Sharon Sanders, editor-in-chief of the infectious disease message board FluTrackers, told CIDRAP News that the group's volunteers follow developments in the two countries, but added that Africa is a challenging area to monitor, because the news coming out of the region is sparse. She said malaria and cholera seem to be chronic in the area over the past months, and health officials in Niger recently detected the country's first diphtheria cases in 7 years.

She said it's not unusual to see news stories about "unknown" diseases appear in the African media, which are usually resolved in a few weeks after global health groups arrive to assist with testing. However, Sanders said it is unusual for a WHO division to report an unknown disease outbreak.

"We are going to carefully watch this," Sanders said, adding that reports of nasal bleeding in the Niger outbreak patients is worrying and that she would like to know if bleeding is a feature in any of the Tanzanian cases.

Comment by sourabh kale on November 15, 2013 at 7:52am
Previously thought non-transmissible bird flu strain infects humans for first time
November 14, 2013 – TAIWAN – A strain of bird flu that scientists thought could not infect people has shown up in a Taiwanese woman, a nasty surprise that shows scientists must do more to spot worrisome flu strains before they ignite a global outbreak, doctors say. On a more hopeful front, two pharmaceuticals separately reported encouraging results from human tests of a possible vaccine against a different type of bird flu that has been spreading in China since first being identified last spring, which is feared to have pandemic potential. The woman, 20, was hospitalized in May with a lung infection. After being treated with Tamiflu and antibiotics, she was released. One of her throat swabs was sent to the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. Experts there identified it as the H6N1 bird flu, widely circulating in chickens on the island. The patient, who was not identified, worked in a deli and had no known connection to live birds. Investigators couldn’t figure out how she was infected. But they noted several of her close family and friends also developed flu-like symptoms after spending time with her, though none tested positive for H6N1. The research was published online Thursday in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Since the H5N1 bird flu strain first broke out in southern China in 1996, public health officials have been nervously monitoring its progress —it has so far killed more than 600 people, mostly in Asia. Several other bird flu strains, including H7N9, which was first identified in China in April, have also caused concern but none has so far mutated into a form able to spread easily among people. “The question again is what would it take for these viruses to evolve into a pandemic strain?” wrote Marion Koopmans, a virologist at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands, in a commentary accompanying the new report. She said it was worrying that scientists had no early warning signals that such new avian influenzas could be a problem until humans fell ill.
Scientists often monitor birds to see which viruses are killing them, in an attempt to guess which flu strains might be troublesome for humans —but neither H6N1 nor H7N9 make birds very sick. Koopmans called for increased surveillance of animal flu viruses and more research into predicting which viruses might cause a global crisis. “We can surely do better than to have human beings as sentinels,” she wrote. The vaccine news is on the H7N9 bird flu that has infected at least 137 people and killed at least 45 since last spring. Scientists from Novavax Inc., a Gaithersburg, Maryland, company, say tests on 284 people suggest that after two shots of the vaccine, most made antibodies at a level that usually confers protection. “They gave a third of the usual dose and yet had antibodies in over 80 percent,” said an expert not connected with the work, Dr. Greg Poland of the Mayo Clinic. “This is encouraging news. We’ve struggled to make vaccines quickly enough against novel viruses,” he said. Results were published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. In a separate announcement on Thursday, Switzerland-based Novartis announced early tests on its H7N9 vaccine in 400 people showed 85 percent of them got a protective immune response after two doses. The data has not yet been published. The world needs to be prepared for “unpredictable pandemics” from viruses making the leap from animals to people
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/bird-flu-strain-infects-huma... , scientists in Taiwan also warned.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24926835
Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 11, 2013 at 9:48pm

Leptospirosis and Hepatitis A

http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/15297/authorities-monitor-disease-outbre...

Authorities monitor disease outbreak in Ba

07:06 Today

Government authorities in Ba have shut down a private water source in the district believed to be cause of a disease outbreak in at least four settlements.

The Chairman of the Ba Advisory Council Viam Pillay confirmed this to FBC News this morning.

Around one hundred residents of Vatusui, Nukuloa back road, part of Balevutu, Nacaci and Moto have been diagnosed with symptoms of leptospirosis and Hepatitis A.

The lives of around three thousand people who were supplied water from the private source are at stake.

Four hundred families live in the affected settlements.

“3pm yesterday the dam has been shut down. From morning yesterday together with WAF, we have been supplying water during the day. We have supplied water to Nukuloa college and Nukuloa Primary and also the areas of Vatusui and in the afternoon there was heavy rain and we encouraged people to collect water. I just arrived home at 1am this morning, all this while we have been giving water to the people through WAF and this will continue today."

Pillay says, relevant authorities are working very hard to see that everything thing are in place.

“Yesterday in the afternoon, we had a meeting at Nukuloa Police Post and that’s the operation center has been set for this emergency situation. The doctors have confirmed more people are coming with symptoms. They’re doing their best to provide the awareness and treatment is also available."

The affected settlements have been supplied with nine water tanks yesterday and ten more are expected to arrive today.

Pillay says, the Fiji Red Cross has also set up a water purification system which will be at work from today.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 11, 2013 at 9:45pm

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/11/seventh_case_of_meningit...

 

Seventh case of meningitis is diagnosed at Princeton University, officials say

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November 10, 2013 at 7:09 PM, updated November 11, 2013 at 11:51 AM

PRINCETON — Another Princeton University student is being treated for meningitis, a university spokesman said this evening.

Hospitalized today, the student, who lives on campus, is the university’s seventh case of meningitis since March and the third case since the state Department of Health declared an outbreak of the disease at the school in May.

“The student developed symptoms of acute illness yesterday and went to the university’s McCosh Health Center,” university spokesman Martin Mbugua said this evening. “From there, he was taken to a local hospital early this morning.”

The university is currently awaiting test results that would determine the type of meningitis, Mbugua said. The results are expected this week, he said.

All six previous patients, who have since recovered, were infected with type B meningococcal bacteria. Four of those cases involved students living in campus dorms.

State law requires all students living in university housing in New Jersey to receive a meningitis vaccination.

The vaccination protects against most strains of the meningitis bacteria except type B.

In an effort to fight the spread of bacterial meningitis, the university has been distributing 5,000 red, 16-ounce cups emblazoned with a message for students to not share their beverages.

Symptoms of meningitis include headache, fever, vomiting, rashes and sensitivity to light. It is often mistaken for the flu. Most people recover, though the disease can have severe complications, including brain damage, hearing loss and learning disabilities.

Meningitis can be spread from person to person via kissing, coughing or lengthy contact, and is a risk for those living in the same dorm or household.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 9, 2013 at 3:31pm

http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/Health-alert-Shigella-outbreak-i...

Health alert: Shigella outbreak in Grayson county

 

SHERMAN, TX-A health warning was issued for Grayson county residents Friday after health officials and Sherman schools report an outbreak of a highly contagious disease.

Friday, Sherman ISD sent letters out to parents notifying them of a Shigella outbreak in three of their schools.

"We do have three different campuses that were impacted. We have Sory Elementary that had multiple cases on that campus, five specific cases that I'm aware of. And we have two other campuses that only had one case, one student case in those particular campuses. They are Dillingham and Fairview Intermediate," said Assistant Superintendent Dr. Tyson Bennett.

Grayson County Health Director, John Teel, said there are 14 reported cases of Shigellosis--an infection caused by the Shigella bacteria--that causes high fever, vomiting and diarrhea.

"We either catch it from someone we have close contact with, and it's usually children, it's usually young children who don't know how to wash their hands very well," he said.

That's why Bennett said they are disinfecting campuses.

"Last Friday, we cleaned into the late hours of the evening and throughout the weekend to make sure that we disinfect all those surfaces and have a good clean environments for all the student. We also started working with staff to make them aware of the situation," he said.

Teel said this is no typical stomach bug.

"You're gonna be pretty sick and with this type of diarrhea, there will be a lot of mucus and possible a lot of blood in it," he said.

Teel said the three adults work in the food service industry, but there's no evidence that anyone contracted the disease from the restaurants where they work. Health department officials are still tracking down the origins of the bug.

"We just don't think that at this time we have a common source where we continue to interview these patients and their families to see if there's something in common," said Teel.

To avoid getting the bug, wash your hands with soap and water.

If you're experiencing any of the symptoms, contact your doctor immediately.

Comment by Derrick Johnson on November 9, 2013 at 9:18am

Dolphin virus outbreak in Atlantic is deadliest ever

Washington (AFP) - The deadliest known outbreak of a measles-like virus in bottlenose dolphins has killed a record number of the animals along the US Atlantic coast since July, officials said Friday.

A total of 753 bottlenose dolphins have washed up from New York to Florida from July 1 until November 3, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

That is more than 10 times the number of dolphins that would typically turn up dead along East Coast beaches, said Teri Rowles, program coordinator of the NOAA Fisheries Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program.

"Historic averages for this same time frame, same geographic area is only 74, so you get an idea of the scope," she told reporters.

The death toll is also higher than the more than 740 strandings in the last major Atlantic morbillivirus outbreak in 1987-1988.

And they have come in a much shorter time period, leading officials to anticipate this event could get much worse.

"It is expected that the confirmed mortalities will be higher," said Rowles.

"If this plays out similar to the '87-88 die-off, we are less than halfway through that time frame."

The cause of death is morbillivirus, a form of marine mammal measles that is similar to canine distemper and can cause pneumonia, suppressed immune function and brain infections that are usually fatal.

There is no evidence that cetacean morbillivirus can cause disease in people.

However, sick dolphins can also have bacterial or fungal infections that do pose risks to people, so beach-combers are advised not to approach stranded animals but rather to call a local stranding network for help.

The virus spreads among dolphins in close contact.

A handful of washed up humpback whales and pygmy sperm whales have also tested positive for morbillivirus, but scientists have not been able to confirm that morbillivirus was the cause of those deaths since the animals were too decomposed by the time tests could be done.

Rowles said efforts are underway to try and determine if the virus might have been introduced into wild bottlenose dolphins from another species, like humpback whales or pygmy sperm whales.

"There are still a lot of unanswered questions about that," she told reporters.

Among bottlenose dolphins, immunity to the virus has been decreasing, particularly in the younger animals as time has gone by since the last outbreak 25 years ago.

"So we know we had a susceptible population, but just being susceptible alone is not how the outbreaks go," she said.

"We are trying to understand where this virus came from and how it got into the population in which it is now circulating."

Recent tests on three other species that have been found stranded -- spotted dolphins, harp seals and common dolphins -- have all been negative for morbillivirus.

In the meantime, the process of dealing with all the dead carcasses has been "overwhelming," particularly for local recovery teams, said Rowles.

The Virginia Aquarium alone has had to pick up and do necropsies on 333 animals in just a few months' time, said Ann Pabst, co-director of the University of North Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Program.

"You can imagine that it really does become an all-consuming sort of job," she said.

"They have done heroically well in keeping up."

Five percent of the dolphins have been found alive on the beaches, but died soon after, NOAA said. The virus has appeared to infect dolphins of all ages, from young to old.

But since the number of dolphins washing up on shore may not represent all of the creatures that are dying, it is difficult to estimate what proportion of the population is sick.

And without a way to vaccinate the wild population, there is little that officials can do but collect the carcasses and continue to study them.

"Currently there is nothing that can be done to prevent the infection from spreading or to prevent animals that get infected from having severe clinical disease," said Rowles.

http://news.yahoo.com/atlantic-dolphin-deaths-highest-ever-us-19063...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 7, 2013 at 6:35pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-24854277

Measles cases double in two weeks in Neath and Swansea

7 November 2013 Last updated at 11:01 ET

The number of cases of measles in an outbreak in Neath and Swansea has more than doubled in the last two weeks.

Public Health Wales (PHW) renewed its call for parents to urgently get their children vaccinated to stop the disease spreading.

PHW said it was "very frustrated" with cases reaching 36 since early October.

The latest outbreak comes less than four months after Wales' biggest measles outbreak ended - centred on the same area with 1,200 suspected cases. Story continues........

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