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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India: Outbreak of Deadly Diseases Including ‘Mystery Illness’ Hits Children in Rayalaseema Region
10/28/2011“An outbreak of diseases, one of these being described as a mystery illness, has taken a heavy toll on children in Andhra Pradesh’s Rayalaseema region. At least 500 children, aged between two and five, have been admitted to the Kurnool Government General Hospital with symptoms of dengue, chikungunya and ‘strange viral fevers’, doctors say.
Since October 12, the hospital has seen the death of 22 children. Just how many of them died due to viral fever is not clear. Resident medical officer Dr Gopal Raj said the high death count is due to the large number of children admitted to the neo-natal ICU following complications at birth. Kurnool Government Hospital is the largest referral hospital in Rayalaseema, especially for newborns.
The state government ordered an inquiry on Tuesday after being criticised by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) the previous day. A team of health department, sanitation and Pollution Control Board officials has been sent to Kurnool and Kadapa districts to assess the situation.” Source – Indian Express.
Mysterious disease kills 28 children in India – “In India’s Bihar state, at least 28 children have died in the past week from an unidentified illness. Officials said that all of the children were between two and eight years. They died in Muzaffarpur town, 80kms (50 miles) from the state capital, Patna. Bihar Health Minister Ashwani Choubey told that a team of doctors from Delhi is visiting Muzaffarpur on Tuesday to diagnose the disease. The children died after reporting high fever followed by bouts of unconsciousness and convulsions
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Deadly outbreak of kala-azar disease continues in South Sudan, UN agency says
Patients suffering from kala-azar disease rest on the grounds of Malakal hospital, Upper Nile state in South Sudan
28 October 2011 – At least 720 people have died in South Sudan from a protracted outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease, and the number of deaths could be much higher, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today.
WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva that more than 18,000 cases of the disease have been recorded in South Sudan since the outbreak emerged in September 2009, with children mostly affected.
The outbreak has since spread to other areas of the newly independent country, and the number of new cases so far this year is a third higher than the equivalent figures from last year, he added.Kala-azar, which is transmitted by the bite of sandflies, can cause death by attacking a person’s internal organs and bone marrow and has a mortality rate of 95 per cent if it is not treated.
WHO is working with national health authorities to reduce the number of deaths in the outbreak, in part by increasing the number of health-care facilities providing treatment for the tropical disease.
Visceral leishmaniasis occurs in three clinical forms, and the current outbreak in South Sudan involves kala-azar, the most serious form.
Kala-azar, which is transmitted by the bite of sandflies, can cause death by attacking a person’s internal organs and bone marrow and has a mortality rate of 95 per cent if it is not treated.
Daniel Dagne, a medical officer for WHO, said the number of deaths from the outbreak was likely to be under-reported in South Sudan, which has little infrastructure and numerous remote communities
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40232&Cr=South+Sud...
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Shigella Outbreak Sickens 80 at South Carolina Elementary School
WEBWIRE – Friday, October 28, 2011EMSL Analytical provides microbial testing services to protect people from environmental pathogens.
Cinnaminson, NJ, October 28th, 2011
This month, WSPA, a regional CBS affiliate, reported that a major outbreak of Shigella has sickened 80 people at the Honea Path Elementary School in Honea Path, South Carolina. According to the report, so far the sick include students, staff and parents. The outbreak came on quickly and the school has begun extensive cleaning efforts to get the outbreak under control.
Shigella are Gram-negative, nonmotile, nonsporeforming rod-shaped bacteria. The illness caused by Shigella, known as shigellosis, is perhaps more often associated with outbreaks of foodborne illness in the United States. An estimated 300,000 cases of shigellosis occur annually in the U.S.
As few as 10 cells, depending on the age and the condition of the host, can cause illness just 12 to 50 hours after entering the human body. Shigella species are highly infectious agents that are transmitted primarily by the fecal-oral route. The disease is caused when the Shigella organisms attach to, and penetrate, epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa. After invasion, they multiply intracellularly, resulting in tissue destruction. Some strains produce enterotoxin and Shiga toxin.
Symptoms can include abdominal pain, cramps, diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and blood, pus, or mucus in stools. Shigella is principally a disease of humans and the organism is frequently found in water polluted with human feces.
“Infants, the elderly and the infirm are susceptible to the severest symptoms of the disease, but all humans are susceptible to some degree,” reported Joe Frasca, Senior Vice President, Marketing at EMSL Analytical, a leading environmental pathogen testing laboratory. “Environmental testing can identify the organism and help to pinpoint the source of the pathogenic bacteria to help prevent and stop outbreaks,” he continued.
EMSL recently sponsored an educational video about Shigella that can be seen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kufdtZzSn70
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E. coli Outbreaks Sicken 23 in Missouri, 21 in North Carolina
Health officials are struggling to find the cause of an E. coli food poisoning outbreak that has sickened at least 23 people in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Investigators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have not yet released an identity on the possible cause of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has rapidly spread through the area, but say they are fairly certain that it is food-related. Out of the 23 illnesses reported so far, at least six people have been hospitalized.
One local Schnucks grocery story in Richmond Heights has voluntarily pulled some of its fresh produce and restocked its salad bar, but store officials say that it was done as a precautionary measure and say they have received no indication that food from the store is linked to the illnesses.
Hospitals in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area began reporting a high number of E. coli illnesses earlier this week and local officials became concerned. In 2010 there was a total of 10 E. coli food poisoning infections reported in the area. Reports this week alone are more than twice that number.
Another 21 possible E. coli food poisoning illnesses are being investigated in North Carolina. That outbreak has left at least four children hospitalized. Of the nine cases that have been confirmed, eight of the victims had attended the state fair. That outbreak is not believed to have any link to the St. Louis area illnesses.
E. coli O157:H7 is one of the more common causes of food poisoning in the United States. When left untreated, it can lead to dehydration and potentially life-threatening illness. While most healthy adults recover from food poisoning caused by E. coli within a few weeks, young children and the elderly could be at risk for more severe illness. If the toxin enters the blood stream, E. coli could also lead to kidney failure known as Hemolytic-Urenia Syndrome (HUS).
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‘Mystery’ disease hits children in Andhra
Hyderabad An outbreak of diseases, one of these being described as a mystery illness, has taken a heavy toll on children in Andhra Pradesh’s Rayalaseema region. At least 500 children, aged between two and five, have been admitted to the Kurnool Government General Hospital with symptoms of dengue, chikungunya and “strange viral fevers”, doctors say.
Since October 12, the hospital has seen the death of 22 children. Just how many of them died due to viral fever is not clear. Resident medical officer Dr Gopal Raj said the high death count is due to the large number of children admitted to the neo-natal ICU following complications at birth. Kurnool Government Hospital is the largest referral hospital in Rayalaseema, especially for newborns.
The state government ordered an inquiry on Tuesday after being criticised by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) the previous day. A team of health department, sanitation and Pollution Control Board officials has been sent to Kurnool and Kadapa districts to assess the situation.
“What is alarming is the extraordinarily high number of children admitted to the hospital with viral fever. Fever patients, very young children, started coming about two weeks ago. This happens usually due to seasonal changes but now it has taken epidemic proportions. We have three to five children on the same bed due to lack of space in the hospital. There are days when more than 50 children are admitted. A majority of the cases are coming from Kurnool and Kadapa, some from Anantapur and Mahbubnagar districts,” RMO Dr Gopal Raj said.
A team of doctors from the hospital and Kurnool district health officials visited the worst affected areas — Banganapalli, Alur, Pattikonda, Adoni and Matralayam — and reported that malnutrition and extremely poor hygiene standards are making the populations vulnerable to viral illnesses.
Health Minister D L Ravindra Reddy said there were only four dengue and viral fever deaths. “I am not sure on what basis the NCPCR sought the report but there are only four deaths due to diseases. In fact, it is not only Rayalaseema districts; we have noticed dengue in Warangal too where one death occurred. The number of cases is high and we have opened health centres to conduct tests and provide rapid medication,” the minister said.
Hospital officials claim that the number of deaths attributed to viral fever is exaggerated. “There are certainly some deaths. We are finding out how many died due to viral fever and other sickness. Kurnool Hospital also receives a high number of kids in a very critical condition as it is a referral hospital for four districts,” says District Collector Ram Shankar Naik.
The NCPCR has directed the state government to order a probe and submit the report in a fortnight. Kurnool District Collector Ram Shankar Naik has been asked to conduct a probe into whether fever caused any deaths, and the reasons for the epidemic.
The commission has sought a report from the government as to what measures it was taking to contain spread of diseases. It has also asked for a report on the total number of cases of children who died at the hospital and Kurnool district primary health centres in the past three months, reports submitted by district health officials,http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/-Mystery--disease-hits-chil...
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6 Diseases Back from the Dead
Plague, TB, and measles seem like illnesses of the history books or infections beaten back by modern science. But once-vanquished diseases are now reemerging all over the world. Here's why. By Stephanie Warren
Plague
The Black Death struck Europe in 1348. Just five years later, a third of the population—50 million people—was dead. And though plague seems like an illness of another time—that it belongs to a day when a victim was treated with a healthy bloodletting and a garlic-onion-butter poultice—it's still with us today. Small outbreaks of plague can swiftly strike a few hundred people before they can be stopped. Researchers are trying to figure out why the disease was so deadly in the Middle Ages, and how it's causing harm once again.
To answer the first part of that question, scientists from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, recently sequenced the genome of the bacterium responsible for the Black Death. They drilled into the soft tooth tissue of four victims recovered from a London Black Death gravesite called East Smithfield, and got enough DNA fragments to map the killer's full genome for a study in Nature.
What they found was very strange. Since outbreaks of the modern plague, while scary, are nowhere near as devastating as the Black Death, researchers thought the modern plague would show significant changes in its DNA when compared to the ancient one. But instead, today's plague is barely different from its centuries-old ancestor. The factors that probably made medieval plague outbreaks so severe include the unsanitary living conditions of those days, and perhaps a population that was genetically predisposed to being more sensitive to the disease. But paper co-author Kirsten Bos says, all these years later, scientists don't have the full picture. "We can't explain why we saw that cataclysmic mortality."
Plague is primarily transmitted to humans by fleas that live on rodents. Modern plague outbreaks have occurred in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, where wild rodents carry the disease. Other hot spots for modern plague outbreaks include South American countries such as Ecuador and Peru, and parts of Africa and Asia.
Most of these outbreaks take the form of bubonic plague—a type that causes grossly swollen lymph nodes. Because it's easily treatable with antibiotics, this kind is the least deadly. But the other forms of plague—septecemic, which infects the blood, and pnemonic, which strikes the lungs—are much worse. Pnemonic plague spreads directly from person to person, and attacks so quickly that patients can die before antibiotics take effect. Without early treatment, pnemonic plague's death rate is nearly 100 percent. "If you ha
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UN: Ongoing cholera outbreak in Haiti has killed more than 6,500 people
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (BNO NEWS) -- The Haitian government has reported more than 6,500 deaths as a result of the ongoing cholera outbreak in Haiti, health officials said on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands more have been sickened.
According to the United Nations (UN) World Health Organization (WHO), Haiti has recorded nearly 470,000 cases of cholera, including 6,595 deaths, since an epidemic of the disease erupted approximately one year ago
WHO spokesperson Tarek Jasarevic said the disease could infect another 75,000 people by the end of the year if the current trend continues. Of the nearly 470,000 patients, some 250,000 people have been hospitalized.
If the rate does continue, the number of total victims could reach more than half a million in a country of approximately 9.7 million.
After a decline in weekly cholera cases in August, the number of cases rose again in September. Areas such as the South and Nippes departments, Nord, Centre and the capital of Port-au-Prince all saw significant increases.
There are currently 37 cholera treatment centers, 269 cholera treatment units and 766 oral rehydration posts. However, lack of funding has forced a number of WHO's partners to withdraw or scale down their operations in Haiti, Jasarevic said. Meanwhile, WHO has urged the humanitarian community and donors to remain vigilant as long term and coordinated cholera response may be necessary.
The conditions could worsen this month as heavy rainfall is forecast in several regions of the country, which is still recording from a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010. The new
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/5824162/Measles-outbreak...
Measles outbreak hits Waiheke Island
The measles outbreak which has infected more than 200 Aucklanders has now spread to Waiheke Island.
A 17-year-old resident on the island recently tested positive for the disease, Dawn Rigby, Manager of the Waiheke Trust says.
It is not known where the teenager contracted measles but because of the school holidays his contact with others has been limited.
There are no other suspected cases on Waiheke.
Since the measles outbreak began in May there have been 229 confirmed cases of the disease in Auckland.
Health officials are urging anyone who has not been immunised against the disease to be vaccinated.
The Ministry of Health is working with the three Auckland district health boards to ensure there is a sufficient supply of the measles vaccine, as the disease continues to spread.
Officials will administer the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine for anyone who is not immunised free of charge.
The best protection against the disease is to have two doses of the MMR vaccine.
It is vital people born after January 1, 1969 check their immunisation status and if they are not vaccinated or have only received one dose of the vaccination, they should arrange an MMR vaccination.
General practitioners will now allow children of 12 months to receive their first vaccination rather than at 15 months, with the second one being given 28 days later, instead of at the age of four.
Doctors have also been asked by the district health boards to contact all children between the ages of four and 15 who have not had two vaccinations.
The symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny or blocked nose, sore red eyes and white spots inside the mouth, with a rash appearing on the face and spreading down the body after three to five days.
Anyone who has these symptoms, or who has been in contact with someone who has measles, is being urged to stay at home and call their doctor of Healthline on 0800 611 116.
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Biggest US measles outbreak in years
October 20, 2011 (WLS) -- The United States is going through its largest measles outbreak in years and health officials think they know why.
This outbreak of measles is the largest to occur in 15 years affecting 214 children so far. Typically there are 60 to 70 cases per year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it believes this is likely driven by travelers returning from abroad and by too many unvaccinated children.
There is a growing trend among some US parents to skip the MMR vaccine for their children.
Experts say many parents have a misguided fear that the measles mumps and rubella vaccine is not safe.
Health officials say so far small outbreaks are being contained. But, they add, parents who decide against vaccinating their child may affect the health of other children.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health&id=8399747
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TB Outbreaks in Texas Schools Show Disease Still a Threat
At least 100 people have tested positive for the respiratory ailment
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Outbreaks among young people in Texas of the old foe tuberculosis -- often mistakenly dismissed as a long-ago health menace now confined to the pages of a Charles Dickens novel -- show that the respiratory disease is still easily contracted and remains a potential threat to Americans, experts say.
"Tuberculosis has always been with us and probably always will be," said Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonary specialist with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
At least 100 people have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB) on skin tests in Ennis, Texas, about 40 miles south of Dallas, including several students at the local high school. The testing was done after a teacher was diagnosed with TB before the start of the school year.
And the University of North Texas in Denton -- about 70 miles away -- recommended that 27 people who had had contact with a student diagnosed with a suspected case of TB also be tested, according to local news reports.
A student at Denton High School also has suspected TB after transferring from Ennis High, although health authorities insist there is no link between the University of North Texas cases and the one at Denton High.
"TB is spread by the respiratory-droplet route, so coughing, talking, singing, breathing, even sitting in front of somebody in an airplane" can put a person at risk, Horovitz explained. "It's air-borne but it has to be in a certain range. It could be in the same room. It's very easily contracted."
While it's no longer the scourge of centuries past, about 11,000 cases of TB were reported last year in the United States, the lowest rate ever. California, Florida, New York and Texas together accounted for half of these cases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"When looking at the populations hardest-hit by TB -- racial/ethnic minorities and foreign-born individuals -- both groups continue to be disproportionately affected despite declines," said Dr. Kenneth Castro, director of the CDC's Tuberculosis Elimination Program.
"TB rates for all racial/ethnic minorities are higher than those of whites -- seven times higher for Hispanics, eight times higher for blacks, and 25 times higher for Asians," he added. "Among foreign-born individuals, TB rates are 11 times higher than among those who are born in the U.S.
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