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Measles Outbreak Was Inevitable but Can Be Halted, UAB Dr Says

Written on January 28, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Science News, USA News.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An ongoing, multistate measles outbreak linked to a California amusement park has already caused 68 confirmed cases between Jan. 1 and 23, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One University of Alabama at Birmingham pediatric infectious diseases specialist says this outbreak was inevitable, and it is likely to worsen. “We’ve been seeing increasing numbers of cases — last year the numbers nationally...

Ebola Virus Appears Tied to Increasing Human Population Density

Written on January 27, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, Science News.

Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center have found an apparent link between human population density and vegetation cover in Africa and the spread of the Ebola virus from animal hosts to humans. Michael G. Walsh, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate, notes that there is significant interaction between population density and green vegetation cover in the parts of Africa...

Liberia Fights Back, Only 5 Ebola Cases in Entire Country

Written on January 26, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Government News, Health News, World News.

Just five confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease remain in Liberia, a West African country that has seen more than 3,600 deaths from the outbreak of the deadly virus, Reuters quoted a senior health official as saying Friday. “It means that we are going down to zero, if everything goes well, if other people don’t get sick in other places,” said Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah, who leads Liberia’s Ebola task force. Three...

Ebola Care Centers in Liberia nearly empty as Outbreak fades

Written on January 23, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Government News, Health News, Treatments, World News.

Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa’s deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official said on Friday, highlighting the country’s success in halting new infections. “We have five confirmed Ebola cases in Liberia as of today,” said Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah, who heads Liberia’s Ebola taskforce. “It means that we are going down to zero,...

Why you should worry less about Ebola and more about Measles

Written on January 23, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Personal Safety, USA News, World News.

Officials stressed the Ebola epidemic in Africa was going to be contained. Then it mushroomed to the worst Ebola outbreak in history and jumped an ocean, as a Liberian man named Thomas E. Duncan brought the disease to Texas. It’s clear the United States has already messed up several times in the fight against Ebola. There will probably be blunders in coming weeks, too. Of course, a mass Ebola outbreak in the United States never materialized. But...

Ebola Deaths Parallel with Devastating Medieval Plague

Written on January 22, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, World News.

As Ebola Deaths Rise, Researcher Sees Parallels with Devastating Medieval Plague If you think that Ebola is bad – and it is – the current outbreak in West Africa is small compared with another deadly epidemic that engulfed much of the globe centuries ago. It is realistic to estimate that during the Middle Ages, plague – also known as the Black Death – wiped out 40 to 60 percent of the population in large areas of Europe, Africa and Asia, according...

Measles Outbreak: Unvaccinated Visitors Told to Avoid Disneyland

Written on January 22, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Personal Safety, Travel, USA News.

Forty-nine of the 66 confirmed cases of measles have been traced back to the resort. There’s an outbreak of measles linked to the theme park, and one of California’s top public health officials recommended that children under 12 months and people who’ve never had a measles vaccination stay away from the park while the disease event continues. Dr. Gil Chavez, deputy director of the state’s Center for Infectious Diseases,...

Disneyland Measles Outbreak Continues to Spread

Written on January 21, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Health News, Travel, USA News.

The measles outbreak is growing with 59 confirmed cases in California—18 more than last week—and some 42 of those illnesses have struck people who were exposed at Disneyland in December, California health officials said Wednesday. State health departments in California, Colorado, Utah and Washington and have confirmed cases of the extremely contagious virus, the Los Angeles Timesreported on Wednesday. Taken together, the cases would account for...

Priests in Guinea beaten and held hostage over Ebola fears

Written on January 21, 2015. Posted in Breaking News, Featured, Personal Safety, World News.

Three Baptist Priests in Guinea were assaulted and held hostage yesterday by local villagers after being mistaken for campaigners promoting awareness about Ebola. They were visiting Kabac, a village in the sub-prefecture of Forécariah, to spray insecticide for the treatment of wells and pit latrines. Locals reportedly thought they were bringing Ebola and attacked the priests. After the assault they were held hostage and had their vehicle set ablaze. The...

Africa Cup of Nations – Ebola Checks at Gates of AFCON 2015

Written on January 20, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, Personal Safety, World News.

Ebola screening system at the Africa Cup of Nations games in Equatorial Guinea. All supporters have a temperature check – with those above 38 °C not allowed in – and must then use a hand-sanitization gel before entering the stadium. All players and visitors to the Africa Cup of Nations are required to be tested for Ebola upon their arrival in Equatorial Guinea. The tournament was set to be staged in Morocco, who won the competition...