Articles for Outbreaks Reported

Measles outbreaks reported at four Dutch primary schools
1 week, 1 day ago

Measles outbreaks reported at four Dutch primary schools

Dutch News  

There has been a sharp rise in the number of measles infections in the Netherlands, with 108 cases reported so far this year, according to public health institute RIVM. Of these, 45 were recorded in the past two weeks, and four primary schools have clusters of infections, the RIVM said. The schools most affected by the disease are located in …

Rivm Outbreaks Reported
What is Oropouche fever; know the symptoms of this mosquito-borne disease
9 months ago

What is Oropouche fever; know the symptoms of this mosquito-borne disease

Hindustan Times  

Italy reported its first-ever case of Oropouche fever, a mosquito-borne disease, on June 15. The disease is also spreading to countries that have never detected cases of Oropouche fever before. Climate may play a role Oropouche fever is an understudied illness, as the authors of a May 2023 paper published in the journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty noted. Although most …

Italy Disease Cases Caribbean Fever Oropouche Fever Oropouche
WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox
2 years, 8 months ago

WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners “for the moment” following the U.N. health agency declaring the escalating outbreaks in multiple countries to be a global emergency. “This includes, for the moment, reducing your number of sexual partners.” Infectious individuals should isolate and …

Health Men Contact Partners Sexual Monkeypox Reducing Sex
Zika virus outbreaks, an opportunity to improve healthcare in India
3 years, 4 months ago

Zika virus outbreaks, an opportunity to improve healthcare in India

The Hindu  

Viruses are ubiquitous, most are innocuous and some, such as SARS CoV-2, turn out to be pernicious. Between 2015 and 2017, nearly 550,000 suspected and 175,000 confirmed Zika virus cases were reported, which included nearly 2,700 cases of microcephaly in Brazil alone. Zika in India The first two outbreaks of Zika virus infections in India were reported in 2017. Need …

Health India Outbreaks Cases Outbreak Brazil Reported
Ebola case reported in Ivory Coast after Guinea outbreak
3 years, 7 months ago

Ebola case reported in Ivory Coast after Guinea outbreak

Associated Press  

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — A patient has tested positive for Ebola in Abidjan, a city of more than 4 million people, marking the first case of the disease in Ivory Coast in more than a quarter century, the World Health Organization said. Health officials said it was not immediately known whether the case was linked to an outbreak earlier this …

Ebola Outbreak Guinea Ivory Coast
Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported
4 years, 8 months ago

Outbreak at Iowa pork plant was larger than state reported

Associated Press  

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly released records show. On May 5, Reynolds said at her then-daily news briefing that the public health department had …

Health Outbreaks Workers Testing Iowa Outbreak State
More polio cases now caused by vaccine than by wild virus
5 years, 4 months ago

More polio cases now caused by vaccine than by wild virus

Associated Press  

LONDON — Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild. In a report late last week, the World Health Organization and partners noted nine new polio cases caused by the vaccine in Nigeria, …

Pakistan Cases Polio Virus Vaccine
There Was A Silver Lining To The Disneyland Measles Outbreak
9 years, 8 months ago

There Was A Silver Lining To The Disneyland Measles Outbreak

Huff Post  

The Disneyland measles outbreak earlier this year may have had a silver lining. "Thirty-four percent of parents told us that they perceived more benefits of vaccines today than they did a year ago, compared to only 5 percent of parents who perceived fewer benefits of vaccines," said Dr. Matthew M. Davis, director of a C.S. A quarter of parents said …

Parents Disney Outbreak Vaccines Disneyland