Poultry Markets Shuttered as Fear of Bird Flu Spreads in China
Common Dreams Chinese officials ordered all live poultry trade and public poultry markets in several cities including Shanghai to immediately shut down as two more cases of the H7N9 “bird flu” virus surfaced on Saturday. Six people have died in the country from the virus so far and currently up to 18 people have been infected, with [...]
Read More →California’s Orange County parents warned about potentially deadly disease
By Kennedy Ryan | KTLA5 Health officials in Orange County are warning parents about an outbreak of potentially deadly meningococcal disease tied to Tijuana. Back in February, 18-year-old Kaitlyn Dobrow, of Huntington Beach, awoke with a bad headache and couldn’t get out of bed. She began to vomit and had diarrhea. Her mother then saw what [...]
Read More →You Are What You Eat: Fact or Fiction?
By Pam Johnson | Set You Free News Everyone has heard the phrase; you are what you eat, but many do not believe this. Some people think that a person can eat whatever they want, as long as they exercise. While others believe, we are what we eat. There is good evidence to support the claim [...]
Read More →Bangladesh on alert after A/H1N1 deaths
IANS | Khaleej Times Bangladesh has been put on high alert following the death of at least 95 people in India due to swine flu or A/H1N1, officials said Sunday. “We’re on alert as a precautionary measure against the H1N1 influenza,” Benazir Ahmed, director of disease control under the ministry of health and family welfare, [...]
Read More →Why people in the United States are still dying from the bubonic plague
By Esther Inglis-Arkell | io9 The United States is one of the many countries around the world that technically still suffers from what was once called the Black Death. Although we’re not keeling over like medieval peasants, there are regular cases of bubonic plague that spring up every year in the American southwest. Occasionally, they lead to [...]
Read More →Threat of Dengue ‘All Across the Globe’
By Alex Johnston | The Epoch Times Dengue fever is the fastest spreading tropical disease in the world and has “an epidemic potential” after seeing a thirtyfold increase over the past 50 years, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday. The agency blamed climate change and more movement of people across the world for the proliferation [...]
Read More →More pesticides linked to Parkinson’s disease
By Mohit Joshi | TopNews More and more pesticides are being linked with the rising incidence of Parkinson’s among farm workers and those who live near croplands, according to a research. Parkinson’s is a disease that afflicts those over 50 years, which destroys brain cells producing dopamine. It is characterized by sowing of movement, partial facial [...]
Read More →Cholera Spreads in Cuba After Hurricane Sandy
ENS-Newswire A rise in cholera cases in the Cuban capital Havana is being traced back to parts of the country hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, the worst natural disaster to strike Cuba in half a century. The Cuban government is saying little about reported cases of cholera. But doctors who have recorded new cases of [...]
Read More →Hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes set to be released into the Florida Keys in experiment to fight dengue fever
Daily Mail Hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes are awaiting federal approval for release into the Florida Keys as part of an experiment aimed at reducing the risk of dengue fever. Mosquito control officials have requested the Food and Drug Administration’s sign off on the experiment that would be the first of its kind in [...]
Read More →Ebola Outbreak in Uganda
By Jack Phillips | The Epoch Times The Uganda Ministry of Health confirmed Thursday a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, with at least three people having died earlier this week. This is the second outbreak of Ebola in Uganda this year. “With the increasing epidemic outbreaks and their frequencies, we are further constrained. … [...]
Read More →Depression on Path to Be Top Global Disease by 2030
By Kremena Krumova | The Epoch Times The WHO projects depression will be the No. 1 global disease burden by 2030, surpassing heart disease and cancer. It is anticipated that it will be No. 2 by 2020. The global burden of disease is measured by the number of years of life lost due to the [...]
Read More →Leprosy on the rise in India seven years after disease was ‘eradicated’
By Dean Nelson | Telegraph Officials are now planning to triple health spending to halt its return after new figures revealed the number of cases had increased last year for the first time since the disease was officially ‘eradicated’ in 2005. Campaigners said there are in fact fewer cases today than when the disease was declared to [...]
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