Publication: H5N1

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents

Haiti: How many cholera cases in 2012?

I keep seeing news stories and tweets that repeat PAHO's prediction of 200,000 to 250,000 cases of cholera in Haiti this year. I don't believe it, and here's why.According to MSPP, on January 1, 2012, it had recorded 523,993 cases, with 282,477 serious ... [ Published 10 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Haiti, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents

United States Agency For International Development

US agency funds $300,000 project on influenza prevention in Vietnam

Via Thanh Nien Daily: US agency funds $300,000 project on influenza prevention in Vietnam. Excerpt:The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a project to prevent avian and human pandemic influenza funded by the United States Agency ... [ Published 10 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Influenza, Vietnam, United States Agency For International Development, Lang Son (Vietnam), Kien Giang

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 Documents

India: Dengue toll rises to 20, govt sounds red alert in Tirunelveli

Via The Times of India: Dengue toll rises to 20, govt sounds red alert in Tirunelveli. Excerpt:CHENNAI/TIRUNELVELI: As residents in parched districts like Tirunelveli in the south stock up every drop of drinking water they can find, they have also been ... [ Published 11 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Tirunelveli, Dengue Fever, India, Tenkasi (India), Sankarankoil (India)

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

Uganda: Despair as mental symptoms take toll on nodding children

Via The Monitor: Despair as mental symptoms take toll on nodding children. Excerpt:Denis Oloya was an active child, he loved going to school and was polite. His mother, Nighty Alal Ochola, recalls those tender memories about her son, with a smile on her ... [ Published 13 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Seizures, Uganda, attack, Kitgum (Uganda)

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

US: Oregon Dairy Farmers Association prepares to fight for raw milk crackdown

Via OregonLive.com, more rumbles in a culture war: Oregon Dairy Farmers Association prepares to fight for raw milk crackdown. Excerpt from a long article:Oregon's dairy industry is revving up for a new fight over raw milk following the E. coli outbreak ... [ Published 18 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Raw Milk, Escherichia Coli (E. Coli), Wilsonville (Oregon, United States), Acute renal failure

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 Documents

CIDRAP: News scan for May 21

Via CIDRAP: NEWS SCAN: Vietnam clears H5N1 project, H9N2 seroprevalence, tempeh Salmonella update . Excerpt:About 6% of poultry workers in and around Pune, India, had antibodies to H9N2 avian flu in their bloodstreams, according to a study in PLoS One. ... [ Published 14 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Antibody, Workers, Serum, Pune

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

WHO: Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly: daily notes on proceedings

Via WHO: Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly: daily notes on proceedings. Excerpt:In her opening address, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan highlighted the tremendous achievements made by countries in health in recent decades. She assured the delegates ... [ Published 15 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: World Health Assembly, Public Health, Health Care, Invention

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 Documents

India: 13,000 pre-monsoon malaria cases in Maharashtra (and that's good news)

Via The Times of India: 13,000 pre-monsoon malaria cases in Maharashtra. Bad as that sounds, last year was much worse. Excerpt:PUNE: Rains are yet to arrive, and the state already has recorded over 13,000 cases of malaria and three deaths due to mosquito-borne ... [ Published 16 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Malaria, Infection, Mumbai, India

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents

Philippines: Dengue cases surge in Manila

Via ABS-CBN News: Dengue cases surge in Manila. Excerpt:The city of Manila has recorded the biggest rise in dengue fever cases this year, health officials said Monday. More than 800 cases of dengue have been counted in the city so far this year, amounting ... [ Published 17 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Dengue Fever, Manila, Philippines

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents

Japan: Fukushima exodus a torment for the physically disabled

Via The Mainichi: Fukushima exodus a torment for the physically disabled. Excerpt:With more and more people evacuating from Fukushima Prefecture over radiation fears and the number of care workers diminishing, physically disabled patients here are beginning ... [ Published 22 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Fukushima (Japan), Japan, Maki (Japan), Radiation

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents

A kind word for zombie preparedness

Via The Guardian, an editorial: Natural hazard: sleepwalking into tragedy. Excerpt:Citizens of British Columbia have just completed Zombie Preparedness Week. This interlude of low-cost, deadpan merriment had a serious purpose: a community ready for assault ... [ Published 22 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, Disaster, Pandemic, Wildfires

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 3 Documents

Italy quake homeless in emergency shelters

Via BBC News: Italy quake homeless in emergency shelters. Excerpt:Thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake in northern Italy are spending the night in shelters as aftershocks continue to hit the region. At least seven people died and ... [ Published May 21 2012 by H5N1 ]

Entities: Earthquake, Italy, emergency, Finale Emilia (Italy)

Quotes

...8% by MN. Serum samples from 249 members of the general public were all negative for H9N2 antibodies. The authors said the study "showed low prevalence of antibodies against AI H9N2 virus, which is comparable with reported studies from South-East Asia." Nonfatal illnesses caused by H9N2 viruses have been reported in a few children in Hong Kong and elsewhere in China in recent years

CIDRAP: News scan for May 21 [H5N1 - 14 hours ago]

...The majority of them, Katagiri says, live with their families and are nursed by them. "I've never heard of a FOP patient living alone, apart from Ms. Kanno" he said. However, with her father having passed away last year and her 63-year-old mother being ill, it is not easy for Kanno to move back into her family's...

Japan: Fukushima exodus a torment for the physically disabled [H5N1 - 22 hours ago]

...The President walked back slowly, stood before him and waited…all he said was ` "how are you’. When he responded in Acholi, his face lit up."

Uganda: Nodding disease calls for collective action [H5N1 - 23 hours ago]

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Haiti: How many cholera cases in 2012? [ Published 10 hours ago by H5N1 ]
US agency funds $300,000 project on influenza p... [ Published 10 hours ago by H5N1 ]
India: Dengue toll rises to 20, govt sounds red... [ Published 11 hours ago by H5N1 ]
Uganda: Despair as mental symptoms take toll on... [ Published 13 hours ago by H5N1 ]
CIDRAP: News scan for May 21 [ Published 14 hours ago by H5N1 ]
WHO: Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly: daily n... [ Published 15 hours ago by H5N1 ]
India: 13,000 pre-monsoon malaria cases in Maha... [ Published 16 hours ago by H5N1 ]
Philippines: Dengue cases surge in Manila [ Published 17 hours ago by H5N1 ]
US: Oregon Dairy Farmers Association prepares t... [ Published 18 hours ago by H5N1 ]
Japan: Fukushima exodus a torment for the physi... [ Published 22 hours ago by H5N1 ]
A kind word for zombie preparedness [ Published 22 hours ago by H5N1 ]
Uganda: Nodding disease calls for collective ac... [ Published 23 hours ago by H5N1 ]
Hong Kong: 21 ill in flu outbreak [ Published 23 hours ago by H5N1 ]
Vietnam: Still no answers about Quang Ngai skin... [ Published 23 hours ago by H5N1 ]
India: Dengue deaths rise in Tamil Nadu [ Published May 21 2012 by H5N1 ]
Haiti: Dr. Carroll with a little good news [ Published May 21 2012 by H5N1 ]
Haiti by the numbers [ Published May 21 2012 by H5N1 ]
Haiti: 7,145 cholera deaths as of May 10 [ Published May 21 2012 by H5N1 ]
Italy quake homeless in emergency shelters [ Published May 21 2012 by H5N1 ]
Sri Lanka: School principals charged with sprea... [ Published May 21 2012 by H5N1 ]
Canada: Woman dies with NDM-1 in Edmonton hospital [ Published May 20 2012 by H5N1 ]
Deadly earthquake rocks northern Italy [ Published May 20 2012 by H5N1 ]
Haiti: Petit Goâve needs help against cholera [ Published May 20 2012 by H5N1 ]
Aftershocks rock Italy earthquake zone [ Published May 20 2012 by H5N1 ]
Paraguay: 42 dengue deaths, almost 14,000 cases [ Published May 20 2012 by H5N1 ]
Strong aftershock hits northern Italy, more col... [ Published May 20 2012 by H5N1 ]
Turkey: Three dead of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic... [ Published May 20 2012 by H5N1 ]
Italy: 5.9 earthquake near Bologna [ Published May 20 2012 by H5N1 ]
Bangladesh: H5N1 puts maize growers in trouble [ Published May 19 2012 by H5N1 ]
Zimmer: Curing our influenza amnesia [ Published May 19 2012 by H5N1 ]

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Haiti: How many cholera cases in 2012? [ Published 10 hours ago by H5N1 ] I keep seeing news stories and tweets that repeat PAHO's prediction of 200,000 to 250,000 cases of cholera in Haiti this year. I don't believe it, and here's why.According to MSPP, on January 1, 2012, it had recorded 523,993 cases, with 282,477 serious ...
US agency funds $300,000 project on influenza p... [ Published 10 hours ago by H5N1 ] Via Thanh Nien Daily: US agency funds $300,000 project on influenza prevention in Vietnam. Excerpt:The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a project to prevent avian and human pandemic influenza funded by the United States Agency ...
India: Dengue toll rises to 20, govt sounds red... [ Published 11 hours ago by H5N1 ] Via The Times of India: Dengue toll rises to 20, govt sounds red alert in Tirunelveli. Excerpt:CHENNAI/TIRUNELVELI: As residents in parched districts like Tirunelveli in the south stock up every drop of drinking water they can find, they have also been ...
Uganda: Despair as mental symptoms take toll on... [ Published 13 hours ago by H5N1 ] Via The Monitor: Despair as mental symptoms take toll on nodding children. Excerpt:Denis Oloya was an active child, he loved going to school and was polite. His mother, Nighty Alal Ochola, recalls those tender memories about her son, with a smile on her ...
CIDRAP: News scan for May 21 [ Published 14 hours ago by H5N1 ] Via CIDRAP: NEWS SCAN: Vietnam clears H5N1 project, H9N2 seroprevalence, tempeh Salmonella update . Excerpt:About 6% of poultry workers in and around Pune, India, had antibodies to H9N2 avian flu in their bloodstreams, according to a study in PLoS One. ...