Florida refuses to bar unvaccinated students from school suffering a measles outbreak
Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school’s measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their student attends class (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Florida's anti-vax safe haven: State's controversial surgeon general says unvaccinated kids can go to school amid measles outbreaks - after claiming Covid shots were killing young men
A Florida school is responding to a measles outbreak. In a letter to parents, Joseph Ladapo said he would leave the choice of whether to keep unvaccinated children at home up to parents. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Florida Defies CDC Amid Measles Outbreak, Says Unvaccinated Kids Can Attend School
(MedPage Today) -- With a brief memo, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, has subverted a public health standard that's long kept measles outbreaks under control.
On February 20, as measles spread through Manatee Bay Elementary in... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Kills 4 in Kaduna As Governor Orders Investigation
[Vanguard] Fear grips Kaduna as 4 persons were feared dead due to the outbreak of suspected viral hemorrhagic fever, Lassa Fever, at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Kaduna. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 23, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Florida Surgeon General Defies CDC Guidance Amid School Measles Outbreak
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 -- Amid an outbreak of measles at a Florida elementary school, the state ' s surgeon general has defied federal health guidance and told parents it ' s up to them whether they want to keep their unvaccinated child home to avoid... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Nigeria: Suspected Outbreak of Lassa Fever in Kaduna
[Leadership] The Kaduna State government has confirmed the suspected outbreak of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, popularly known as Lassa Fever, at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital located in the Kaduna metropolis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 23, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why
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Irrua, Nigeria, and Kenema, Sierra Leone—
Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. At first the 33-year-old wasn’t alarmed—his fever, headache, body aches, and cough were innocuous enough. A doctor at his local clinic gave him antibiotics for typhoid fever and antimalarial drugs. But his symptoms persisted, so he tried anoth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
U.S. Safety Protocols Stopped TB in Imported Lab Monkeys From Spreading to Humans
THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 -- Rigorous safety protocols prevented an outbreak of tuberculosis last year in lab monkeys imported to the United States from spreading to humans, a new report shows.
Overall, 26 cynomolgus macaque monkeys flown in from... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
South Sudan: Response At Transit Sites in South Sudan Essential to Prevent Deadly Outbreaks
[MSF] - A humanitarian crisis is escalating in Bulukat and Renk, two of the busiest transit sites in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, warns MSF. Thousands of people who escaped the conflict in Sudan are desperately short of essentials including clean water, food, shelter and healthcare. Overcrowded and unhygienic living conditions in the transit sites further increase the risk of disease outbreaks. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society South Sudan Source Type: news
Regional Director opening remarks at EMRO press briefing
22 February 2024
Dear colleagues, ladies, and gentlemen,
Good afternoon from WHO's Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt. I am honored to address you today as the newly appointed Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.
As I begin my tenure, I'm deeply aware of the profound challenges our Region is facing.
In Gaza, an entire population continues to face unimaginable violence and loss with nowhere left to flee, while levels of lifesaving-aid remain grossly insufficient. In Sudan, we are witnessing the world’s largest displacement crisis, as millions of people flee in search of safety within and outside the country. ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - February 22, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Bed bug outbreak rocks Las Vegas: Four major hotels - including The Venetian and Mirage - declare infestations after guests were left covered in bites
Four of the biggest names on the strip - including the Venetian, where rooms go for above $1,200 per night - have reported an invasion of the insects at least once over the last five months. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Government Rolls Out Polio Vaccination After Detecting Rare Mutation Cases
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday rolled out a polio vaccination campaign following the recent confirmation of an outbreak in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Cheese recall list shows states under listeria warning
Health officials released a new map showing the states with current cases tied to the ongoing deadly listeria outbreak that sparked recall alerts for dozens of cheese products sold across the United States and Canada. Earlier this month, nearly 60 food items containing queso fresco and cotija…#rizolópezfoods #modesto #fda #cdc #arizona #colorado #florida #georgia #nevada #northcarolina (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Frozen Embryos 'Children' in Ala.; GLP-1s for Opioid Addiction? New E.Coli Outbreak
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Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children under state law, and therefore subject to legislation covering the wrongful death of a minor. (The... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - February 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
10 Sickened by E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk Cheese
TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 2024 -- An Escherichia coli outbreak has been tied to Raw Farm brand raw cheddar cheese, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a food safety alert.
Six of the patients remembered which type of raw cheese they... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
