Chinese Blood Plasma Feared Contaminated With HIV Tests Negative, Investigators Say
(BEIJING) — Chinese investigators said Thursday tests on a batch of a plasma product feared to have been contaminated with HIV have turned up negative for the virus that causes AIDS.
The result appears to have headed off the possibility of yet another scandal involving medical products in the country. Incidents include the falsifying of production records for rabies vaccines that prompted a nationwide crackdown on the industry and the injecting of other faulty vaccines.
Public outrage over such scandals has alarmed the leadership of the ruling Communist Party, moving it to respond more quickly and firmly than in the ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized China onetime Source Type: news
Malawi: Locals Receive Rabies Vaccine After Eating Infected Beef
[Malawi News Agency] Mulanje -At least 19 people from Shaibu Village in Traditional Authority Mkanda in Mulanje have been recommended for rabies treatment after eating beef suspected to be of a rabid cow. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Human Rabies--Virginia, 2017 Human Rabies--Virginia, 2017
This fatal case of rabies after a dog bite sustained on a trip to India underscores the importance of obtaining a thorough pretravel health consultation and accurate, timely postexposure diagnosis.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Malawi: Department Guns Down Stray Dogs
[Malawi News Agency] The Department of Agricultural Development through Animal Health in Nkhata Bay is shooting down stray dogs to prevent an outbreak of rabies in the district. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rabies in a Dog Imported From Egypt -- Connecticut, 2017 Rabies in a Dog Imported From Egypt -- Connecticut, 2017
This report highlights the risk posed by the importation of dogs inadequately vaccinated against rabies from high-risk countries and the difficulty in verifying health status of these animals.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Misdiagnosis Tied to Death From Rabies Infection Misdiagnosis Tied to Death From Rabies Infection
An American patient bitten by a puppy while on a lengthy yoga tour in India became symptomatic 6 weeks later, after returning home; misdiagnoses delayed appropriate treatment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - January 15, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
U.S. woman dies from rabies after dog bite abroad
The woman got sick after returning home from an extended yoga retreat in India (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman, 65, dies of rabies after being bitten by a puppy in India
A woman from Virginia, US, became aggressive, struggled to breathe and was foaming at the mouth within days after she experienced pain and burning in her arm, which turned out to be rabies. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Human Rabies --- Virginia, 2017
A U.S. citizen was bitten by a puppy while in India; rabies postexposure prophylaxis was not sought. The traveler developed rabies upon return to the United States and died during hospitalization. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 3, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Animal-Related Diseases MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Rabies Zoonotic diseases Healthcare Associated Infections [HAIs] Source Type: news
Rabies in a Dog Imported from Egypt --- Connecticut, 2017
Importation of a rabid dog into the United States from Egypt, with documentation of rabies vaccination but no medical history, resulted in a six-state investigation and administration of rabies postexposure prophylaxis to multiple persons. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - December 20, 2018 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Rabies Source Type: news
European Union Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents and Food-Borne Outbreaks in 2017
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 11/19/2018.
This 262-page report presents the results of zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2017 in 37 European countries: 28 European Union (EU) Member States and nine non-Member States. It summarizes trends and sources for diseases that include salmonella, Campylobacteriosis, bovine tuberculosis, Brucella, Trichinella, Echinococcus, Toxoplasma, rabies, Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), West Nile virus, and tularaemia.
(PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - December 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Scientists to test tailor-made vaccine tech to fight epidemics
A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to fight multiple pathogens such as flu, Ebola, Marburg and Rabies. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Interventions in dog populations could reduce rabies in rural China
(PLOS) Domestic dogs play a key role in the transmission and expansion of rabies in rural areas of China, according to a study published Dec. 6 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Huaiyu Tian of Beijing Normal University, Hailin Zhang of the Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Simon Dellicour of KU Leuven, and colleagues. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: 'Rabies Campaigns Limited to Hotspots'
[Malawi News Agency] Mangochi -Mangochi District Agriculture Office has limited anti-rabies vaccine for campaigns in three hotspots namely, Monkey Bay, Malombe and Mpilipili due to inadequate resources. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 26, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
They Thought These Raccoons Had Rabies, But Found The Raccoons To Be Drunk
This is what happened after police in Milton, West Virginia, got calls about raccoons behaving erratically. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 15, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news
