If an epidemic broke out it in a poor section of Kingston, it would quickly affect the better-off areas as the poor people go to work in those communities and work as cleaners and domestics. There is real danger that the untreated sewage flowing on to Benbow Street in Jones Town could lead to an outbreak in cholera that might trigger the deaths of Jamaicans.
Category: Epidemic
Doctors tie Zika virus to heart problems in some adults
In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 file photo, a Sucre municipality worker fumigates for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela. Ahead of the annual American College of Cardiology conference in Washington in March 2017, doctors say they have tied infection with the Zika virus to possible new heart problems in adults.
The unhealthy season
People pushed the panic button when they heard Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned two weeks ago that the spread of the influenza virus this year would be greater than the last. The virus forced two Bangkok schools, Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Elementary School and St Joseph Convent School, to close some parts of the premises for inspection and cleaning after students were found to have been infected.
Cenda a: Learn protection
The Department of Health conferred with the National Youth Commission in the development of proposal to give students access to condoms in schools. The proposal was first mentioned by DOH Secretary Paulyn Ubial last December 1, 2016 at a World AIDS Day event.
Flu is breaking out; surprising studies reveal the cause and how you can protect your child
Watching for the first dip in temperature could protect your family from the annual influx of illness. Here’s what you need to know: Here are the facts Seasonal flu breaks out after the winter’s first cold spell.
Even One High-Fat Meal Can Harm Your Liver, Study Finds
Eating a high-fat meal — say, a cheeseburger and fries or a pepperoni pizza — disrupts liver function, a new, small study reveals. Researchers found that the high levels of saturated fat found in such rich foods immediately alter the work of the liver, possibly setting the body up for serious disease down the line.
Even One High-Fat Meal Can Harm Your Liver, Study Finds
Eating a high-fat meal — say, a cheeseburger and fries or a pepperoni pizza — disrupts liver function, a new, small study reveals. Researchers found that the high levels of saturated fat found in such rich foods immediately alter the work of the liver, possibly setting the body up for serious disease down the line.
Zika now a long-term challengeJan. 8, 2017, 10:2 PM Ast
In 2016, Zika virus spread rapidly throughout the Americas after its initial appearance in Brazil in May 2015. The Pan American Health Organisation responded quickly, deploying over 80 expert missions to help its Member States respond to the epidemic and launching a new regional strategy to prevent and control mosquito-borne viruses, which threaten an estimated 500 million at-risk people in the region.
Eight dead in suspected Sudan cholera outbreak: report
Eight people have died and 342 infected at several Sudanese states in a second wave of a suspected cholera outbreak within five months, said a report by the independent Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors. The report, which was seen by Sudan Tribune on Monday, said the preliminary tests of diarrhea samples proved they were cholera cases, pointing such cases are usually confirmed by a reference laboratory and announced by the Department of Epidemiology at the Health Ministry.
How not to write a ‘bird flu’ story
I posted about this NKNews report this morning and then deleted it because the report is confused and confusing. But here it is again: North Korea issues guidelines to prevent spread of bird flu .
North Korea issues guidelines to prevent spread of H5N6 bird flu
The North Korean government is increasingly concerned over the growing avian influenza epidemic in East Asia, state-run media indicatedon Thursday. But preventive methods issuedby media remain primitive, suggesting that an outbreakof H7N9 avian flu – which has a 40 percent fatality rate – in the country could have a disastrous effect.