No new H7N9 cases in China for a week—government
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has risen to 31, according to official figures, with four more people dying of the virus in China’s eastern provinces.
An outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea has sickened more than 400 vacationers and crew members aboard two Christmas-time cruises in the Caribbean, the CDC said Saturday.
A new mysterious respiratory virus that has killed at least one person and left another in critical condition does not appear very contagious, the World Health Organization said Friday.
A 19-month-old toddler from Davao has been diagnosed to have been infected with enterovirus 71, the same virus that has killed more than 60 children in Cambodia, but has since recovered.
A 19-month-old Filipino boy has been diagnosed as having had the same virus that’s killed hundreds of children around Asia, but authorities say he has recovered.
Seven Filipinos were suspected of contracting hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) as Asia grapples with the deadly virus, the Department of Health said Wednesday.
A stomach virus has stricken more than 100 people on a Princess Cruise Lines ship sailing from South Florida.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was “deeply concerned” about research into whether the H5N1 flu virus could be made more transmissible between humans after mutant strains were produced in labs.
Calling the figures “unverified,” a public official belied a recent report from the Department of Health that said that there were confirmed cases of A(H1N1) in Valenzuela City. In a phone interview, Ahna Mejia, Valenzuela City chief public information officer, told the Inquirer that as per the records of the local epidemiology and surveillance unit, [...]
The resurgence of bird flu cases in neighboring Asian countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia has prompted the Department of Health in Northern Mindanao to reactivate its campaign against the entry of the disease and monitor areas in the region that are regular stopovers of migratory birds.
A lethal bat-borne horse virus has been detected in a dog for the first time, authorities in Australia said on Tuesday, prompting fears it has jumped species.
