More than 560 people have been infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus since its discovery two years ago in Saudi Arabia, with 179 of those folks succumbing to the illness. In April, a rise in cases led the country’s King Abdullah to fire the health minister and criticized the infection control processes […]
Missouri health officials are offering free hepatitis A vaccinations for nearly 5,000 people who recently visited a Springfield restaurant. According to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, a worker at the 3720 S. Glenstone Red Robin restaurant had the liver infection. Any person who ate at the establishment between May 8 and May 16 is eligible […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people are being urged not to eat Evergreen Fresh Sprouts’ raw clover sprouts after various reports that people have gotten sick with E. coli in Idaho and Washington. The report states there are seven confirmed cases with three possible cases of the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli […]
Health officials in the United States have confirmed the first MERS case in the country. MERS, which stands for Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, is a fairly new illness that was first seen in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. The healthcare worker, who is not being named, came to Chicago one week ago from the Riyadh, Saudi […]
The Ohio Department of Health has urged all Ohioans to get their MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella) amidst the continuous mumps spread and several alleged measles cases in Knox County. According to Columbus Public Health and ODH, the number of people who have confirmed mumps cases is nearing 280 – 12 counties in Ohio […]
The Ebola outbreak began in the early part of this year in southeast Guinea’s forested villages, with months passing of it being undiagnosed. However, on March 23, news of the outbreak finally reached the World Health Organization (WHO), but, by then, the outbreak cost 29 people their lives. Since this time, WHO has released nine […]
U.S. scientists will, for the first time, use a groundbreaking emergency technique to save lives. The technique will involve placing gunshot or knife-wound victims in suspended animation, which is where people are still alive though they appear dead. Doctors at a Pittsburgh, Penn.’s hospital will try saving the lives of 10 people who will be […]
The number of people at Ohio State University with the mumps has increased to 28 – 23 are students, one is a university staff member, one person is related to an OSU student and three others have strong ties to the university, outside of it. Three people were hospitalized for 24 hours because of the […]
Researchers in New Zealand are seeing a possible link between being firstborn and having more weight and less sensitivity to insulin thus leading to increased health risks of diabetes and heart disease. The study was conducted at the University of Auckland and the findings released last Thursday in the Scientific Reports journal. The study was […]
The U.S. Government office that oversees the implementation of the Obamacare Healthcare.gov website confirmed Saturday that it cut its contract with CGI Federal early instead of at end of February as originally stipulated. CGI Federal and the government office that manages the Healthcare.gov website, the Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mutually agreed to […]