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Chikungunya cases surpass 100,000!

rstjohn June 6, 2014 No Comments

Chikungunya cases surpass 100,000! Travellers to the Caribbean need to listen up! Watch out for mosquitoes carrying chikungunya virus. What? Who ever heard of chikungunya fever? It was always in Southeast…

Chikungunya Fever in the Caribbean — Tourist Warning

rstjohn March 15, 2014 No Comments

Chikungunya Fever in the Caribbean — Tourist Warning Since the first ever appearance of the chikungunya virus in the Western Hemisphere approximately 10 weeks ago, the spread of chikungunya in the eastern Caribbean…

World-wide Shortage of Yellow Fever Vaccine

rstjohn February 6, 2014 No Comments

World-wide Shortage of Yellow Fever Vaccine One of the major producers of yellow fever vaccine, Sanofi Pasteur, has announced that due to a production problem, there will be a shortage of…

TB Spreading without a Cure in South Africa

rstjohn February 4, 2014 No Comments

TB Spreading without a Cure in South Africa Recent reports have revealed that extreme anti-tuberculosis drug resistance (XDR-TB) is becoming a serious public health problem in South Africa. These TB strains…

The Chikungunya Virus is in the Caribbean

rstjohn January 11, 2014 No Comments

The Chikungunya Virus is in the Caribbean For the first time, an outbreak of the virus that causes chikungunya fever has been reported in the western hemisphere, this time from…

Warning for all Bandipur Forest Trekkers

rstjohn January 7, 2014 No Comments

Warning for all Bandipur Forest Trekkers Risk of Kyasanur Forest Disease If you are going trekking in the Bandipur Forest in Karnataka State in India, better be sure to have plenty…

Some Good News About the Deadly H7N9 Avian Flu Virus

rstjohn December 19, 2013 No Comments

Some Good News About the Deadly H7N9 Avian Flu Virus So, after the lull this past summer in transmission of the H7N9 flu virus in China, new cases have started to…

Return of H7N9 bird flu strain in China

rstjohn December 3, 2013 No Comments

Return of H7N9 bird flu strain in China The first human case of avian influenza H7N9 in Hong Kong has just been reported. She is hospitalized and in critical condition. The…

Malaria drug resistance in Southeast Asia

rstjohn November 15, 2013 No Comments

Malaria drug resistance in Southeast Asia Nearly all the germs that infect us try to get around the treatments we use to defeat them. To battle the antibiotic, some bacteria…

Return of the H7N9 flu virus

rstjohn November 7, 2013 No Comments

Return of the H7N9 flu virus Looks like the H7N9 avian flu virus might return in China. After the H7N9 influenza strain that caused many deaths in China disappeared over the…

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Chikungunya cases surpass 100,000!

Chikungunya Fever in the Caribbean — Tourist Warning

World-wide Shortage of Yellow Fever Vaccine

TB Spreading without a Cure in South Africa

The Chikungunya Virus is in the Caribbean

Warning for all Bandipur Forest Trekkers

Some Good News About the Deadly H7N9 Avian Flu Virus

Return of H7N9 bird flu strain in China

Malaria drug resistance in Southeast Asia

Return of the H7N9 flu virus

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