I reported earlier that Uganda was struggling to contain an outbreak of Ebola. It has now been confirmed that 25 people have died from Ebola. This includes 4 health care workers. There is also another 93 suspected cases through-out the western Uganda.
The four health care workers became infected after carrying for patients without gloves, gowns […]
Earlier this week Staph-Infection.Org reported that a Chinese man had died of bird flu. It has now been discovered that the man’s father is also sick with bird flu. He came down with a fever, that was later reported to be the notorious H5N1 strain of bird flu.
This brings China’s total to 27 human infections. […]
China has been interested in creating an AIDS vaccine for 16 years. The country didn’t own intellectual property rights to the vaccine until 2006. This is the second vaccine that the country has entered into phase one testing. The first phase of testing focuses on safety.
It has been given to 36 volunteers. I can’t […]
Agricultural economists at Kansas State University predict that a large scale Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak could cost, 945 Million. If an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth did occur, all cattle movement and processing would come to a halt. In a state were cattle is king, that’s not a good thing. Thousands of cows would have to be killed […]
Ebola has already killed 18 people in Western Uganda. The total number of cases has reached 64 confirmed. The outbreak is just now receiving international attention. Several experts from around the world will be on site in the next couple of weeks. These experts will determine how many people are affected, were the disease is […]
A man from the coastal province of Jiangsu has died of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. The 24-year-old man was hospitalized on Tuesday and once in the hospital he deteriorated very fast.
Around 200 people have died from the bird flu sense it became prevalent in 2003.
It is feared that the H5N1 strain of […]
Health officials said that the Mutated Cold virus has killed 10 people in the last 18 months. Adenoviruses are usually not considered deadly and for the most part just cause a common respiratory infection. However a new variant, Ad14, has lead to 10 deaths.
Most people have absolutely nothing to worry about. It’s a very […]
