Health Alerts

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are suggesting that susceptible US citizens over 18 years of age should consider the chikungunya vaccine…

The city of Luanda in Angola has an outbreak of haemorrhagic pink eye (conjunctivitis), which is extremely contagious, with 8-10 cases being seen daily, some…

Children under age 10 are the most affected due to a large number of parents refusing to immunise due to religious reasons and/or lack of trust in the quality…

Monkey fever, or Kyasanur Forest Disease, is a tick-borne haemorrhagic fever. 49 positive cases and two deaths have been reported in the state of Karnataka.…

Health officials are urging Philippine communities to adopt the 4S strategy to prevent dengue infection. 4S stands for: 1. Search and destroy breeding sites. 2…

The public health director has warned measles might be spreading through Quebec via community transmission. An infected person visited a school, a store, a…

Health officials stated the health emergency declaration will be in effect for 90 days. $42 million has been allocated for response actions, including mosquito…

In the first two months of 2024, Vietnam has recorded almost 70,000 people requiring rabies vaccination after animal bites, and 18 deaths from rabies have been…

Air travel in and out of Mexico City has been disrupted, with flights being grounded due to an eruption from Mexico’s most active volcano, ’Popo’. Volcanic ash…

Children are accounting for a majority of infections and deaths in the world’s worst mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) outbreak, which is accelerating at a…

Cambodia's health ministry has reported another human infection from H5N1 avian influenza in the Kamoot province in southern Cambodia. An investigation found…

Health officials identified the disease quickly, treated it successfully and believe the transmission was from the patient’s cat. All contacts were notified…