A 39-year-old man from the Guizhou province in China fell ill with a fever and was admitted into the hospital on January 6th. The Xinhua news agency reported after three days in intensive care, the patient died. This is the second H5N1 related death following the December 31, 2011 death of from the city...
WHO Disease Outbreak News
- Yellow fever in Cameroon February 3, 2012
- Yellow fever in Ghana February 3, 2012
- Avian influenza - situation in China - update January 24, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam January 20, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update January 19, 2012
FDA – Recalls/Safety Alerts
- Consumer Update Analytics February 3, 2012
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: December 2011 January 25, 2012
- Jan. 18 Webinar: Reporting Bad Reactions From Cosmetics January 12, 2012
- FDA Warns About Stem Cell Claims January 6, 2012
- FDA Targets Risks From Reused Medical Devices December 28, 2011
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: November 2011 December 27, 2011
- Know Concentration Before Giving Acetaminophen to Infants December 22, 2011
- FDA Targets Gastric Band Weight-Loss Claims December 13, 2011
- FDA Widens Look at Arsenic in Apple Juice December 9, 2011
- FDA and Partners Working to Prevent Surgical Fires December 9, 2011
Blog Archives
Taiwan Reports H5N2 bird flu: 1st case in 2012
The Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ), began daily inspections at a farm in Changhua County after rumors that a large number of its chickens had died. On Dec 30, 2011 and Jan 4, 2012 the samples collected tested positive of the H5N2 virus, but the chickens of the farm...
New Swine Flu Strain H3N2v: 12 Infected
USNEWS.com is reporting that 12 people living in Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. A report from the Centers for Disease Control say “an influenza A (H1N1) virus that is known to circulate in U.S. swine but not humans has been detected in an adult in the state of Wisconsin. The patient reported...
Bird Flu Death: Indonesia on High Alert
Indonesia is still struggling not only with the resent earthquake but also the H5N1 virus. A 23-year-old man identified as P.D.Y. died after being treated for six days at Satya Negara Hospital. His blood test came back positive for the H5N1 virus, making him the first victim of bird flu in 2012. [Read complete...
WHO confirms H5N1 deaths in Egypt and China
The patient from Egypt, a 42-year-old from Menofia governorate, got sick on Dec 16 and was admitted to a hospital in critical condition and treated with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) on Dec 21, the WHO said in a statement. The man died the next day, raising Egypt’s official H5N1 infection total to 157 and the number...
Hong Kong diagnoses bird flu
Reports from BBC News state that a woman in Hong Kong is seriously ill in the hospital with bird flu – the first human case of the disease to be diagnosed in the territory since 2003, when the last outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Hong Kong killed six people. Health chief...
Fungus is behind at least 15 deaths in Pacific Northwest
A formerly tropical fungus is behind at least 15 deaths in the U.S. Pacific Northwest over six years, health officials say. The fungus, called Cryptococcus gattii, is considered rare. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described cases of infection in the U.S. since 2004 in its weekly report on death and disease,...
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