Weekly health update | Africa makes progress on NTDs, manages outbreaks

Health developments range from the official end of the Marburg outbreak in Ethiopia to the launch of a central health data repository by Africa CDC. At the same time, efforts against neglected tropical diseases continue, as dengue spreads in Mali, mpox keeps authorities on alert in Liberia, and Kenya and Ghana highlight the impact of … Read more

walked away with stolen wallet, tried victim’s credit line

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso authorities are looking for a man who swiped a wallet from a bar and then later tried to cash in on the victim’s credit cards. According to Crime Stoppers of El Paso, police are asking the community for help in identifying the man in the images, as they … Read more

Hungary MKZ Outbreak: Biological Attack Claimed? | Pigbusiness.nl

The Hungarian authorities say that it cannot be excluded at the moment that the FMD virus is not of natural origin. The country may have to deal with an artificially manufactured virus. The Reuters news agency writes that. On Thursday, Hungary suggested an ‘biological attack’ as a possible source of the first outbreak of mouth-to-mouth … Read more

Kidnapped Chinese student found by authorities

MANILA, Philippines — The 14-year-old Chinese boy who was snatched by an unidentified armed group last February 20 was found by authorities after he was abandoned by his abductors in Parañaque City Tuesday night. Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla Jr. said that the victim is a student from an exclusive school in Metro Manila. The boy … Read more

Seven tonnes of cocaine found stashed in sea freight containers

Spanish authorities said that on Monday they had seized seven tonnes of cocaine stashed in sea freight containers installed underneath a farm and they have arrested three suspected smugglers. The Civil Guard police said that they launched the operation on Friday when they detected two suspicious speedboats at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River. The … Read more

N. Sumatra Authorities Detain Bangladeshi National for Smuggling Compatriots

Padangsidimpuan, North Sumatra. Authorities in North Sumatra have arrested a Bangladeshi national for allegedly attempting to smuggle 12 of his compatriots to Malaysia for jobs, an officer said on Sunday. Mohammad Soleh Raja, 38, was detained along with his Indonesian wife, Nurhalimah Situmorang, 34, during a raid at a rented house on Mawar Street in … Read more