A sacred pilgrimage ended up in the toilet for several travelers earlier this year. Health officials in Europe have reported an outbreak of superbug cholera traced back to tainted holy water sourced from Ethiopia. Health officials in Germany and the UK detailed the strange outbreak in a report published Thursday in the journal Eurosurveillance. At least … Read more
The Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) is extremely busy with high numbers of people attending the department who need to be admitted to hospital for ongoing treatment. Over the last three days 411 people attended the Emergency Department in LUH. Currently there are 99 people in the ED and 34 patients awaiting a … Read more
As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines Fortune HHS Provides $590 Million to Accelerate Pandemic Influenza mRNA-based Vaccine Development, Enhance Platform Capability for Other Emerging Infectious Disease HHS.gov Moderna Receives $590 Million From HHS to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine Drug Topics How Prepared Are We For Avian Influenza? Contagionlive.com … Read more
(AP) — Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data. The most recent numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5, up from 69 outbreaks the last … Read more