1 year agoToday the Ebola case count rises by 22 cases, the second largest 1-day rise in this 9-month outbreak. 1 and 3 were Friday and Saturday. Together this makes 66 cases in the past 3 days. That 3-day rise is more than most week increases for this outbreak, until the past few weeks.
California State University, Los Angeles, says 656 students, staffers under measles quarantine; 131 others cleared.
1 year ago"They have to get those shots," says @POTUS about unvaccinated children.
1 year agoSince January 2019, measles outbreaks confirmed in 11 counties and three Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites (Juba, Bentiu, and Malakal) further reactive vaccination campaigns conducted in (Abyei, Mayom, Pibor, Juba, Gogrial W, Aweil S, Melut)): Ministry of Health
Measles quarantines ordered at UCLA, Cal State LA with 127 UCLA students, faculty held
Gunmen kill one polio vaccinator, wound another, in attack in southwestern area of Chaman, government officials confirm. This brings death toll during current vaccination drive to three, with at least 95 killed since 2012 in attacks on polio teams, according to Al Jazeera data.
The world's first malaria vaccine is being rolled out in Malawi.
Public health officials in Los Angeles have declared a measles outbreak in the county. Officials did not indicate the ages of those infected but said the majority of individuals were unvaccinated.
U.S. measles cases surge as officials scramble to stop near-record outbreak. Latest update from CDC: 626 cases in 22 states. Likely to surpass record in coming weeks.
1 year agoEpidemiologist from @WHO deployed to Ebola hit region of DRCongo killed during attack on hospital.
A measles case has been reported at Google's Mountain View HQ
NY: Some 500 doctors who serve Jewish communities across North America have signed a letter calling on all children and healthy adults to get vaccinated and to prevent the spread of measles effecting mostly the Orthodox Jewish community
Third measles case confirmed in Maryland; possible public exposures at three locations in Pikesville.
An ElAl flight attendant and a 10-year old boy are in comas with irreversible brain damage caused by measles, Israel's Channel 13 reports.
Almost 3.2 thousand of new measles cases in Georgia since the beginning of the year - Ministry of Health
1 year agoThe first truck of humanitarian aid is delivered to a hospital in Carlos J Bello hospital of the Red Cross in Caracas received medical kits for 10 thousand people, surgical and disposable material
Over 200 new measles cases in Ternopil in last 2 weeks
Measles cases up 300 percent globally in first quarter of 2019: WHO
Army man dies of cardiac arrest in Poonch.
Director of Al-Karama clinic in rural Al-Raqqa confirms registration of four thousand cases of leishmaniasis in the region, including students and teachers
New York City declares measles outbreak a public health emergency, mandates vaccinations for those who may have been exposed. Schools violating ban on unvaccinated students will be shut down.
More than 1500 cases of "Leishmania" have been reported in government areas in Hama.
Some 100 people have died from the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo over the past three weeks, taking the overall death toll in the latest outbreak past 700, according to the health ministry
1 year agoMeasles, diptheria and malaria. Shocking rise in Venezuela demands an urgent UN response.
Medical source: The death of three people during the past two days due to dengue fever in the Directorate of Mansour in the capital Aden after the spread of the epidemic.
1 year agoThere were 72 Ebola cases reported this week (Monday through Sunday) which makes it the worst week of the North Kivu outbreak. Hopefully the community engagement efforts start to pay off soon because this outbreak is growing at an unsettling rate right now.
Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after post-cyclone outbreak
23 cholera deaths in Taiz, Yemen
New York county bans unvaccinated minors from public spaces
1 year agoCourts should toss out all of Obamacare, according to @TheJusticeDept.
