2 h. ago Urgent warning issued for 57 countries over 'highly contagious virus'

The Travel Health Notice (THN) has been issued to 57 countries – including the United Kingdom – by the Centre for Disease Control, which has shared guidance on how to avoid the disease

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4 h. ago 'Highly contagious virus outbreak' alert for 57 countries after surge in cases

A level one 'Travel Health Notice" has been issued by a US public health body

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6 h. ago Texas measles outbreak worsens with 124 cases across nine counties

Highly contagious disease spreads among Mennonite community as 18 people hospitalizedA measles outbreak in rural west Texas has grown to 124 cases across nine counties, the state health department said on Tuesday, and 18 people have been hospitalized.The outbreak is largely spreading in the Mennonite community in an area where small towns are separated by vast stretches of oil rig-dotted open land but connected due to people traveling between towns for work, church, grocery shopping and other day-to-day errands. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Surge in highly contagious virus prompts outbreak warning for 57 countries

Travellers are being urged to follow stringent health advice to prevent infection

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10 h. ago Highly contagious virus outbreak alert issued for 57 countries after explosion in cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Travel Health Notice for the "highly contagious virus outbreak" - there are currently 57 countries affected

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3 d. ago Deadly cholera virus outbreak kills 58 in just three DAYS as infection gets 'out of control'

An outbreak of cholera in the southern city of Kosti, Sudan, has killed 58 people and left 1,293 others ill between Thursday and Saturday, the health ministry has said

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4 d. ago Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding

Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likelyA newer variant of H5N1 bird flu has spilled over into dairy cows separately in Nevada and Arizona, prompting new theories about how the virus is spread and leading to questions about containing the ongoing outbreaks.The news comes amid a purge of experts at federal agencies, including employees who were responding to the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Department of Agriculture. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago UK hit with bluetongue virus warning as outbreak restricted zone widens

The bluetongue restriction zone has been extended after cases were discovered outside of the current restricted zone, with new cases coming as the UK is in a seasonally vector low period

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