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- From crickets to insecticides: Effects of Cuba ‘sonic attacks’ caused by anti-Zika fumigation, new study claims
The droning noise that the US dubbed “sonic attacks” on the unwell diplomats in Havana has previously been attributed to crickets. But the mystery symptoms prompted more studies, with one now pointing to… gases that kill insects. - Epidemic level: Bangladesh hit by worst ever dengue fever outbreakAt least 40 people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh as hospitals struggle to treat thousands of patients affected in the worst outbreak of the deadly disease the country has ever seen.
- Europe faces ‘looming syphilis epidemic’ thanks to dating apps and reduced fear of HIVSyphilis stopped being “a disease of the past” after its worrying resurgence in Europe, health experts told RT. Less fear of contracting HIV and the rise of dating apps are among the factors behind the problem.
- Ebola declared global health emergency as 2nd-largest outbreak ever inches toward Congolese borderThe second-deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history has been dubbed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization after a case was confirmed in a Congo border city of two million people with an international airport.
- ‘Hundreds of millions of dollars’ needed to stave off Ebola outbreak in Congo, UN aid chief warnsContaining the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo will require hundreds of millions of dollars, the UN’s aid chief has warned, stating that many lives are at risk if proper action is not taken.
- Ebola claims life of 5yo boy as devastating virus spreads into UgandaA five-year-old boy has died of Ebola and two new cases have been confirmed in Uganda as the horrifying haemorrhagic fever spreads from the current outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- Deadly swine fever spreads across all China, threatening massive pork shortageAfrican swine fever has spread all across China’s mainland, threatening the country’s entire sprawling hog industry and the global supply of pork. The epidemic broke out nine months ago but still appears to be uncontained.
- Congolese militia attacks Ebola treatment facility at center of epidemicArmed fighters from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mai Mai militia group have attacked an Ebola treatment center as the country struggles to contain the worst outbreak of the disease in its history.
- Women in Congo forced to pay for Ebola vaccine with sex – reportsWomen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo seeking an experimental vaccine against the second-largest-ever Ebola epidemic are being sexually exploited, according to reports swirling around a pioneering WHO vaccination program.
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