Norovirus Forces Celebrity Cruise Ship to Stay in Port
It’s almost no news anymore again another cruiseship has been infected with the norovirus; it seems to almost be normal to catch the norovirus on board of cruiseships ? why does it happen a lot on cruiseships ? and not i.e. in large holidays centers ? is it because they keep it quiet or because […]
Norovirus strikes in Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham
From the Birmingham Mail: A WARD at a Birmingham hospital has been shut to new patients and visitors after an outbreak of winter sickness bug norovirus. Patients and staff on Ward 17 at Good Hope Hospital, in Sutton Coldfield, have been put in isolation following an outbreak on Sunday. (read article here) In the meantime […]
S-Korea Environment Ministry continues to ignore Norovirus
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Sunday that as of May 10 there have been 111 cases of mass diarrhea so far this year, affecting 2,996 people. That is a figure eight times higher than the same period last year. This is major cause for concern because the summer season is ahead, when […]
Tibet reports bird flu outbreak
Shanghai Daily – Bird flu has struck a poultry market in the Tibetan capital city of Lhasa, prompting the culling of nearly 7,000 birds, the government said today. The outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus, which began March 1 in Lhasa’s Chengguan village, killed 680 chickens and prompted the culling of 6,990 birds, The Associated […]
United States Versus Bird Flu
by: Velicu George Avian influenza, or bird flu as it is most commonly known, is a viral disease that has been ravishing Asia, as well as other countries, for more than two years now. Some choose to ignore the threat, but most health experts agree what we see now in the Eastern Hemisphere could be […]
