Sydney, March 12 – A recent surge in measles cases in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has primarily been driven by infections acquired in Southeast Asia, health authorities said on Thursday.The NSW Department of Health said in a report that authorities were notified of 60...
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australian center for disease control
disease surveillance
epidemiology
herd immunity
infectious disease
measles
new south wales
nsw department of health
public health
southeast asia
travel-related illness
vaccination
vaccine effectiveness
viral diseases
New Delhi, February 17 A study conducted on 27.8 million people in the US has shown that exposure to air pollution can directly contribute to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, rather than causing it indirectly through chronic conditions such as hypertension and stroke.The findings...
Medininagar, February 16 At least 175 people, mostly children, fell ill after allegedly consuming contaminated food at a fair in Jharkhand's Palamu district, officials said on Monday.The incident was reported from Dwarka village, under the Panki Police Station limits, when these people became...
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children
community health centre
diarrhea
dwarka village
epidemiology
food poisoning
illness
jharkhand
mahashivratri fair
medical treatment
palamu district
public health
raghua khad
vomiting
Chandigarh, February 16 Local residents in Panicked claimed that more people had died due to liver-related ailments in a village in Haryana's Palwal district, even as authorities put the death toll at seven in the past fortnight, prompting the health department to monitor the situation around...
blood testing
chhainsa village
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disease outbreak
drinking water
epidemiology
haryana
hepatitis
hepatitis b
liver infections
medical investigation
palwal district
public health investigation
village population
water contamination