Anthrax :: Anthrax outbreak at dairy farms in Australia
Anthrax has been found on a dairy farm at Tatura, east of the outbreak area at Stanhope in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley in Australia.
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Rift Valley Fever :: Rift Valley Fever spreads, killing two in Arusha, Tanzania
Rift Valley Fever (RVF), a deadly viral disease that broke out in Kenya in late 2006, has spread to neighbouring Tanzania, where two deaths have been reported in the northern region of Arusha, a government official said Tuesday.
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Rift Valley Fever :: Rift Valley Fever appears in decline in Kenya
The months-long outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Kenya appears to be in decline after more than 500 suspected cases, 169 of them fatal, there and in Somalia, the United Nations health agency reported today.
Rift Valley Fever :: Rift Valley Fever spreading in Kenya
Kenya health officials are trying to stop the spread of Rift Valley Fever, which has killed more than 600 people. In Northern Kenya it killed 478 people, and 148 through out the nation.
Rift Valley Fever :: Rift valley fever cases increasing
Kenya government has taken all possible steps to confront the Rift valley fever viral infection in Garissa. The death toll continued to rise claiming four more people in just 24 hours. This brings the number of Rift valley fever victims to 74.
Rift Valley Fever :: Vaccination to end rift valley fever
Kenya Government has started a livestock vaccination campaign to fight Rift Valley Fever. Dr Shanaaz Shariff, a senior deputy director of medical services, said infection could be prevented through sustained animal vaccination and control of mosquitoes.
Rift Valley Fever :: Rift Valley Fever Spreading In Kenya
Heavy flooding has provoked the spread of Rift Valley Fever from north-east Kenya to near Garissa in the north-west of the country, the World Health Organization warned.
Rift Valley Fever :: More than 75 people die of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya
More than 75 people have died in Kenya of a hemorrhagic fever called Rift Valley Fever over the past three weeks and another 183 are infected with it. The diseases’ victims are residents of either the Northeastern or Coast Province, which received uncharacteristically heavy rain in December that caused flooding and created a large breading ground for mosquitoes, which spread the fever’s virus from livestock to humans.
Rift Valley Fever :: Rift valley fever toll hits 67 in Kenya – update
On 4_January, 8 new suspected cases of Rift Valley Fever were discovered by MSF teams in the Ijara District in the North-Eastern Province of Kenya. One of the patients died, taking the death toll to at least 67 since the outbreak began on 7_December.