Philippines says no outbreak of meningococcemia
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The Philippine Palace officials on Monday declared that there is no outbreak of meningococcemia, saying the reported cases of the disease have been contained.
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REAL, Philippines  - Flood waters receded in the  northern Philippines on Friday in the wake of a typhoon, but  thousands of people remained cut off from help, hungry and at  risk of disease after a week of severe flooding.
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The panel voted unanimously that Menactra is safe and effective for use in patients aged 11 to 55 years. The new meningitis vaccine could prevent the often fatal disease from infecting the highest risk group
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The first reports of disease began to emerge from the stricken regions, but health officials said there was no evidence of an epidemic.
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International health officials at an emergency meeting in Bangkok Monday said there is no evidence that bird flu has been passed from one human to another.
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The Philippines is likely to call off the search for bodies from a sunken passenger ferry after military divers found no corpses in the hull, an army official said on Sunday.
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A mass inoculation drive for 115,000 children in tsunami relief camps in southern India is underway to avoid an outbreak of measles, the United Nation's Children Fund said.
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China dismissed a rumor on Thursday that bananas grown on a southern island might contain viruses similar to SARS, the latest and most improbable in a series of food-safety scares to hit the country.
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Pakistan is urging provincial authorities to obey health guidelines to stop any bird flu outbreaks after fears lapses in poultry culling methods led to eight people being infected with the H5N1 virus.
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ASIA/FILIPPINE - Il Ministero della Salute conferma una epidemia di dengue che finora ha ucciso 167 persone nel paese. Nuova epidemia anche in Cina Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Una epidemia di dengue Ã¨ stata confermata nel nord dellÂarcipelago delle Filippine dal Ministero della Salute locale. Secondo il Centro di Epidemiologia Nazionale del Ministero, il virus si Ã¨ sviluppato nella cittÃ  di Morong,...
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Australia strongly denied Tuesday it had ignored industry warnings about quarantine procedure breakdowns years before the equine influenza outbreak now devastating its racing industry.
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BEIJING : China Tuesday insisted that although a highly lethal strain of the bird flu virus had been found in pigs, it did not constitute an epidemic.
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Tests by regulators of two California food-processing plants linked to an outbreak of E. coli in bagged spinach found no contamination by the toxic bacteria, a top officer with their operator said on Thursday.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Thursday a single case of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus in a family in Pakistan but said there was no apparent risk of it spreading wider.
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The Philippine government Saturday denied reports of some local newspapers that the military is showing signs of &quot;restiveness&quot; after the opening of investigation against a former army general for corruption this month.
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Government's plan to handle outbreak does not anticipate strain on hospitals, officials say.
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A family of eight infected with bird flu in Indonesia likely passed the disease among themselves, but world health officials said Wednesday there is no reason to raise its pandemic alert level.