Infection Control
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Portugal has Legionnaire's outbreak AAP - 12-11-2014
The UN health agency has raised concerns about a "large outbreak" of Legionnaire's disease in Portugal. An outbreak of Legionnaire's
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NZ flight grounded over norovirus fears AAP - 29-10-2014
A plane was forced to delay disembarking after fears that unwell passengers on an Air New Zealand flight could be infected with norovirus.
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Measles outbreak on Jetstar flight AAP - 21-10-2014
Three people who travelled with Jetstar from Indonesia to Brisbane last week have contracted measles. Passengers who flew from Indonesia to Brisbane last Wednesday
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Meningococcal kills toddler in north Qld AAP - 15-10-2014
The death of a toddler from meningococcal disease in Townsville has prompted a warning to react quickly to symptoms of the deadly illness.
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Don't panic over Ebola scare, says AMA AAP - 10-10-2014
The Australian Medical Association says there is no need to over-react about a Cairns nurse's Ebola scare. There's no need to panic
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Nurse first Ebola victim outside Africa AAP - 07-10-2014
A Spanish nurse who treated two Ebola victims at a Madrid hospital has become the first person to contract the disease outside Africa. A Spanish
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Anti-dengue mozzies released in Rio AAP - 03-10-2014
Brazil has begun releasing mosquitoes immunised against dengue fever in a bid to cut the number of people who contract the illness. Ten thousand
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Mosquito-borne illness hits The Americas AAP - 29-09-2014
Chikunganya, a disease which emerged in Africa is sweeping through South America, causing devastating illness, although only few fatalities. SANTO DOMINGO,
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Severe malaria risk in the genes: study AAP - 29-09-2014
A large international study has identified five genes that play a role in whether people develop severe malaria or not. Five genes that play
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Boost for easy breath test to diagnose TB AAP - 25-09-2014
The quest for a breath test to diagnose tuberculosis has been boosted by a new technique that could determine what strain of the infection the patient has.
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Victoria ready if Ebola strikes AAP - 19-09-2014
Victoria's health department has launched a statewide plan aimed at containing Ebola, though officials say the risk is very low. Authorities
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Syphilis diagnoses hit all-time high AAP - 18-09-2014
Syphilis and gonorrhoea rates are up and the number of people dying from liver disease related to hepatitis C has more than doubled in a decade.
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Govt called to act on hepatitis death rate AAP - 17-09-2014
A peak body representing hepatitis sufferers says governments need to act to prevent a "tidal wave" of life-threatening liver disease.
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Ebola fight will cost $US1b: UN AAP - 17-09-2014
The UN has warned that 20,000 people could be infected with Ebola by the end of 2014, and that the world is facing a huge funding challenge.
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Faulty tests behind Barmah virus 'spike' AAP - 09-09-2014
An apparent surge in cases of Barmah Forest virus last year was down to a batch of faulty tests, which gave hundreds of false positives. A
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Respiratory virus 'clusters' hit US kids AAP - 09-09-2014
Health officials have identified clusters of an unusual virus which appears to strike children but not adults, across several US states. Clusters
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Three measles cases at Melbourne school AAP - 20-08-2014
Three Melbourne students have been confirmed to have measles and two other cases are suspected. Three students at a Melbourne primary school
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Liberia desperately searches for patients AAP - 19-08-2014
Liberian officials are continuing to search for 17 Ebola patients who fled an attack on a quarantine centre in the capital Monrovia. Liberian
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Swine flu cases rising in Australia AAP - 12-08-2014
Nearly 21,000 cases of flu have been confirmed in Australia so far this year, double the number of cases at this time last year. There has
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Ebola vaccine may be ready for 2015: UN AAP - 11-08-2014
Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by British pharma company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month and made available by 2015, the World Health
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