Communicable Diseases

Seventeen bodies were removed from a downtown Modesto funeral home Friday after accusations that the business was taking too long to cremate them. Dr. John Walker, Stanislaus County's public health officer, said he suspended permits for burial or...

There is a growing risk of outbreaks of bacterial infections, including typhoid fever and possibly even cholera, among Syrian refugees living in poor sanitary conditions, medical workers warned, as Lebanon's imminent summer ushers in swelteringly hot...

A Pasco baby is being treated to prevent rabies after she was bitten twice by a rabid bat last weekend on her grandparents' deck. Derek and Melissa Anderson learned Tuesday afternoon that the bat had tested positive for rabies. But they had taken...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is in talks with the UAE authorities to trace the path of the deadly coronavirus after a 65-year-old patient was hospitalised in Paris with the Sars-like virus after a visit to Dubai last month. A second person who...

Global medical companies and health care providers should open their regional offices in the Kingdom to take part in upcoming local projects, said Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah during his inauguration of the Saudi Health Exhibition and...

Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah will open the Saudi Health Exhibition and Conference 2013, the largest international health care event in the Kingdom, at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center today. The three-day show has...

The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs has issued recommendations that tracks for walking, jogging and sports fields be included in the specifications for new residential districts and buildings. The designs should also support institutions that...

While its role may be merely that of maintaining the books, the Department of Agriculture says it is gearing up to handle the newly-authorized spay-and-neuter fund, intended to deal with over-population of domestic animals. The idea is to accept...

SOUTH BEND – A case of meningococcal disease has been reported at South Bend Riley High School. The school corporation on Tuesday sent home a letter to parents and students saying the following: May 7, 2013 Dear Parents and Students, The...

SOUTH BEND -- On Tuesday, parents of Riley High School students were informed of a case of meningococcal disease at the school. The disease generally affects people by causing meningitis or a bloodstream infection, the letter says. The person with the...

No, your ears don't deceive you -- it's that time of year again for the annoying and potentially dangerous buzz of mosquitoes. The warm weather has brought the start of mosquito season in the Central Valley and a renewed need to reach for the insect...

Scientists and doctors from across the world, including Jordan, recently signed a document declaring that eradicating polio is achievable. The "Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication" by 2018 was signed last Thursday in Dubai by 400 scientists...