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# Infectious

Last year
2022
# Infectious
Uptick in mumps in recent weeks as HSE advises MMR vaccine for anyone without two doses
Of 46 cases this year so far, nearly one-third were notified in July.
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# east africa
Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda as outbreak crosses the border
The fatalities have prompted World Health Organization officials to prepare an emergency meeting.
# Infectious
Equine flu outbreak cancels all horse racing in Britain but Irish racecourses stay open
Three horses from the same yard are confirmed to have the virus.
# contagious
Person with measles travelled by plane to Dublin and then onto Galway
This case is unrelated to the recently reported outbreak that resulted in 34 confirmed measles cases between April and mid-July.
# Infectious
New webseries starring the Tallafornia cast has to be seen to be believed
It’s called Infectious.
# EBOLA
Quarantines declared in Nigeria over spread of deadly Ebola virus
People who had primary contact with Ebola victim Patrick Sawyer have been put under quarantine and medical surveillance.
# H5N1
Canada confirms first death from bird flu in North America
Health officials have stressed that the risk to the population is extremely low.
# Infectious
Higher rate of infection among homeless 'put overall population at risk'
New data published in The Lancet shows much higher infection rates of TB, HIV and Hepatitis-C among homeless people.