Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Disease

Salmonella - Norway

Norway’s Institute of Public Health, or Folkhälsomyndigheten (FHI) discovered a national outbreak caused by the gastrointestinal bacterium Salmonella Agona. So far, infection has been detected in 31 people living in several counties.

Monkeypox - Chile

The Chile Ministry of Health reported the second monkeypox death in the country. The patient was a older male who was unvaccinated and diagnosed on October 20. He had underlying pathologies and a weakened immune system (immunosuppression).

The World Health Organisation has decided to rename 'monkeypox' as 'mpox' due to a perceived discriminatory connotation in third world societies.

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