California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Friday because an outbreak of deadly hepatitis A has killed at least 18 people in the state, and forced almost 500 to be hospitalized.
Officials in San Diego warned city employees about the deadly hepatitis A outbreak twice before Mayor Kevin Faulconer made any public statements about the spreading infectious disease outbreak, according to emails released this week.
A deadly outbreak of Hepatitis A that has claimed 18 lives in San Diego County in recent months, mostly among the rapidly-growing homeless population, has spread to Los Angeles.
Nearly 600 veterans who received care at a Wisconsin VA hospital may have been infected with diseases such as Hepatitis and HIV due to violations in infection control procedures.
TEL AVIV – The Syrian refugee crisis has precipitated a “catastrophic outbreak” of a flesh-eating disease that is spreading across the Middle East and North Africa, according to research published on Thursday in the scientific journal PLOS.
Despite significant territorial gains and world-wide notoriety it seems the Islamic State fighters are falling foul of military gangs throughout history who have staged coups. Their attempts at state building appear to be failing, the Washington Post reports. Residents have
