Charlotte Ward took daughter Niamh for an examination last February, fearing her headache, temperature and nausea were symptoms of the killer disease. But doctors told her Niamh did not have a rash and therefore sent her home, suggesting Calpol. A day later,
Swedish authorities have grown alarmed over a rise in cases of an infectious disease spread by birds. Parrot fever poses a severe risk to babies in the womb. In total 25 cases have been reported in Sweden since September 25, and 12
At least three Americans have died and 17 have suspected or probable cases of a potentially life-threatening infection linked to an outbreak at cosmetic surgery clinics in Mexico. A multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis has been detected among patients who underwent epidural
Authorities in Mexico said Tuesday they have arrested an anesthesiologist they blame for an outbreak of meningitis that has killed 35 patients and sickened 79. Sonia de la Garza, the chief prosecutor in the northern state of Durango, alleged the anesthesiologist used
State officials in northern Mexico on Monday reported another death caused by a mysterious meningitis outbreak, bringing the total number of victims linked to the disease to 35. To date, health authorities in Mexico’s largely rural Durango state have documented 79 meningitis
A girl who lost four limbs after she was wrongly discharged from a hospital has had a multimillion-pound settlement approved by a judge. Lawyers of the young girl said that she went to Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey with “red flags for