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Health officials raise alarm over rapidly evolving disease with high fatality rate: 'A single case ... can constitute an outbreak'
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that severe cases of yellow fever have a case fatality rate of up to 60%, most severe cases of yellow fever have a case fatality rate of ...
US measles cases are undercounted, experts say, but real numbers are proving hard to pin down
During a Cabinet meeting last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed what is now the ...
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Long-term measles health risks include immune amnesia, brain swelling and hearing loss
“One in 1,000 cases can have acute encephalitis or brain swelling that can be associated with a 15% case fatality rate,” Garcia Carreno said. Even if a child or adult recovers from ...
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Dengue cases in the country climb to 76K
The latest figure is 78% higher than the 42,822 recorded in the same period last year, according to DOH. Meanwhile, the case fatality rate remained at less than 1%. Regions with the highest cases of ...
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DOH: Dengue cases increase
The Department of Health (DOH) reports a significant surge in dengue cases nationwide, reaching 76,425 from January 1 to March 15. This figure represents ...
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807 meningitis cases, 74 deaths recorded in 22 states – NCDC
2025 The NCDC stated that the Case Fatality Rate is at 9.2 per cent as of March 26, 2025.3.27 The centre disclosed this in a statement titled: “CSM outbreak: NCDC rapid response teams in Kebbi ...