Health Alerts

• Increased bird flu activity

  The northern hemisphere winter has seen a number of new reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 appearing. Read more

  1 February 2010

• Rabid raccoons in N.Y. Central Park

  Rabid raccoons have been increasingly infesting Central Park, with 8 of the mad animals found there in the past 2 weeks, according to the Department of Health. Read more

  27 January 2010

• First Human Bird Flu case in 2010

  A laboratory-confirmed human case of avian influenza (H5N1) virus infection has been reported from Penkabaru in Sumatra, Indonesia. Read more

  15 January 2010

• Pandemic Influenza end of year WHO update

  As of 27 December 2009, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 12220 deaths. Read more

  8 January 2010