FYI - For you herbalists, we may be able to use "Yarrow" as an herb to help fight the symptoms mentioned.
Ebola is Real! - Engineered and Patented by the US - Was it Designed to Kill the Masses? (Agenda 21)10/9/2014 The people in Liberia are Hebrews (So called Negros/Africa Americans). Doesn't surprise me that they are the target as test subjects for this new virus created by the United States and Canada!!
FYI - For you herbalists, we may be able to use "Yarrow" as an herb to help fight the symptoms mentioned.
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An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region, leaping from the Caribbean to the Central and South American mainland, and infecting more than 1 million people. Some cases already have emerged in the United States.
While the disease, called chikungunya, usually is not fatal, the epidemic has overwhelmed hospitals, cut economic productivity and caused its sufferers days of pain and misery. And the count of victims is soaring. In El Salvador, health officials report nearly 30,000 suspected cases, up from 2,300 at the beginning of August, and hospitals are filled with people with the telltale signs of the illness, including joint pain so severe it can be hard to walk. "The pain is unbelievable," said Catalino Castillo, a 39-year-old seeking treatment at a San Salvador hospital. "It's been 10 days and it won't let up." Venezuelan officials reported at least 1,700 cases as of Friday, and the number is expected to rise. Neighboring Colombia has around 4,800 cases but the health ministry projects there will be nearly 700,000 by early 2015. Brazil has now recorded its first locally transmitted cases, which are distinct from those involving people who contracted the virus while traveling in an infected area. http://abc13.com/health/new-mosquito-borne-virus-spreads-in-latin-america/327868/ Enterovirus D68, the respiratory illness suspected of hospitalizing hundreds of children in the nation, has now spread to the Northeast and is likely to hit the whole country.
Connecticut and New York are the latest states to report cases of the rapidly spreading virus that has targeted young children, especially those withasthma, in 21 states. The Connecticut Department of Public Health received reports "from two hospitals in different parts of the state of clusters of severe respiratory illness among young children that could be due to enterovirus D68," the agency said in a statement. Connecticut is working with the Centers for Disease Control to confirm the cases. The New York State Department of Health has also confirmed more than a dozen cases of enterovirus D68 in children living in the state's capital and central regions, officials said. The CDC has not confirmed New York's cases. Enterovirus Likely to Spread Through Schools, Experts Say What You Need to Know About the Enterovirus Outbreak Unidentified Respiratory Virus Likely to Hit Kids Across Country As of Saturday, enterovirus D68 had spread to 21 states across the Midwest and East Coast, with confirmed cases spanning from New Mexico to Montana to Delaware. The virus is likely to spread across the country, ABC News' Dr. Richard Besser said Sunday morning. "It's very hard for a virus to be limited by borders," Besser said. "I expect that it's going to hit the whole country." Enterovirus D68 comes from a family of enteroviruses that can cause cold-like symptoms, typically during the month of September. Besser warned parents to watch out for symptoms of coughs and wheezing among their children, especially if their children are asthmatic. "The best approach for prevention is what we talk about all the time for respiratory infections, colds, and flus and that's really good hand washing," Besser said. There have been no reported cases of adults contracting the virus. Adults may already have built an immunity towards the virus from previous infections, or may just get a milder version of the disease, Besser said. Children who contract enterovirus D68 first suffer from what appears to be a common cold, with symptoms including a runny nose, coughing, and sneezing, according to Besser. The symptoms then escalate to difficulty breathing. Besser said parents should look out for their children exhibiting signs of wheezing, difficulty eating or speaking, and blueness around the lips. Doctors have found a way to treat the symptoms, helping kids breath more easily so they can get through the virus, Besser said. "It's the same medicine that's used for children who have asthma," he said. "But when I was in the emergency room this week in St. Louis, they were giving it to children who didn't have asthma, and you could just see them turn around. Their airways would open up -- some of them could leave the emergency room. Some had to stay, but the medicine helps a lot." article: https://gma.yahoo.com/respiratory-virus-enterovirus-d68-spreads-northeast-164347329--abc-news-health.html A former Minnesota resident infected with the Ebola virus who traveled from Liberia to Nigeria before he died from the disease had planned to visit family back in the United States next month.
Patrick Sawyer, a 40-year-old father of three, sparked a global health scare when it was discovered that he had transported the virus across borders in Africa, and news of his plans to travel back to the Minnesota town where his wife and children still live ratcheted up fears that the virus could spread to North America. "Patrick could've easily come home with Ebola," Decontee Sawyer, his wife, told KSTP-TV. She lives in Coon Rapids, Minn., with the couple's three daughters. "Easy. Easy. It's close; it's at our front door. It knocked down my front door." Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian national who moved from Minnesota to Liberia to work for the country's ministry of finance, collapsed in an airport in Lagos last week after showing symptoms of the disease. He died Friday in what health officials determined to be the first probable case of the Ebola virus in Nigeria. Sawyer's death has rocked the West African community in Minnesota, home to the largest Liberian immigrant population in the United States. "Everyone knows Patrick," Decontee Sawyer told KARE-TV. "It's hit everyone's front door, and they feel like they've lost a best friend and brother, and they are awake now." Decontee said Patrick had been caring for his sister, who had fallen ill with what later turned out to be Ebola. There have been 1,201 reported cases and 672 deaths from the virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since the recent Ebola outbreak began in March, according to the World Health Organization. According to Decontee Sawyer, her husband was scheduled to travel to Minnesota in mid-August for two of his daughters' birthdays. Minnesota health officials met with community members Monday. Coon Rapids is home to a large West African community, and officials have warned residents to be on extra alert since Sawyer's death. A memorial service for Sawyer is scheduled on Sept. 14 in Coon Rapids. "This can't happen anymore," Decontee Sawyer told KSTP-TV. "I don't want any more families going through what I'm going through. So I pray, and then I'm ready to fight." The 34-year-old widow says she is working to raise awareness about the dangers of an Ebola outbreak in the United States. "Patrick was coming here. What if he still wasn't displaying symptoms yet and came?" Sawyertold the Pioneer Press. "He could have brought Ebola here. Someone else could bring Ebola here. "I don't want all of this to be for nothing," she said. "I have three girls who will never get to know their father." http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-virus-victim-american-patrick-sawyer-135554312.html?soc_src=copy UPDATE (Jul. 30, 5.25 p.m.): Prepackaged salad mix may be the culprit behind the stomach bug outbreak that has left health officials scratching their heads.
According to NBC News, health officials in Iowa and Nebraska said Tuesday that bagged salad mix may be the source of the cyclospora outbreak. "The evidence points to a salad mix containing iceberg and romaine lettuce, as well as carrots and red cabbage as the source of the outbreak reported in Iowa and Nebraska," Steven Mandernach, chief of the Food and Consumer Safety Bureau of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, told the news outlet. NBC notes that it's unclear at this point as to whether the salad mix is linked to other infections in other states. As of Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that more than 370 cases of cyclospora infection have been reported in 16 states. * * * UPDATE (Jul. 25, 2.45 p.m.): The number of U.S. residents who have come down with a mysterious stomach bug continues to rise this week as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that at least 285 people in 11 states have been diagnosed with a cyclospora infection. At least 18 people have reportedly been hospitalized. The CDC says that it still does not know what's causing this belly bug but some experts suspect that some cases of the illness may be related. "Because no food item has been implicated to date we're not yet sure the cases in the various states are related," said Dr. Barbara Herwaldt, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC, according to Reuters. "Though it's quite likely that the cases in the Midwest might be." An earlier report continues below: Nearly 300 people in several states were struck recently by a mysterious stomach bug, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an update on its website Wednesday, the CDC wrote that at least 275 residents of multiple states, including Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, Wisconsin, Georgia, Connecticut and New Jersey, have been diagnosed with a cyclospora infection. The stomach bug, which causes diarrhea and other flu-like symptoms, could be linked to a foodborne illness, according to The Associated Press. From an earlier AP report: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the cyclospora infections, which are most often found in tropical or subtropical countries and have been linked to imported fresh produce in the past.The illness is usually spread when people ingest food or water contaminated with feces. The agency says it isn't yet clear whether the cases from all the states are linked. - Huffington Post |