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Wild boar carcasses found in Gifu dull prospects for declaring containment of swine fever

Reference | FYI Sep 24, 2018

Wild boar carcasses found in Gifu dull prospects for declaring containment of swine fever

by Mizuho Aoki

An outbreak of swine fever on a farm in Gifu Prefecture earlier this month seemed to come to an end after the culling of hundreds of pigs and the disinfection of all related facilities. But the prospects of officially declaring next month the containment of ...

National / Science & Health Sep 19, 2018

Number of Japan patients with rubella quintuples from 2017 level

The number of rubella patients this year has jumped more than fivefold to 496 from 93 in 2017, with many cases reported in and around Tokyo.

National Sep 20, 2017

17 delicatessens in eastern Japan close over E. coli outbreak

An operator of delicatessens in eastern Japan said Wednesday it has closed all 17 of its stores after some locations were hit by an E. coli bacteria outbreak that has killed a 3-year-old girl and sickened 21 others. The 17 stores in Gunma, Saitama and ...

No toxic bacteria found in samples from Gunma factory linked to food-poisoning probe

National Aug 26, 2017

No toxic bacteria found in samples from Gunma factory linked to food-poisoning probe

The municipal government of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, said Saturday it did not find toxic bacteria in food samples taken from a local factory after potato salad produced there caused E. coli food poisoning earlier in the month. Twelve people who ate the salad sold in ...

National / Science & Health Apr 11, 2017

Kanazawa issues alert after returnee from India is diagnosed with measles

The Kanazawa Municipal Government is calling for the public to stay alert over possible measles infections after a city resident who recently came back from India was diagnosed with the disease. According to the city government, the Kanazawa resident, a man in his 30s, flew ...

Japan looks to update flu measures after avian influenza outbreak

National / Science & Health Mar 16, 2017

Japan looks to update flu measures after avian influenza outbreak

by Akemi Yoshimoto

Government officials and scientists are moving to update countermeasures for a possible influenza pandemic after this winter's global spread of avian flu. Researchers plan to review the government's death toll estimate from a possible flu pandemic that was drawn up more than a decade ago ...

National May 18, 2016

Tokyo reveals rare outbreak of tuberculosis, plays down ongoing risk

by Magdalena Osumi

Nine people have contracted tuberculosis while 34 others have developed asymptomatic forms of the disease after coming into contact last year with an Asian student living in Tokyo, the metropolitan government has revealed. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Social Welfare and Public Health Bureau, ...

National / Science & Health Oct 28, 2014

Questions remain over how Japan would handle actual Ebola cases

by Eric Johnston

Health experts have said authorities were correct to intercept a Canadian journalist who subsequently tested negative for the Ebola virus and remains under observation. But the structure of Japan's health system remains a cause for concern. There are questions over its ability to respond quickly ...

National / Science & Health Sep 6, 2014

Dengue spreads beyond two Tokyo parks; tally at 74

Dengue fever cases rise to 74 as evidence emerges that the virus is no longer confined to the two parks so far linked to the rare outbreak.

Amid dengue outbreak, eviction also a threat to Yoyogi Park's homeless

National Sep 2, 2014

Amid dengue outbreak, eviction also a threat to Yoyogi Park's homeless

by Tomohiro Osaki

The greatest danger the outbreak of dengue fever traced to Tokyo's Yoyogi Park poses to the homeless there may be the threat of eviction, not infection, advocates said Tuesday. The park is a hub for homeless people, many of whom take shelter inside makeshift blue ...

National / Science & Health Apr 17, 2014

Kumamoto bird flu strain ID'd as H5N8, new to Japan

The avian influenza found in chickens in Kumamoto has been identified as the first case of the H5N8 strain in Japan.

Commentary / World Apr 18, 2013

A welcome nudge for doctors to wash their hands

by Ford Vox

Hand hygiene is the No. 1 contributor — and the most fixable — to the almost 2 million hospital-acquired infections each year that kill 100,000 people in the U.S.

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