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Battles over safe Ebola burials complicate work to contain outbreak in Congo
A runaway hearse carrying an Ebola victim has become the latest example of sometimes violent community resistance complicating efforts to contain an outbreak in Congo — and causing a worrying new rise in cases. The deadly virus' appearance for the first time in the far ...
Ten endangered Asiatic lions have died in the last two weeks in India, authorities confirmed Tuesday, four of them from a virus that killed around 1,000 lions in Tanzania in the 1990s. The new deaths take the toll at the Gir sanctuary in the western ...
IPhone chipmaker TSMC races to recover from computer virus, warning of shipment delays
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes chips for the iPhone and other devices, has revealed details of its recovery from a debilitating computer virus, and warned of delayed shipments and reduced revenue because of the impact on its factories. TSMC said that 80 percent of ...
India boosts hunt for origin of mystery brain-damaging Nipah virus as confirmed deaths reach 13
India began a fresh round of tests to trace the origin of a rare brain-damaging virus that has killed 13 people, a health official said on Monday, as initial tests on animals suspected of carrying the Nipah virus showed no sign of the disease. All ...
Japan seeing surge in hand, foot and mouth disease cases affecting kids
Parents of infants and small children should be concerned about recent outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease in Japan, with the number of weekly patients the highest in a decade, researchers warn. According to recent research by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, there ...
Two arrested for impersonating Google, selling fake virus protection
Two men have been arrested for allegedly sending virus infection alerts purporting to be from Google Inc. and deceiving recipients into paying for antivirus software, police said Wednesday. Shin Sato, 35, and Naoki Yamamoto, 52, were arrested Monday on suspicion of sending the alerts via ...
The deepening integration of information technologies into all facets of daily life has created dangerous vulnerabilities that need to be addressed.
1.3 million connected devices around world infected with viruses: study
More than 1.3 million internet-connected devices around the world, including personal video recorders and security cameras, have been infected with computer viruses, according to a recent study by a group of Japanese researchers. The devices concerned, which form part of the so-called internet of things, ...
Manitoba lab worker isolated for suspected Ebola exposure from pigs
An employee in a high-level Canadian laboratory may have been accidentally exposed to Ebola on Monday while working with pigs that were infected with the virus as part of an experiment, government officials said on Tuesday. The employee noticed a split in the seam of ...
Thailand considers testing all pregnant women for Zika virus
Thailand is considering testing all pregnant women for Zika, the health ministry said on Monday, following confirmation last week of its first known cases of microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size and linked to the Zika virus. The two confirmed cases of ...
The Thai Health Ministry has confirmed 21 locally transmitted cases of Zika infection in central Bangkok, local media reported Sunday. According to the Japanese Embassy, no Japanese are among the cases, which were all recorded in the capital's Sathorn District, where many office complexes are ...
Zika case No. 7 confirmed in Japanese returnee from Latin America
Another Zika infection has been diagnosed in a man who just got back from Latin America, marking the nation's seventh confirmed case of the mosquito-borne virus this year, the health ministry said Friday. The man, described as an Osaka resident in his 30s, returned to ...
