Scare in Medical News

AARP Responds to Health Reform Scare Tactics

Commentary by Betsy McCaughey 'rife with gross, cruel distortions' NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP New York State Director Lois Aronstein issued the following statement in response to recent commentary by Betsy McCaughey in various media outlets on health care r...

H1N1 Scare Causes Businesses to Get Serious About Travel Health

State's Biggest Travel Health Firm Sees Uptick in Employer Interest in Their Niche DENVER, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The H1N1 flu scare has caused businesses who regularly send their employees on international business trips to "get proactive" about travel health care, according to the owner of ...

From Heart Attack Scare to Half-Marathon

Brown & Toland Physicians Recognizes 'Heart Champion' SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Brown & Toland Physicians and the American Heart Association (AHA) are proud to award Lisa Marie Harrison of San Ramon the inaugural Heart Champion Award. This honor is given to a Bay Area woma...

Social Security 'Problems' Are 'Misplaced Scare Tactics' and Media Missing Story of Solvency, Says Former Congressional Aging Committee Chief of Staff Bob Weiner

WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The reports on the supposed problems of Social Security based on the Social Security Administration's report today are "totally misplaced," asserts former U.S. House Aging Committee Director Bob Weiner. Weiner, who was Chief of Staff of the House...

DialAFlight Announce Bookings Upsurge After Swine Scare

LONDON, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Tourist figures are returning to normal following the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, according to major carrier DialAFlight. Despite continued warnings from the press, governments and the World Health Organisation, travellers have not been deterred from booking ho...

Dialaflight Announce Bookings Upsurge After Swine Scare

Tourist figures are returning to normal following the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, according to major carrier DialAFlight. London, UK (PRWEB) May 14, 2009 -- Tourist figures are returning to normal following the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, according to major carrier ...

Tampa Disinfection Company Booming After Swine Flu Scare

TAMPA, Fla., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Three-year-old Air & Surface Disinfection (ASD) announced today their business has dramatically increased since the latest Swine Flu scare. ASD treats homes, businesses and other facilities with disinfectant solutions that provide continuous residual antim...

Ericom's Remote Access and Business Continuity Solution Increases Immunity to Productivity Losses -- Combats Swine Flu Scare

PowerTerm WebConnect primed for enabling mobility to those needing to work from home or on the road CLOSTER, N.J., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericom Software, a global leader in Application Access and Virtualization solutions announces that its flagship remote access solution, PowerTerm WebConn...

Virtuoso(R) Affirms Travel Amidst H1N1 Flu Scare

Virtuoso Highlights Precautions, Policy Changes And Reasons For Using A Knowledgeable Travel Advisor As The Swine Flu Continues To Concern Travelers NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The sudden outbreak of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as the swine flu, caught the world by surprise, caus...

Consumers Urged to Avoid Certain Tomatoes Amid Salmonella Scare

Restaurants, markets stop offering some products after 163 sickened in 17 states, CDC reports TUESDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- To avoid the current outbreak of salmonella in tomatoes, consumers will need to employ a little detective work and forgo certain types of tomatoes for a wh...

Now a Polio Scare for Air Travellers

A 22-year-old student from Pakistan has been diagnosed with the first case of polio in Australia in 20 years and remains quarantined in a Melbourne hospital . He is a student student living in Melbourne, said the Australian government's Chief Medical Officer John Horvath. The young man had flo...

Toxic Algae Pose New Health Scare in China

Two of China's biggest lakes are under renewed attack from toxic algae that destroy plant and fish life and threaten humans in the country's latest pollution scare, state media reported on Sunday . New satellite pictures of eastern China show the blue-green foul-smelling algae spreading in Taihu an...

Lead Scare Causes Thomas to Derail

A US importer RC2 Corp based in Oak Brook, Illinois, in cooperation with US officials, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission voluntarily recalled 1.5 million "Thomas and Friends" wooden train toys made in China because it could be covered in a toxic, lead-based paint. The toys, wooden veh...

Salmonella Scare Results in the Recall of Sesame Seed

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a warning to the public not to consume sesame seeds in and around Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia as it could be contaminated with salmonella. The packaging of the product has been done by Les Aliments G. Dion. The Quebec based compa...

Chikungunya Scare in Orissa: 4 Die

Panic gripped Kural village in Orissa's Nayagarh district after four persons died due from suspected chikungunya in the past four days, a health official told Sunday. The dead have been identified as Sibaram Das, Mochi Patra, Aparti Sahu, and Ghanashyam Panda. They were among the 642 pers...

American Who Set Off TB Scare Doing Well in Hospital

The tuberculosis scare continues unabated across the Atlantic. But the man who set off the panic is doing well in a hospital in Denver that specializes in the disease. The man himself has been identified as Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old attorney from Atlanta. He is not coughing, has no fever and ...

Small Pox Scare Put West Bengal on High Alert

Kolkata, The West Bengal government has issued a warning in all districts after reports from New Delhi about the possible return of smallpox, considered eradicated from the world 30 years ago, along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. The West Bengal Director of Health Services Sanchita Bakshi ...

American Who Set Off TB Scare Apologizes, Lung Surgery an Option for Him

The 31-year-old Atlanta lawyer who has riveted the attention of the entire US media for a few days now has profusely apologized for unwittingly exposing fellow air passengers to a much feared strain of TB. Meanwhile his doctors are holding up the possibility of surgically removing the infected...

TB and Measles Scare in Canada Now

No, Andrew Speaker, the XDR-strain-carrying Atlanta lawyer did not visit Calgary in Canada, still a TB scare has been set off there. Its health officials are testing 200 people who may have been exposed to tuberculosis while visiting a city hospital. At the same time say a teenage Japane...

Bird Flu Scare in Tripura

Bangladesh has proved an unlucky neighbor for Tripura, as the northeastern state of India which borders it, is under bird flu// alert. Bird flu in Bangladesh has proved a fear factor as not only is it in close proximity to Tripura, the state also imports chicks and eggs from Bangladesh. In...

Hand-foot-mouth Disease Scare Causes Temporary Shut Down of Malaysian Preschools

Kuala Lumpur - Three Malaysian preschools situated in the eastern Sarawak state of Borneo have been asked to close for a 2 week period, following a hand//, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) scare, state officials said. Denying any major outbreak of the disease, state deputy chief minister, Geor...

Meningitis Scare Keeps Children At Home In Rhode Island

Meningitis scare has kept 20,000 children in three communities at home, as all public schools in Rhode Island were closed on Thursday and Friday.// On Wednesday a child from Coventry was diagnosed with meningitis. Meningitis is the condition in which membranes protecting the brain get inflame...

Hepatitis Scare at McDonald’

Auckland McDonald’s, the world’s fast food giant, are now reviewing their procedures for handling food, after a Hepatitis A scare ignited by a sick worker. // It is assumed that the sick worker, who handed over the food to customers, must have exposed hundreds to the risk of having Hepatitis ...

HIV/AIDS Epidemic Scare In Bhutan

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is racing against time to prevent HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from assuming epidemic proportions with the nation witnessing a rise in// the number of prostitutes and lack of safe sex practices. Bhutan's Public Health Division has launched a three-year prog...

Fresh Scare of Contamination in Pork Prompts 'Prompt' Recall by Authorities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have brought to the notice of the general public //that a consignment of pork products that were manufactured on September 13,18,19,2006 and marketed to retail and wholesale establishments in the state of Ohio , ...

Chikungunya Scare In Kerala

Doctors in Thiruvananthapuram said that there was no need to panic after several sporadic cases that could be diagnosed as viral fever were reported in the city.// Health authorities said that they were expecting an increase in cases as rains continue to pelt the state. The chikungunya scare s...

Pertusis scare at a maternity hospital

A female staff member at a Sydney maternity hospital was diagnosed with deadly whooping cough. As a result, around 50 families may have to be given antibiotics// as a precautionary measure. This woman was working at the women and babies facility of Royal Prince Alfred in Camperdown. The Sydney ...

Meningococcal Scare in Queensland

Queensland Health has issued a warning asking parents to be vigilant about meningococcal disease after a two-year-old boy died from it. The boy was taken to the Mareeba Hospital on Saturday with fever-like symptoms, but was sent to the Cairns Base Hospital.// However he died there in the emerg...

Malaria, Jaundice Scare In Sirsa Village

The sudden outbreak of malaria and jaundice at Pahihari village near here has caused a scare among villagers in the area, officials here said. // The local Primary Health Centre (PHC) here today constituted a team to collect blood samples of patients and others vulnerable to the diseases, the...

Hantavirus Scare Grips U.S

Mouse population has been on the rise past two winters, owing to the dampness and dankness, but these have been field days for the scurrying mouse. Infact mouse proliferation has been on the rise, //and citizens fear the deadly Hantavirus, fallout of poor hygiene in mice habitats. Some of the...

Hepatitis Scare in Toronto

Hepatitis was picked up during the routine blood analysis among dialysis patients at Scarborough Hospital. About 400 dialysis patients are estimated to have acquired hepatitis.// People are urged not to share their toothbrushes or razors with family members, and to use condoms during sex. Eight new...

Reports Of A HIV Break Out Scare People Of A Holiday Island

The West of Cornwall Primary Care Trust launched an appeal on Friday to people in the St Ives area of Cornwall to come forward for tests after several cases were confirmed. // A dedicated helpline has been inundated with concerned callers since then. The NHS have said that more than 200 peopl...

HIV Scare at St Ives

At St Ives in Cornwall there is an increase in the number of HIV cases. This has led to a HIV scare among the people of Cornwall. // It is popular tourism spot with surfers and art lovers. The cases that have been identified with HIV are people aged 20 to 50. All were infected through heterosexual...

Bird flu scare pops its head once again in India

When it’s happening in the world why would India be left behind. A poultry dealer hailing from Amreli district of Gujarat and suspected of bird flu was on Saturday admitted to the civil hospital in Ahemedabad.// It was the poultry dealer who had approached the local authorities and said that ...

Botulism Scare in Thailand Shakes US

In Thailand’s Northern Province of Nan Clostridium botulism disease outbreak has created a lot of confusion among the U.S. disease investigators//. US weapon specialists are put on full alert. This is because botulism, a rare yet lethal bacterial disease could potentially be used as a biologica...

Bird Flu Scare Does Not Reduce Demand For Chicken

The bird flu scare is not discouraging people from Hong Kong from buying poultry from southern China. Chicken happens to be the traditional dish consumed during the // ar New Year holiday. One seller at a market close to the border said Hong Kong residents would ask vendors to kill and pluck the bi...

Bird flu scare in Australia

Bird flu scare in Australia was reported after a man was admitted in the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. The man had collapsed in the flight// from Taipei and the air port authorities removed him from the flight. He was taken to the hospital after he complained of feeling tired and not k...

Avian flu scare in Malawi too!!

The scare of avian flu doesn’t seem to shoo away. In a new scare is Malawi who dispatched blood and tissue samples to neighbouring South Africa. The suspect is of course avian influenza after thousands of migratory birds were found dead on a hill in the central Ntchisi district.// There was a...

Birds Flu Scare Reaches Germany

The discovery by a young boy of 22 dead geese at a pond in western Germany has raised fears that avian flu// may have already found its way into the country, though officials are urging the public to remain calm. Firemen from the town of Neuwied wore biological protection suits to scoop up the ...

Anthrax Scare In Tamil Nadu State of India

Anthrax is a deadly disease that affects mainly farm animals and spread in humans// by inhaling spores from infected animals. It sometimes can prove fatal if immediate action is not taken. Now a report of Anthrax among the farm animals of the state of Tamil Nadu has renewed anxiety about this dise...