dengue FEVER
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has announced 65 cases of dengue-like illness in its latest reporting period, from April 29 to May 5. This comes as RNZ Pacific is reporting that American Samoa's Department of Health is set to start spraying private schools as a preventive...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has announced 61 new cases of dengue-like illness in its latest figures.
The figures are for the week of 22 to 28 April.
In its surveillance report, the ministry said the dengue-like illness count remains high; this follows the declaration of a dengue...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — If you’re going to Samoa over the next few weeks, you may want to keep an eye out for possible dengue fever infection — especially if you will be visiting in the North-West Upolu and Apia areas.
Samoa's Ministry of Health has released its latest dengue fever numbers,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A medical advisor from New Zealand's Immunization Advisory Center says dengue fever is expected to increase with climate change and urbanization.
In its report for the period of April 1-14, Samoa's Ministry of Health said the country had 82 new cases reported in the two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is calling for people to do their part to prevent dengue fever after the dengue outbreak in neighboring Samoa.
In Samoa, the Ministry of Health is advising people to destroy mosquito breeding grounds and keep homes free of the insects, watch for dengue...
Hagåtña, GUAM — A case of dengue fever in Guam is believed to be the first to be contracted locally in the last 75 years.
Pacific Daily News reports the sick person has no travel history outside of Guam, with all previous dengue cases imported from off-island.
The Department of Public Health is...
Washington, D.C. — Dengvaxia, the live attenuated vaccine for preventing dengue disease, was approved by the FDA late Wednesday night for children ages 9-16 with laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection and who live in dengue-endemic areas. The vaccine protects against symptomatic disease...
Apia, SAMOA — A 14-year-old girl has died at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Motootua from typhoid and dengue fever.
A representative of the deceased’s family, Leota Faaui Mika Samuelu, confirmed the death and indicated that the doctors advised the family that she died due to typhoid and...
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Monash University's World Mosquito Programme says wolbachia bacteria can stop mosquitoes from spreading dengue and other diseases like chikungunya and zika.
The programme director of impact assessment, Professor Cameron Simmons, said wolbachia was a naturally occurring bacteria and once transmitted...
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