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FEARS surrounding a deadly outbreak of West Nile virus have turned a village in southern Spain into a ghost town.  Residents in La Puebla del Rio (pictured above), in Sevilla province, are scared to go out at night following three deaths and at least 10 new cases of the mosquito-borne virus over the past few weeks. According to El Español, …

SPAIN’S Health Ministry will chair a special meeting on Monday to discuss the rise in mpox cases in the country. Representatives will attend from the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, the National Epidemiology Centre, the National Microbiology Centre, and the Health Ministry’s HIV and Vaccines Division. Also on Monday, Spain will take part in a gathering of the EU …

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THE current outbreak of mpox in Africa has been declared an international emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The WHO sounded the alarm today following a meeting to assess the situation on the continent. Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference that the surge in cases of the disease, previously known as monkeypox, constitutes ‘a public …

THE World Health Organisation has today declared an international health emergency over mpox. Cases of the virus, previously known as monkeypox, are growing at an alarming rate in Africa, the WHO said today. It comes after Spain was revealed to have the highest number of cases in Europe last week, with 16 new cases declared in the last month alone. …

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THE death of an 87-year-old woman with pre-existing health conditions from the West Nile Virus has been confirmed in Spain. There has also been a significant increase in cases, as ten new patients across several municipalities have presented themselves to health authorities in Andalucia. They include three people from Dos Hermanas, four from Coria del Río, one from La Puebla …

SCIENTISTS have produced Spain’s first genetically modified sheep as part of studies over farm animal reproduction and to use findings to learn more about human fertilisation. The lamb has been named Teodoro by staff at the Spanish National Research Council(CSIC) and the National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research. Research team leader, Pablo Bermejo-Alvarez, said “Genetically modified animal studies are …

SEVENTEEN people have gone down with food poisoning after eating at two restaurants operated by the ‘gourmet’ Hundred Burgers chain in Madrid. Two people are in hospital but are ‘doing well’, with health experts analysing whether the poisonings were caused by an outbreak of salmonella. A government spokesman for the Madrid region said that public health services are investigating the …

HEALTH authorities in Sevilla are taking ‘unprecedented’ measures to battle the West Nile virus. It comes as the number of mosquitoes carrying the disease continues to soar, and after two elderly people died from the virus in recent weeks. Amid fears of an epidemic, the Sevilla City Council today announced an investment of €25,000 into contagion measures. Health councillor Silvia …