Health officials probing death of Tennessee student for possible enterovirus
n">(Reuters) - Health officials were investigating the death of a middle school student in Nashville after preliminary tests suggested the pupil had a potent virus that has infected hundreds of...
View ArticleCalifornia Confirms Enterovirus D68 (California Department of Public Health)
(Source: California Department of Public Health) Date: 9/18/2014 Number: 14-080 Contact: Anita Gore - (916) 440-7259 SACRAMENTO The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has confirmed 4...
View ArticleEnterovirus D68 spreads to Canada
September 17, 2014 -- Updated 1342 GMT (2142 HKT) (CNN) -- Canadian health officials have confirmed three cases of Enterovirus D68 in British Columbia. A fourth suspected case from a patient with...
View ArticleDELAWARE ANNOUNCES ONE ENTEROVIRUS D68 CASE (State of Delaware Department of...
(Source: State of Delaware Department of Health & Social Services) Date: September 29, 2014 DHSS-9-2014 Rita Landgraf, Secretary Jill Fredel, Director of Communications 302-255-9047, Pager...
View Article10 children in Dallas County have enterovirus D68, CDC confirms
The first 10 cases of enterovirus D68 in Dallas County were confirmed Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cases also are the first in Texas. The virus, which has been...
View ArticleHealth Officials Investigating Paralysis in Kids With Enterovirus D68
Paralysis in Kids With Enterovirus D68 WebMD Health News By Brenda Goodman, MA Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD More from WebMD Enterovirus D68: What Parents Need to KnowObama Administration Tackles...
View ArticleRespiratory illness spreading across U.S. has reached California
(09-18) 16:45 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A rare but serious respiratory illness that has infected more than 150 people, most of them children, in the United States in recent weeks has reached California,...
View ArticleCalifornia Department of Public Health Updates Enterovirus D68 Situation...
(Source: California Department of Public Health) Date: 10/3/2014 Number: 14-081 Contact: Anita Gore (916) 440-7259 SACRAMENTO As of October 1, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has...
View ArticleCDC Confirms Four Additional Cases of EV-D68 NJ Now Has a Total of Seven...
(Source: State of New Jersey Department of Health) PO Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 For Release: October 1, 2014 Mary E. O'Dowd, M.P.H. Commissioner For Further Information Contact: Office of...
View ArticleCDC Confirms Two Additional Cases of EV-D68 (State of New Jersey Department...
(Source: State of New Jersey Department of Health) PO Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 For Release: September 30, 2014 Mary E. O'Dowd, M.P.H. Commissioner For Further Information Contact: Office of...
View ArticleDistrict Five alerts parents of student hospitalized with Enterovirus
COLUMBIA, SC — Parents of Lexington-Richland School District Five students were notified by district officials of a CrossRoads Middle School student who was hospitalized after contracting the...
View ArticleEnterovirus D68 Update (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare)
(Source: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare) Back posted on October 06, 2014 15:17 Lab results received today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show seven of 19 samples from...
View ArticleEnterovirus 68: Vigilance still required (ECDC - European Centre for Disease...
(Source: ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) There is still a need for European countries to be vigilant to the threat posed by Enterovirus 68 (EV-D68). Clusters of the disease...
View ArticleIdaho Public Health Officials Closely Monitor Respiratory Infections (Idaho...
(Source: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare) Idaho Public Health officials are working closely with hospitals, public health districts, laboratories and healthcare providers to identify any...
View ArticleCDC Confirms First Case of EV-D68 in Rhode Island Adult (State of Rhode Island)
(Source: State of Rhode Island) Press Releases The Rhode Island Department of Health today received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of a confirmed case of...
View ArticleRare Virus Spurs Respiratory Illness Across U.S.: Q&A
Hundreds of American children have been seen in doctor’s offices and hospital emergency rooms with breathing problems that stem from a rare virus called Enterovirus D68. With new reports circulating...
View ArticleCDC makes faster test for enterovirus strain behind outbreak
n">(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a faster test for detecting a strain of enterovirus behind an outbreak of respiratory illnesses affecting hundreds of...
View ArticleCDC Confirms Enterovirus D68 in Arkansas (Arkansas Department of Health)
(Source: Arkansas Department of Health) (Little Rock, Ark.) The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) has received confirmation through laboratory testing conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleWhat Every Parent Needs To Know About Enterovirus D68
Just what is enterovirus D68, exactly? The virus, which began spreading rapidly across the U.S. this fall, has led to severe respiratory infections and is believed to be directly responsible for at...
View ArticleEnterovirus D68 is like common cold with a new name, more publicity
The death of a 10-year-old Rhode Island girl, the first confirmed fatality to be associated with enterovirus D68, will ramp up fears of the previously rare strain, though many health care workers have...
View ArticleMichigan toddler dies of enterovirus D68, a pernicious strain of a spreading...
October 11, 2014 -- Updated 2329 GMT (0729 HKT) (CNN) -- A Michigan toddler has died of enterovirus D68, another reminder of the deadly potential of a disease that has infected hundreds nationwide in...
View ArticleEast Penn School District ready for enterovirus 68; superintendent urges...
The East Penn School District is ready for enterovirus 68, but Superintendent J. Michael Schilder is hopeful that vigilance will keep the respiratory illness at bay. In a message posted Tuesday on the...
View ArticleFirst deaths linked to enterovirus 68 are announced
At least four people have died after contracting a severe respiratory illness that has spread to more than 40 states, public health officials announced Wednesday. The deaths were the first to be linked...
View ArticleEnterovirus D68: Hundreds diagnosed across the United States as disease...
A four-year-old in New Jersey has been confirmed as the first fatality in the US from enterovirus D68, a serious respiratory disease which can easily be confused for the common cold. Eli Walter, a...
View ArticleAvoiding enterovirus: Tips offered after cases surface in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Health today announced three confirmed cases of the enterovirus 68 strain in Pennsylvania residents. Enterovirus 68, or EV-D68, is a strain more likely found in infants,...
View ArticleHealth officials confirm 2 cases of Enterovirus in Upstate SC
Health officials have confirmed that two patients in South Carolina have been infected with a strain of enterovirus. EV-D68, a strain of enterovirus, was found in two residents of the state's upstate...
View ArticleNew Jersey boy went to bed fine, didn't wake up -- due to enterovirus D68
October 4, 2014 -- Updated 2204 GMT (0604 HKT) (CNN) -- Eli -- a sweet, active, blonde-haired preschooler -- had gone to sleep feeling fine, perhaps dreaming of playing with his sisters or having a fun...
View Article32 enterovirus D68 cases in California, 440 nationwide
More than 30 children and teens have been sickened by enterovirus D68, the rare respiratory disease that has spread as expected to the West Coast, but its transmission also appears to be slowing down,...
View ArticleEnterovirus or Enterovirus D68? (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare)
(Source: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare) What is an enterovirus? Non-polio enteroviruses are very common and are continually circulating. If you've ever had a cold in the summer or early fall,...
View ArticleCalifornia Department of Public Health Identifies Additional Cases of...
(Source: California Department of Public Health) Date: 10/10/2014 Number: 14-082 Contact: Anita Gore - (916) 440-7259 SACRAMENTO The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continues to...
View Article6-year-old Arizona boy's death latest suspected casualty of enterovirus D68
Published October 16, 2014FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre Email Print A 6-year-old Arizona boy’s death is the latest suspected casualty of a virus that’s sickened nearly 700 others in 46 U.S....
View ArticleHow to Tell If Your Child Has Enterovirus
KidStock/Blend Images/Getty Images A New Jersey preschooler is the first confirmed fatality in the U.S. from the respiratory disease, Enterovirus D68. Four-year-old Eli Walker’s death has stirred...
View Article7 Questions We Still Have About Enterovirus D68, Answered
By now, you've probably heard of the rapid spread of a severe respiratory infection among children across the U.S. called enterovirus D68. From the middle of August to October 8, there have been 664...
View ArticleCDC Confirms First Case of Enterovirus D68 in Vermont Child (State of Vermont)
(Source: State of Vermont) CDC Confirms First Case of Enterovirus D68 in Vermont Child Health Department Reminds Parents and Care Providers to be Watchful The Vermont Department of Health has received...
View ArticleCDC confirms 10 enterovirus cases in Dallas County; all were hospitalized
Dallas County Health and Human Services received confirmation Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that 10 Dallas area cases were positive for enterovirus-D68. For medical...
View ArticleCDC creates faster test for enterovirus strain
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has come up with a faster test for detecting a strain of enterovirus behind an outbreak of respiratory illnesses affecting hundreds of children in...
View ArticleCan adults get enterovirus D-68?
Syracuse, N.Y. -- While children are the primary targets of the respiratory illness outbreak spreading across the nation, adults can get a much milder version of it, according to public health...
View ArticleEnterovirus D68 Confirmed in Idaho (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare)
(Source: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare) NEWS RELEASE--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Sept. 25, 2014 Contact: Tom Shanahan Public...
View ArticleCDC Confirms First New Jersey Death Involving Enterovirus D68 (State of New...
(Source: State of New Jersey Department of Health) PO Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 For Release: 10/03/2014 Mary E. O'Dowd, M.P.H. Commissioner For Further Information Contact: Office of...
View ArticleHealth Officials Investigating If Arizona Boy's Death Was Caused By...
By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Health officials are investigating whether a potent virus that has infected hundreds of children nationwide killed a six-year-old boy in Arizona, officials...
View ArticleHealth officials probing death of Arizona boy for possible enterovirus
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Health officials are investigating whether a potent virus that has infected hundreds of children nationwide killed a six-year-old boy in Arizona, officials said on Wednesday, adding...
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