Virology

In a huge immunization effort in 150 countries, health teams will on April 17 launch what they hope will be the final push against polio. 

The General Secretary of Greek Public Health Ministry, John Baskozos warned of the health risks looming at the refugee camps due to poor sanitary conditions, during a press conference on the issue of uninsured citizens and the refugee issue.

The number of Bosnian parents who refuse to vaccinate their children, claiming that it might damage their health, is increasing, experts warn.

The World Health Organization’s first-ever global assessment of the herpes virus that causes cold sores, the World Health Organization reports that a whopping two in three people under the age of 50 are infected with the incurable virus – 3.7 billion people worldwide.It’s report in the journal

A Saudi medical official says authorities have temporarily closed an emergency ward in one of the kingdom's largest hospitals after at least 46 people, including hospital staff, contracted the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome, also known as MERS.
     

Greece’s national drug agency (EOF) announced on Wednesday it would temporary ban the export of dozens of pharmaceuticals to the EU and third countries in an effort to avert a possible shortage caused by capital controls imposed on Greeks banks for the past 3 weeks. The agency said a ban on 73 drugs was an emergency measure to protect public health.

Serbia to make vaccination of children obligatory

BELGRADE -- The upcoming changes to the Law on Protection against Contagious Diseases will align it with EU standards and make the vaccination of children compulsory.

This was announced by Serbian Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar late last week.

50 Years Ago the Deadly Marburg Virus Arrived in Serbia Surviving an Epidemic More Dangerous than Ebola

While the whole world is talking about Ebola and its effects, there are few that remember, 50 years ago, Serbia came close to battling a deadly epidemic called the “Marburg Virus.”