Zoonoses

Researchers said June 4 they have found the first direct evidence that the potentially deadly Middle East respiratory virus, or MERS, jumps directly from camels to humans.

The virus has hit Saudi Arabia the hardest, killing 282 people out of 688 infected, according to the latest figures.

Threat of malaria and rat-bite fever

The first cases of diarrhea and temperature caused by poor hygiene due to lack of water have been registered in the flooded areas.

Health authorities warn about possible outbreak of diseases

BELGRADE -- VMA Department of Preventive Medicine chief Sonja Radaković says "personal and collective hygiene" is key to suppress, prevent and control infectious diseases.

The 69-year-old Greek man who contracted the potentially fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) while working in Saudi Arabia remains in a critical condition in an Athens hospital almost three weeks after being admitted for treatment.

A mild winter and long spells of rain have raised fears of a reappearance of West Nile virus, which claimed 35 lives last summer.

Georgios Konstantos, a public health expert at the Attica Regional Authority in charge of spraying, told Kathimerini that his department started spraying in early April in order to curb mosquito numbers ahead of the summer.

The cause of disappearance of an ancient civilization

Scientists from Serbia, Austria, France, Germany, Belgium and Japan shall carry out large research at Justiniana Prima archeological site near Lebane.

Deputy Health Minister Zeta Makri on Thursday gave the go-ahead to local authorities in Attica, Larissa in central Greece and eastern Macedonia in the north of the country to start spraying chemicals from the air to ward off mosquitoes which have appeared early this year following a mild winter.