The regulation enables the government to take stronger measures against the spread of certain diseases, such as tuberculosis and chicken pox. Actions under the ordinance could include enforcing quarantines or limiting the movement of people who are suspected to have infections. Secretary for Food and ...
Background Differentiating community-associated (CA) Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) from acute diarrhea due to other etiologies among patients with no antibiotic exposure is difficult. MDH performs active population- and laboratory-based surveillance for CDI, other bacterial diarrheal illnesses (BDI...
Hong Kong's health chief said Tuesday that a respiratory illness whose cause remains unknown will be added to an official list of diseases that medical practitioners are required to report to the government.
It is estimated that 40% of people who inhale the fungus will become symptomatic, with initial symptoms presenting similar to other causes of pneumonia like bacterial and viral infections [2,3]. Approximately 1–5% of coccidioidomycosis patients have severe disseminated forms of the disease spreading...