Mount Merapi erupted just before dusk on Tuesday, shaking the region and spawning more than 600 earthquakes. According to a New York Times report, the eruption killed at least 29 people, and many others are being treated…
The most volatile volcano in Indonesia has been experiencing increased activity in the past 24 hours. On Monday, the Indonesian government raised the alert for Mount Merapi to the highest level and reported that the…
Today the governments of Singapore and Malaysia closed more than 200 schools and issued health warnings as haze from forest fires in Indonesia’s Sumatra traveled over the Straits of Malacca, raising air pollution to its…
Saudi Arabia warned France that it is the target of an imminent Al-Qaida attack, French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on October 17th. Saudi intelligence reportedly informed the French government that “France in particular” is…
In the U.S. and around the world, a silent health issue is emerging in an overwhelming fashion as an old threat resurfaces in beds across the globe: bed bugs. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), chikungunya fever continues to be active in Asia and the Indian Ocean region: In 2009, the Ministry of Health in Malaysia reported over 4,430 cases of chikungunya fever….
Though it may be far from many travelers’ minds, rabies poses a lethal threat in most parts of the world. Today’s travel bulletin addressed the 100th rabies related death in Indonesia. Earlier this month the…
The death toll from an outbreak of rabies on Indonesia’s Bali tourist resort reached 100 on October 15th after a 40-year-old villager died overnight of the disease after he was hospitalized. The outbreak began in…
Coca producers blockaded the only highway linking La Paz with the northern Amazon region on October 12th to demand the dismissal of two ministers and changes in the country’s drug policy. At least 3,000 people…
The current wave of cholera outbreaks affecting Central Africa started a few months ago. As of October 3rd, 40,468 cases and 1,879 deaths have been reported in four countries (Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria). Seasonal…
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