African Swine Fever: The risk of outbreaks in Italy

The African swine fever virus (ASFV) is currently spreading through the northern part of the country, between Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria and Piedmont. At present,...

Italy reports a Diphtheria case at Udine Hospital

A strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the bacterium that causes diphtheria, has been isolated from a patient in intensive care at Udine hospital. David Turello,...

Tick-borne viral encephalitis: 11 cases in Vicenza province

The latest Bulletin from the Veneto region on Arbovirus Surveillance reports 11 cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis in the province of Vicenza, Italy. Tick-Borne...

Car run over by a truck loaded with acid, one dead and seven intoxicated

A heavy goods vehicle carrying canisters of peracetic acid, a compound utilized in hospitals, was involved in a collision with a car on the...

Whooping cough, the ECDC Report shows nearly 60,000 cases in the EU/EEA

As reported by the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), cases of whooping cough in EU/EEA countries increased by over tenfold in...

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