GENEVA/MOGADISHU—Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centers across Somalia, the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months. An official in one Somali region described famished people walking long distances with children on their shoulders […]
A person who was infectious with measles visited Disneyland last week, leading public health officials in Los Angeles County to warn that hundreds of other people at the theme park were possibly exposed to the disease.
An Israeli flight attendant and mother of three has died of measles.
Rotem Amitai, 43, died Tuesday, according to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel. Amitai had traveled from New York to Tel Aviv a few days before developing a fever in March, but it’s not clear whether she was infected on a flight, in New York or in Israel, according to Israel’s Ministry of Health.
A flight attendant traveling on a New York-bound route lost consciousness shortly after contracting a virus that gave her a skin rash and fever, according to officials. CNN reported that the 43-year-old woman developed a fever on March 31 and entered hospital that same day. Health professionals diagnosed her with encephalitis, which can develop if […]
