Giang Giang

Those eligible can book an appointment until 31 March [BBC] People at risk of exposure to avian flu on the Isle of Man have been invited to take up the offer of a flu vaccine. Manx Care and the island’s public health directorate said it wanted to lower the risk of poultry workers and bird […]

Actor Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died after contracting Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a New Mexico medical examiner announced on Friday. Hackman and Arakawa, 65, were found dead in their Santa Fe home last month. The 95-year-old Academy Award-winning actor is believed to have died of heart disease around a week after his wife, on February 18. “Because hantavirus […]

Measles outbreaks in New York in 2018-19 were concentrated in Orthodox Jewish communities. – Carlo Allegri/Reuters Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in decades. Measles had been declared eliminated from the country […]

A 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student is believed to have drowned in a big wave during a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, a report says. Sudiksha Konanki, from northern Virginia, was reported missing last Thursday in Punta Cana after last being seen on a beach at the five-star Riu Republica Resort, according to a flyer being […]

A 20-year-old college student who went missing last week after going for an early morning beach walk in the Dominican Republic is thought have drowned, local officials said, according to a new report. University of Pittsburgh junior Sudiksha Konanki — a resident of Virginia’s Loudoun County — was last seen on Thursday, March 6, while walking on […]