Infectious_diseases
The following articles have been tagged with "Infectious_diseases":
Hospital cancels ops due to flu patient spike
Science & Technology: 6 Feb 13
A surge of patients suffering from infectious diseases has forced Karolinska University Hospital near Stockholm to postpone planned operations due to a lack of available nurses and beds.
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Green Party calls for apology over HIV slurs
Politics: 1 Dec 12
Sweden's Green Party has called on the government to apologize to people infected with HIV during the eighties for having been "insulted by society and its institutions".
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Disasters, disease top list of threats to Sweden
Science & Technology: 30 Dec 11
Floods, infectious disease, forest fires, and cyber attacks are among several threats to Sweden identified by the country's Civil Contingencies Authority.
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Man charged with child rape after chlamydia test
Science & Technology: 6 Dec 11
A man has been charged with raping a child after he submitted to a test for chlamydia and one of his declared sex partners turned out to be a minor.
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Measles jab urged as scouts gather in Sweden
Society: 13 Jul 11
38,000 scouts from 150 countries are set to descend on Kristianstad in southern Sweden for an annual jamboree as an outbreak of measles in Europe has organisers urging vaccination to prevent infection.
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Woman sentenced for spreading HIV
Science & Technology: 12 Jun 11
A woman in her 30s was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for infecting a man with HIV and could face expulsion from Sweden after the completion of her prison time.
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More EHEC cases reported in Sweden
National: 3 Jun 11
More Swedes have been infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria which some health experts believe comes from an entirely new strain of the bacteria.
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Swedish law behind rise in HIV cases: experts
Science & Technology: 1 Dec 10
Four experts on HIV and criminal law have called for an overhaul of the law against infectious diseases act on World AIDS Day, alleging that the duty of disclosure has resulted in a spike in new Swedish HIV cases.
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Chlamydia 'refuseniks' face police round up
Science & Technology: 17 Nov 10
Eight people in northern Sweden who have refused to submit to a test for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia could face forcible collection by police after a court ruling.
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Suspicious note sent to Swedish mission in Israel
National: 14 Sep 10
Sweden shut down its embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after it received an envelope containing white powder. Similar letters were also sent to the American and Spanish embassies.
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Malmö's rats face death by fourteen skewers
National: 6 Aug 10
The rats of Malmö face an uncertain future, thanks to the introduction of new spike traps in the city’s sewers.
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Swedish research finds new meningitis bacteria
Science & Technology: 2 Mar 10
A new bacteria thought to be a cause of meningitis has been found in ticks, new Swedish research shows.
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Young woman with swine flu dies in Sweden
Science & Technology: 18 Nov 09
A 20-year-old woman from Norrköping in eastern Sweden has died after contracting the swine flu virus. Hospital records show that the woman was also suffering from pneumonia.
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Swine flu vaccinations underway in Sweden
National: 12 Oct 09
The largest vaccination programme in Swedish history got underway on Monday as health workers in the south of the country received the first shots to protect against the swine flu.
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Hospital failed to isolate infectious baby
Science & Technology: 3 Sep 09
A baby that doctors knew was infected with a strain of multiresistant bacteria was kept in a ward at the Västerås hospital with other premature babies for almost an entire day. One of the other babies was infected and later died.
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Swine flu to infect over 400,000 Swedes: agency
Science & Technology: 14 Jul 09
More than 400,000 Swedes may be infected by the swine flu this autumn even if vaccination programmes get off to a quick start, the country’s health authorities predict.
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Two more Swedes infected by swine flu
Science & Technology: 1 Jun 09
Two new cases of swine flu were confirmed in Sweden over the weekend, reports the Institute for Infectious Diseases (SMI).
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Hospital exposed patients to infection
Science & Technology: 26 May 09
Patients at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna were housed last summer in the same department as those with the resistant MRSA bacteria, due to overcrowding.
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Swede 'probably' infected with swine flu
Science & Technology: 4 May 09
Swedish health officials reported on Sunday a 'probable' first case of swine flu, but were unable to confirm it definitively because the sample contained a very small amount of the virus.
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Refugee advocate is 'Swede of the Year'
National: 11 Dec 08
Anita Dorazio, a 72-year-old advocate who pioneered health clinics for refugees in hiding, has been named Swede of the Year for 2008 by the weekly news magazine Fokus.
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Moderates propose major development aid reforms
Politics: 27 Nov 08
The Moderate Party wants to ditch Sweden’s development aid goal of devoting 1 percent of the country’s gross national income (GNI) to foreign assistance.
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Sabotage suspected in mass food poisoning
National: 26 Sep 08
Sweden’s security service Säpo is investigating possible sabotage following an incident which left 140 people at the headquarters of Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv) suffering from dysentery.
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Thousands of Swedes order home chlamydia tests
Science & Technology: 1 Sep 08
Tests for the sexually transmitted disease, which are available for order over the internet, have proven extremely popular in Sweden.
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WHO adopts Swedish alcohol resolution
Politics: 25 May 08
The WHO has announced the adoption of a Sweden-backed global alcohol resolution at its annual World Health Assembly which was concluded in Geneva on Saturday.
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HIV infections on the rise in Sweden
National: 3 Jan 08
Drug users in Stockholm were among the hardest hit.
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Abuse of Tamiflu can create resistant strains
Science & Technology: 3 Oct 07
Swedish scientists say that Tamiflu - the frontline weapon in any bird-flu pandemic - cannot be broken down by sewage systems and this could help the virus mutate dangerously into a drug-resistant strain.
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The goal of politics: making people happy
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Sep 07
Politicians need to put happiness at the core of their agendas, argues Ludvig Lindström, founder of 'the world's first utilitarian organization', the Sweden-based Charity International.
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Gothenburg HIV man faces assault charge
National: 12 Jul 07
A 27-year-old Gothenburg man has been charged with assault after being found to have infected two women with HIV.
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New HIV man discovered in Gothenburg
National: 12 Jun 07
Just days after revelations that a man based in Stockholm knowingly infected young girls with HIV, a similar case has come to light in Gothenburg.
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No free tick shots despite increased risk
Science & Technology: 6 Jul 06
Cases of tick-borne diseases are on the up, but there are no plans to offer free jabs against encephalitis, the government says. At 900 kronor a shot, it would be too expensive.
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Tuberculosis strikes twelve in prison
National: 1 Apr 06
At least seven employees and five prisoners at Svartsjö prison outside Stockholm have been infected by the lung disease tuberculosis.
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Six ill after spa visit
Science & Technology: 23 Mar 06
Six people have been taken ill with Pontiac Fever, which is caused by the same bacteria that lead to Legionnaires Disease, after having bathed in a spa in the Kronoberg region.
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Pork warnings over new stomach illness
Science & Technology: 7 Jan 06
A new stomach bug, which primarily spreads via infected pork, has increased by 45% in Sweden in the last four years. Small children are thought to be particularly at risk.
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Sweden "must produce own bird flu vaccine"
Science & Technology: 14 Oct 05
Sweden does not have enough flu vaccines - and in the event of a pandemic it does not have the purchasing power to buy enough for the population. Time to start producing them ourselves, says the Board of Health - whatever the cost.
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Tuberculosis strikes Stockholm daycare centre
Science & Technology: 24 Aug 05
More than 50 kids, staff and parents are being tested after a worker at a children's nursery was diagnosed as having the potentially deadly TB virus.
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HIV-positive people deported from Sweden
Science & Technology: 25 Jul 05
HIV-positive immigrants to Sweden are been deported back to their home countries despite the fact that they might not have access to life-saving treatment there.
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Sweden fears spread of Norwegian Legionnaires disease
Science & Technology: 24 May 05
Hospitals and health centres in the west of Sweden are on a state of high alert as an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease across the border in Norway claims its fifth victim.
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Bird flu fund to protect half a million Swedes
Science & Technology: 26 Mar 05
The Swedish government commits 129 million kronor to meet the goals of the Asian bird flu readiness plan. It's enough to purchase antiviral medication for half a million "key personnel" - good news for garbage collectors, bad news for journalists.
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"Stockpile your own flu medication"
Science & Technology: 24 Feb 05
That's the advice of the government's health expert following the news that the Swedish government will only stockpile enough medication to inoculate half a million emergency personnel. That, incidentally, includes garbage collectors.
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Is Sweden prepared for a flu pandemic?
Science & Technology: 9 Feb 05
As fears rise of an unstoppable global outbreak of asian bird flu, the head of the infectious diseases unit at the board of health says that Sweden is as well-prepared as any European country. But that's not saying much.
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"Vomit disease" strikes newspaper staff
Science & Technology: 17 Nov 04
Wash your hands and put the toilet lid down - that's the advice being given to people wanting to avoid one of the more unpleasant aspects of the Swedish winter. But it came too late for employees of three of Sweden's biggest daily papers.
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Expected heatwave bugs water agency
National: 28 May 04
Swedes' summer euphoria is dampened by news of a water shortage and unprecedented levels of virus-wielding ticks.
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