15 children dead from thirst, disease in drought-stricken northern Colombia
Fifteen children from indigenous communities have died in the northern state of La Guajira this...
Tag: disease
First case of Chikungunya virus reported in Colombia
The first Colombian case of a mosquito-transmitted virus called Chikungunya was reported last week...
Backpackers ‘misreporting’ vampire bat attacks in Colombia: bat expert
A bat researcher at one of Colombia’s top universities has called into question reports of...
Cattle smuggled from Venezuela threatens disease in Colombia: Minister
The smuggling of cattle from Venezuela poses the risk of an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease in Colombia, according to the country’s agriculture minister. “A lot of contraband cattle is entering through Venezuela, it comes and...
Colombian health officials warn of possible skin disease outbreak
Colombian authorities warned of a potential skin disease outbreak Thursday after seven cases of Leishmaniasis were reported in the southcentral city of Neiva. The Colombian Secretary of Health, Mauricio Santa Maria said that...
Anthrax reported on northern Colombia farms
One person has skin lesions and 16 animals have died in an anthrax outbreak in northern Colombia, near the Venezuelan border. A notification on the website for the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said the outbreak has...
No link between deadly European E. coli and Colombia outbreak: Health Institute
Colombia’s National Health Institute dismissed Monday any link between the E. coli bacteria found in Colombia and the strain that has thus far caused 35 deaths in Europe. The director for the National Health Institute,...
AIDS epidemic troubling the FARC: Ex-hostage
A new book to be released by a former FARC hostage claims that the HIV virus is spreading through the guerrilla group, revealed a chapter excerpted Sunday in El Espectador. Sergeant Arbey Delgado Argote was kidnapped in 1998 and...
