https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease and other illnesses, has been confirmed in at least 12 of around 200 cases of pneumonia in Brescia, northern Italy, authorities said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180911/legionella-bacteria-confirmed-in-northern-italy-pneumonia Tue, 11 Sep 2018 17:19:14 +0200 legionella-bacteria-confirmed-in-northern-italy-pneumonia The number of cases of West Nile fever in Europe have more than tripled compared to last year, with most new infections reported in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20180905/cases-of-west-nile-fever-in-italy-soar Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:02:28 +0200 cases-of-west-nile-fever-in-italy-soar Dozens of Italian schoolchildren were sent home on Monday after missing a deadline to get ten compulsory vaccinations, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20180312/italy-sends-unvaccinated-children-home-from-school Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:07:55 +0100 italy-sends-unvaccinated-children-home-from-school Italian doctors have reported a case of Zika virus infection in Florence, which they say could be due to sexual transmission. https://www.thelocal.it/20160226/zika-italian-medics-claim-patient-possibly-infected-through-sex Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:03:33 +0100 zika-italian-medics-claim-patient-possibly-infected-through-sex Italian olive grower Federico Manni is at the end of his tether. https://www.thelocal.it/20160216/growers-despair-as-disease-ravages-italys-timeless-olive-groves Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:23:20 +0100 growers-despair-as-disease-ravages-italys-timeless-olive-groves Four men, three of whom are in a critical condition, contracted a deadly disease spread by rat urine in water while picking mushrooms in the Vicenza area. https://www.thelocal.it/20151104/four-italians-contract-deadly-illness-spread-by-rats Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:34:49 +0100 four-italians-contract-deadly-illness-spread-by-rats Six mayors of towns in the Ligurian province of Savona have signed decrees stating that they will only accept migrants who come with a clean bill of health. https://www.thelocal.it/20150706/italian-mayors-will-only-take-disease-free-migrants Mon, 06 Jul 2015 17:19:36 +0200 italian-mayors-will-only-take-disease-free-migrants An Italian nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone with medical charity Emergency has been cured and has left hospital, the health ministry said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150610/italian-nurse-cured-of-ebola Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:53:58 +0200 italian-nurse-cured-of-ebola Italy's tradition of blessing olive branches on Palm Sunday should be ditched this year for fear of spreading a bacteria devastating trees in the south, farmers warned on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150326/olive-disease-threatens-italian-easter-tradition Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:14:51 +0100 olive-disease-threatens-italian-easter-tradition Brussels called for "complete vigilance" on Monday to stop the spread of a strain of bacteria killing olive trees in southern Italy, the European Union's second biggest producer of olive oil. https://www.thelocal.it/20150324/olive-tree-disease-in-italy-alarms-eu Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:29:04 +0100 olive-tree-disease-in-italy-alarms-eu Human remains unearthed in a Tuscan cemetery could reveal vital clues as to how Italians died of cholera, in turn helping scientists combat the deadly disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20150216/tuscan-cemetery-could-help-cure-cholera Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:12:00 +0100 tuscan-cemetery-could-help-cure-cholera Two people have been quarantined in the northern Italian city Padua over fears they have the deadly Ebola virus. https://www.thelocal.it/20140903/ebola-two-people-quarantined-in-padua Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:49:00 +0200 ebola-two-people-quarantined-in-padua