Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 8, Issue 45, 04 November 2004

The Agencia Española del Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios has recently been informed of a death following yellow fever vaccination. The death was in a 26 year old woman, with no known risk factors, who was vaccinated against yellow fever (Stamaril lot no. X5424), cholera, tetanus and diphtheria on 14 October 2004

On 16 October 2004, a single bear was reported to have attacked several people in the forest surrounding Brasov, a city of 400 000 inhabitants, in Transylvania, central Romania. One man, who was picking mushrooms deep in the forest, was killed by the bear, and 11 others, who were picnicking near the edge of the forest, were wounded, seven severely

In 2002 in Germany, 7684 tuberculosis cases which fulfilled the reference definition were notified to the Robert Koch-Institut in Berlin. This was the first time an increase in annual reported cases had been observed since 1992