A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to neighboring Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic…
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Congregant: No hard feelings over botulism at church potluck
One of the 30 congregants sickened with botulism after an Ohio church potluck in April says no one there has…
Read MoreUN envoy says Africa’s Ebola outbreak not yet run its course
CAPE TOWN – Africa’s Ebola outbreak has not run its course and around 30 people are still getting infected each…
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53 people in 9 states sickened after eating raw tuna
LOS ANGELES – A salmonella outbreak likely linked to raw tuna has sickened 53 people in nine states, health officials…
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CDC: Risk low for human infection from US strains of bird flu
CHICAGO – The strain of avian flu that has been identified in 12 U.S. states and led to the extermination…
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30 babies placed under home isolation as California grapples with measles outbreak
Thirty babies have been placed under home isolation in Alameda County after possible exposure to measles, as California grapples with…
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Deadly Japanese encephalitis surges in northeast India
Cases of deadly mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis have risen nearly five-fold in five years in India’s northeast Assam state as a…
Read MoreEnhanced Ebola screening to begin at New York’s Kennedy Airport Saturday
NEW YORK – A stepped-up screening program that checks the temperature of travelers arriving from West Africa is starting at…
Read MoreWHO says Sierra Leone prognosis ‘very good’ against Ebola
Sierra Leone does not yet have enough beds in treatment centers to isolate Ebola patients in the west of the…
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Malaria death rates fall, Ebola threatens West Africa progress
Malaria deaths have dropped dramatically since 2000 and cases are falling steadily as more people are properly diagnosed and treated…
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