MUMBAI – Campaigners and a former official overseeing Asia’s largest tuberculosis hospital in Mumbai say staff deaths there are being…
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Cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been increasing dramatically in the United States, with reported cases in August alone more than…
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At least 20,000 infected in southeast Congo measles outbreak, UN says
A measles outbreak in the copper-mining Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 315 people and infected…
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Modern housing could cut risk of malaria by up to half, study says
Modernizing mud huts and other traditional housing could significantly cut the risk of malaria for people living in some of…
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Minnesota governor declares state of emergency over bird flu outbreak
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton declared a peacetime state of emergency Thursday to fight a deadly form…
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Despite US efforts, bird flu thought to spread between farms
Poultry veterinarians in Minnesota believe an outbreak of avian flu has spread between farms, indicating the implementation of a U.S.…
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4 more measles cases reported in California
California public health officials on Monday reported four new cases of measles, bringing the total number people infected in the…
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6 cases of chikungunya virus reported among travelers in Cuba
Cuban health authorities on Wednesday said they detected six cases of chikungunya fever, a debilitating, mosquito-borne virus that is suspected…
Read MoreThe spread of an antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’
A week after grilling hamburgers in his backyard in November 2011, business consultant Kenneth Koehler became violently ill. He suffered…
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WHO says 82 being monitored for Ebola in Mali
Health workers are monitoring 82 people who had contact with a toddler who died of Ebola in Mali last week,…
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