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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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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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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E.coli kills two girls in Pacific Northwest, boy hospitalized
Two young girls have died and a boy was hospitalized in critical condition in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday after…
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Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus spreading rapidly in Haiti
A mosquito-borne virus that was detected for the first time in Haiti last week has quickly spread throughout the Caribbean…
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Dallas hospital reportedly failed to follow federal guidelines by sending Ebola patient home
Officials at a Dallas hospital apparently failed to follow federally issued guidelines last week when they sent home the patient…
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