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Global Tuberculosis Cases Down for First Time Ever

October 19, 2011March 23, 2022 Jane Huston

Amid reports of outbreaks in Paris and high schools across the United States, the World Health Organization recently announced that the number of new cases

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Superbug spreads and takes root: 9 cases of locally-acquired NDM-1 infection in South Africa

October 18, 2011March 23, 2022 Glory Song

Nine patients have been infected with the highly antibiotic-resistant, NDM-1 containing bacteria, commonly known as a superbug, at the Life Glynnwood Hospital in Benoni, South

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Encephalitis cases surge in Uttar Pradesh

October 17, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Uttar Pradesh, one of India’s most populous states, records 433 deaths from encephalitis since Jan. 2011.  According to K.P. Kushwaha, the chief pediatrician at BRD

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Cause of Australia’s Mysterious Horse Deaths Found

October 14, 2011March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

The sudden deaths of five horses on 5 Oct. 2011 put Australian horse owners on high alert. Since June of this year, 22 horses have

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First locally-acquired dengue infection in Palm Beach, FL

October 13, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Palm Beach County Health Department reported it’s first locally acquired case of dengue this morning, 13 Oct. 2011. While eight other cases have been reported

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Cholera continues to spread in West and Central Africa

October 13, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Since the beginning of 2011, more than 85,000 cases of cholera and 2,466 resulting deaths have been reported in West and Central Africa. According to

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Potential for untreatable gonorrhea?

October 12, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

This Monday, 10 Oct. 2011, doctors from the United Kingdom reported that gonorrhea has developed an increased resistance to the antibiotic currently used to treat

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Avian Flu Death Count Rises in Indonesia

October 11, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Three H5N1 deaths in Indonesia bring the country’s avian influenza death count to 149. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported today the death of a

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Spanish researchers report favorable results in HIV vaccine trial

October 11, 2011March 23, 2022 Jane Huston

The Spanish National Research Council’s National Center for Biotechnology recently released details from the phase one clinical trial of the MVA-B vaccine against HIV, the

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Terrorism and Food Safety

October 10, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

Early this morning, MSNBC released a report on the post 9/11 influx of foreign insects into the United States and the impact of this flood

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