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Contaminated Heroin Suspected in European Anthrax Outbreak

September 12, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

British health officials announced Monday that another drug user in Blackpool has died of an anthrax infection. The individual died after injecting heroin suspected of

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Tuberculosis Without a Cure: TDR or XDR?

September 11, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

There is an overwhelming number of acronyms for the various forms of tuberculosis, and some debate about which strain coincides with what acronym. The discussion

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Cholera Outbreak Amplified by Deplorable Conditions in Sierra Leone

September 10, 2012March 23, 2022 Steven Purcell

A drawn out cholera outbreak affecting Sierra Leone and neighboring Guinea has been worsened by poor living conditions and heavy rainfall. According to the UN

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September 2012 Update on Mysterious illness Killing Dogs

September 7, 2012March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

Last September, The Disease Daily wrote of a mysterious illness killing dogs who had walked in wooded areas in the East of England Region. The

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Lenient Standards Lead to More Medical Exemptions From Vaccines in Kindergartners

September 7, 2012March 23, 2022 Robyn Correll Carlyle

In states where medical exemptions for school vaccinations are easier to get, exemption rates are higher, according to a new study published late last month

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Ebola Winds Down in Uganda and Persists in DR Congo

September 5, 2012March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

On Monday, September 3, the World Health Organization stated that the Ebola outbreak in the Kibaale district of Uganda was coming to an end. No

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Dengue Reemerges in Greece

September 5, 2012March 23, 2022 Katharina Schwan

An elderly gentleman died on August 30 of hemorrhagic fever in Patras, Greece. Doctors believe it was a complication due to infection with dengue fever,

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