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Japanese Encephalitis Suspected as Unknown Disease in Bihar

June 21, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A team of experts from the Union Health Ministry and Regional Malaria Research Institute (RMRI) team is investigating an “unknown disease” killing children in the

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Scarlet Fever Kills Two Children in Hong Kong

June 21, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A new strain of Scarlet Fever is spreading through Hong Kong. In the past three weeks, two children, a 15-year-old boy and a 7-year-old-girl, became

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Dog Show in Sweden Spreads EHEC

June 17, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

After attending a dog show in Norrköping, Sweden in the first weekend of June, two Swedes are confirmed as being infected with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

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E. coli Outbreak Affects Children in France

June 17, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Seven children in the Nord Pas-de-Calais region of France are currently in the hospital being treated for an E. coli infection. Health officials are linking

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Eight-year Old Girl Survives Rabies without Vaccination

June 14, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Eight-year old Precious Reynolds became just the 6th person in the world to have survived a rabies bite without receiving vaccination. The little girl was

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C. difficile Hits St. Catharines, Ontario Hospital

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

An outbreak of the deadly C. difficile bacteria was declared on May 28th, 2011 at the Niagara Health Systems’ St. Catharines General in Ontario, Canada.

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Measles in North Dakota after 24 years

June 14, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Today, Cass County, North Dakota confirmed its very first case of measles since 1987. The Cass County health department says the case is a 50-year-old

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Rare Fungal Infection Strikes Joplin Tornado Survivors

June 10, 2011March 23, 2022 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

On May 22, 2011 much of Joplin, Missouri was destroyed when an EF-5 tornado ripped through the small town killing 151 in its path. (The

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Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) Reduces Cases

June 10, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

World Health Organization (WHO) data on the MenAfriVac vaccine distributed in Meningitis Belt countries show a massive decrease in cases in Burkina Faso, Mali and

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Germany: It’s the sprouts. We mean it this time.

June 10, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

First it was cucumbers (Spanish), then it was sprouts. Then it was cucumbers (German) and now officials say it truly was the sprouts. Although lab

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