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UK review: Unregulated antibiotic sales may increase risk of ‘superbugs’
LONDON – Global growth of unregulated over-the-counter and Internet sales of precious antibiotic medicines is further fuelling the rise of…
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UN: More than 400 dead in southeast Congo measles outbreak
KINSHASA – A measles outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper-mining southeast has killed 428 people and infected about 30,000…
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Scientists find genes that protect African children from malaria
LONDON – Scientists have identified specific genetic variations that protect some African children from developing severe malaria and say their…
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An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has left four people dead among 29 sickened at Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy, the…
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NEW YORK – A historic hotel’s rooftop air-conditioning unit is the source of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has killed…
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USDA seeking proposals for production of bird flu vaccine
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking bids from animal health companies for a bird flu vaccine. The department’s Animal…
Read MoreOfficials order cooling tower inspections to battle deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak in NYC
New York State health officials are ordering widespread inspections of cooling facilities to try to stem New York City’s worst…
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Flesh-eating bacteria kills Virginia fisherman
A Virginia fisherman stabbed by a catfish barb has died of a flesh-eating bacteria, a state health official said on…
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South Korea reports third MERS death as alarm grows
South Korea on Thursday confirmed that a man who died a day earlier had been infected with Middle East Respiratory…
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