The World Organization for Animal Health said on Wednesday that an animal-feed supplement suspected of spreading a deadly pig virus…
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WHO declares polio an international public health emergency
LONDON – For the first time ever, the World Health Organization on Monday declared the spread of polio an international…
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Japan battles first dengue fever outbreak in 70 years
A dengue fever outbreak has hit Japan for the first time in over 70 years with at least 22 confirmed…
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US government, military research program helped identify experimental Ebola treatment
The experimental drug used to treat two American aid workers who have been infected with the Ebola virus has never…
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Pet bearded dragons linked to salmonella outbreak in US
A salmonella outbreak that has so far sickened 132 people in 31 states over the last two years has now…
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MERS virus detected in air samples from Saudi camel barn
Saudi scientists have found gene fragments of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus in air from a barn…
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Sierra Leone capital at standstill as Ebola lockdown begins
Sierra Leone began a three-day lockdown on Friday in an effort to halt the spread of the Ebola virus, as…
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US health experts in Dallas review potential Ebola exposure
U.S. health experts in Dallas were taking stock Wednesday of how many people may have been exposed to Ebola, just…
Read MoreTexas nurse stricken with Ebola comes from ‘devoted family’
The woman who is the first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus in the United States graduated from…
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Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone began at a funeral
An extensive look at the genome of the Ebola virus reveals its behavior, when it arrived in West Africa and…
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