Dutch authorities will slaughter 50,000 birds at a poultry farm after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was discovered…
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Flu season worsens as illness spreads to at least 35 states, CDC says
Flu season is ramping up in the United States, with the illness now widespread in at least 35 states, up…
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Deadly Ebola outbreak spreads in West Africa
Samples from victims of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in Guinea have tested positive…
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Spanish nurse who survived Ebola offers blood to treat others
The Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola in Madrid, a case that caused alarm and political recriminations, said on Wednesday she…
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Cold, wet weather may help spread deadly pig virus, USDA says
Frigid temperatures across a large swath of the United States this week followed by warmer conditions could aid the spread…
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Hospital discharges US Ebola patients
Atlanta – Emory University Hospital has discharged two American missionaries treated for Ebola. “Today is a miraculous day,” Dr. Kent…
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What does ‘direct contact’ mean? The truth about Ebola transmission
In light of the first diagnosis of Ebola in the U.S. earlier this week, concerns over whether the disease will…
Read MoreBritain lifts bird flu restrictions on duck farm
Britain on Sunday lifted restrictions on the movement of poultry in a six-mile (9.7-km) zone around a duck farm in…
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CDC anthrax scare conjures up real Friday the 13th nightmare
It is a Friday the 13th Dr Paul Meechan will not soon forget. On that night last week, bioterrorism researchers…
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UK Ebola survivor flies to US to give blood to patient battling virus
LONDON – Britain’s Foreign Office says a nurse who recovered from Ebola has traveled to the U.S. to donate blood…
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