The first measles death has been reported in West Texas amid the outbreak that has infected more than 100 people,…
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US refocuses on testing to fight deadly hog virus
CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend the rest of emergency money it received to fight a deadly…
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Sherwin Williams’ new antibacterial paint could save lives in hospitals
Sherwin-Williams Co. plans to introduce on Wednesday a paint it says kills five kinds of bacteria that can spread disease.…
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Group on mission to save lives with recycled hotel soap
Shawn Seipler is on a mission to save lives with soap. It began about seven years ago as a tiny…
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Polio-free countries still face threat, scientists say
An outbreak of polio in a previously polio-free region of China shows that the crippling, potentially deadly disease will remain…
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Meningitis death tied to Princeton outbreak strain
A Philadelphia college student died of the same type of meningitis that caused an outbreak at Princeton University in New…
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Liberia president to end Ebola state of emergency
Liberia’s president said Thursday she is lifting a state of emergency imposed to control an Ebola outbreak that has ravaged…
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West Africa Ebola outbreak tops 700 deaths
The death toll from the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history surpassed 700 in West Africa as security forces went…
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Sacramento patient being tested for Ebola
A patient who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus is being tested at the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento…
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Low risk of Ebola outbreak in US, officials say
U.S. health officials are monitoring the Ebola outbreak in Africa but say the risk of the deadly germ spreading to…
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