Avril Lavigne opened up again recently about her struggle with Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness she says left her bedridden…
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Why children’s diseases move south to north across the US
Newly discovered patterns in old outbreaks of childhood diseases, such as diphtheria and scarlet fever, could help modern disease fighters.…
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China lifts quarantine after man dies of bubonic plague
A nine-day quarantine imposed on parts of a northern Chinese city where a man died of bubonic plague has been…
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With genome deciphered, experts aim to swat dreaded tsetse fly
An international team of scientists has deciphered the genetic code of the tsetse fly, the bloodsucking insect that spreads deadly…
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Ohio mumps outbreak up to 56 reported cases, spreads beyond university
Some 56 cases of mumps have been reported in Ohio in an outbreak that started at Ohio State University in…
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Ebola death toll rises to 961, WHO says
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa stood at 961 people as of Aug 6, with 29…
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US government confident new vaccine will help fight pig virus
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Wednesday he was confident a vaccine approved this week by the U.S. administration…
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The deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa is not showing any signs of slowing down, prompting U.S. health officials to…
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Saudi Arabia has 113 more MERS cases than previously thought
Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that a review of health data had identified an additional 113 confirmed cases of the…
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Pharmacy owners arrested in 2012 meningitis outbreak
Two co-founders and 12 other former employees of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy blamed for a fungal meningitis outbreak that killed…
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