A rare disease suspected to be of ‘scrub typhus’ has claimed 30 lives, in Alwar district of Rajasthan this season. Another six have died due to a disease with similar symptoms in Dausa. Read article
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PANAJI: A 48-year-old man from Karnataka working in Goa was diagnosed with rabies 25 years after the dog bite he received, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology has reported in its latest issue. The unusual case has been recorded at the Goa Medical College (GMC) and hospital, Bambolim. The patient was admitted to GMC in […]
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PRINEVILLE, OR (KPTV) – New lab results show a second person became infected with the plague in June after being bitten by a sick cat, health officials in Oregon said Friday. The woman was bitten around the same time as a Prineville man who became ill with the plague in June. He had tried to […]
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ANTIGUA, Guatemala (AP) — A terrifying eruption of one of the world’s most active volcanos tapered off Friday into a draw for delighted tourists, who snapped photos from a neighboring colonial city and made plans to take night hikes to see glowing rivers of lava. Villagers were returning to their homes on the flanks of […]
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A picket by striking airport workers stretched through a third day with no progress in contract talks — in fact, no negotiations. “The way the process works, if the mediator thinks we should go back to the table, he’ll inform us, but he went back a couple of days ago to Fredericton, so there’s no […]
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At least six protesters have died in Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and Sudan as police battle to defend Western missions from mobs. Furious protesters have targeted symbols of US influence in cities across the Muslim world, attacking embassies, schools and restaurants in retaliation for a film that mocks Islam. Read article
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Violent protests have continued across the Middle East in response to a film made in the US seen as insulting to Islam. Western countries have appealed for an end to violent protests targeting their embassies, sparked by a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Read article
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An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed 31 people and could threaten major towns, the World Health Organization has warned. An epidemic was officially declared on 17 August in the north-western Orientale Province. Read article
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A man in his 60s from southeastern Massachusetts is the fourth Massachusetts resident to be infected with Eastern equine encephalitis and is currently hospitalized. The case in a Plymouth County resident triggered state public health officials to raise the threat level for the mosquito-borne illness to “high” in the southeastern communities of Duxbury, Marshfield, Norwell, […]
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) – Officials say a visitor to Yosemite National Park has recovered after becoming the ninth person diagnosed with a deadly rodent-borne illness blamed for three deaths linked to the park. National Park Service spokesman John Quinley said Thursday the California resident stayed in the “Signature” cabins in the park’s historic […]
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