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Outbreak of ‘brain-swelling’ Nipah reaches five after victim’s son tests positive for the virus dubbed ‘next pandemic’
THE son of a man who died from a brain-swelling Nipah virus that inspired the Hollywood blockbuster Contagion has allegedly ...
A person in the US has died from the plague. Here’s what you should know
Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...
The crisis brewing in Sydney - and it has alarming public health consequences
According to a spokesperson for the City of Sydney, the greatest health and safety risks posed by rats are disease ...
Patient dies from the ‘Black Death’ plague less than 24 hours after symptoms first emerged
A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The ...
What Arizona's Pneumonic Plague death means for public health
An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...
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1 person dies of the plague in northern Arizona
One person is dead, according to officials with Northern Arizona Healthcare, on the same day they showed up at Flagstaff ...
US state rocked by sudden death from medieval disease... as officials warn more to come
An Arizona resident had succumbed to the Black Death, marking the county's first plague death since 2007. Coconino County ...
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Federal forecast concerns surface in Texas’ deadly flooding debate
State and local officials are calling out federal forecasters amid deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the extended Fourth of July weekend. The criticism comes, as funding cuts and ...
Will we know if the next plague is human-made?
In April of that year, patients started appearing at hospitals in the industrial city of Sverdlovsk, now known as ...
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Agencies race to prevent new food crisis as locusts return to northern Africa
Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...
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'So many needles falling': Santa Feans grapple with outbreak of caterpillar that defoliates trees
An aggressive hatch of Douglas-fir tussock moth caterpillars is threatening trees, both in national forests and in Santa Fe.
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Human Plague Case In Colorado: Warnings Include Looking After Pets
Human Plague Case In Colorado: Warnings Include Looking After Pets No details about the infected person have been reported. Fox News notes that plague is endemic among ground squirrels and rodents and ...