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Eight people in Montana are receiving rabies shots as a precaution after a middle school student found a bat at…
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Texas hospital TB probe case ends with no active cases seen
Health officials say they found no active tuberculosis cases among infants possibly exposed to a TB-infected El Paso hospital worker.…
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As the story of Delta flight 3163 being quarantined after landing at Chicago’s Midway International Airport broke Thursday afternoon, scant…
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MERS virus found in camels in Qatar, linked to human spread
Scientists have found cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in camels in Qatar, health officials said on Thursday, fueling…
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Saudi Arabia says it has recruited patients for a crucial study on the source of the deadly MERS virus, acknowledging…
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Man tells of Dallas Ebola patient’s decline
A Dallas man who was in contact with the first person to be diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the…
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7 more China bird flu cases in fresh wave of infection
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WHO experts find hospital breaches worsened MERS outbreak in UAE
Lapses in hospital infection control measures exacerbated an outbreak of a deadly new viral disease which has infected more than…
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