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Lethal influenza outbreak ravages US

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The US is experiencing its deadliest flu outbreak in a decade, prompting the city of Boston to declare a public health emergency after the virus killed more than a dozen people and left hundreds struggling to fight off the illness. From Florida to Maine, emergency rooms across the nation are flooded with patients experiencing symptoms of the flu. Last January, Boston had seen only 70 cases of influenza.... 

231 Americans diagnosed with Meningitis

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A doctor looks at the meningitis-causing fungus Exserohilum rostratum at a laboratory at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on October 12, 2012. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says 19 more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis across the United States, bringing the total number of cases to 231. The CDC said on Tuesday that the death toll... 

Deadly brain-eating microbe outbreak in Pakistan

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Naegleria fowleri surrounded by white cells in spinal fluid Pakistan’s major city Karachi was struck by an outbreak of Naegleria fowleri, also known as ‘brain-eating amoeba.’ The deadly freshwater microbe kills 98 percent of those infected. The source of the infection has yet to be identified. The amoeba is transmitted from contaminated water through the nasal cavity and travels to the brain,... 

Manhattan to be sprayed with pesticides in West Nile outbreak

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Thousands of residents living in dozens of neighborhoods at the center of the “Big Apple” are the latest victims to be forcibly sprayed with toxic pesticides as part of the ongoing, nationwide propaganda circus involving West Nile virus (WNv). Reports indicate that thousands of Manhattanites and others living in Brooklyn and elsewhere have already begun to be doused with Anvil, a toxic... 

West Nile virus epidemic the worst America has ever seen

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A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito Cities across the United States are being ravaged by an outbreak of West Nile virus, and experts say the epidemic is the worst the country has ever seen. “The number of West Nile virus disease cases has risen dramatically in recent weeks, and indicate that we’re in the midst of one of the largest outbreaks ever seen in the US,” Dr. Lyle Petersen of... 

Ebola outbreak in Africa

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Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the scenarios of the latest outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. In Uganda, 24 cases and 16 deaths have been reported while in DR Congo, the health authorities have confirmed ten cases and 6 deaths. To note, the swift and efficient response from the African health authorities. In Uganda the outbreak centers around the district of Kibaale, where national... 

Mexico declares emergency over new bird flu outbreak

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The Mexican government has declared a national animal health emergency in the wake of a new outbreak of bird flu that has affected some 1.7 million fowl, leaving around 870,000 dead. ­“We have activated a national animal health emergency with the goal of diagnosing, preventing, controlling and eradicating the Type A, sub-type H7N3 bird flu virus,” the country’s agriculture ministry said. The... 

DHS To Release Bacteria In Boston Subway System

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U.S. government has a history of dangerous biological testing on the American public. Despite the fact that the U.S. government has a history of dangerous biological testing against the American people, the Department of Homeland Security claims that a bacteria it plans to release in the Boston subway later this year to test biological sensors is harmless to healthy people. “Federal officials say... 

Typhoid slowly engulfing Zimbabwe

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President Robert Mugabe, his unity government with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai struggling to restore basic services and social amenities. A typhoid outbreak that began in Harare last year is steadily spreading across Zimbabwe with more than 3 000 cases reported although only one death due to the disease has been reported so far, health officials have said. New infections have in recent months... 

Anti-HIV pill to cause AIDS epidemic?

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It has been proven to drastically decrease the chances of contracting HIV before one is even exposed to the virus: Truvada is considered a medical breakthrough by some, yet others fear the once-a-day prevention pill could spur a deadly AIDS epidemic. The drug — a small, blue pill ingested orally — is currently awaiting FDA approval. Its manufacturer, Gilead, argues that Truvada would reduce the... 

25,000 Ducks Gassed to Death in Australia for Fear of Avian Virus Outbreak

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A government biosecurity officer at Golden Duck Farms in Victoria after birds tested positive for avian influenza. A national disease emergency plan has been activated to prevent an outbreak of deadly bird flu in Australia after the discovery of infected birds at two free-range duck farms north of Melbourne. All 25,000 ducks on two Golden Duck Farms properties at Gisborne and Mickleham were being gassed... 

New H3N2v Variant Spreading Human to Human

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Note: The following topic is under heavy investigation, no conclusions have been made at this time. We do not yet know the full extent of the variation (mutation). No one has died from the strain at this time. It is also worth noting that this may be more scare tactics in order to further push and pad the pockets of the vaccine industry. The CDC in Atlanta admits 12 people in 5 states have been infected,... 

Outbreak of rare deadly disease in Australia

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It is called Murray Valley encephalitis, it is very rare, it can infect humans, it is deadly and it has been found among chickens in Australia’s New South Wales State, in the first appearance since the 1970s. The population in the areas infected in this State and the State of Victoria is being warned to protect itself. Murray Valley encephalitis is more commonly found in north-western Australia... 

Outbreak: Man-made super-flu formula to be published?

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The H5N1 virus A man-made virus that could wipe out half humanity has been deemed a terrorist threat. And while the scientists behind the Frankenstein-flu hoped their research would help find a cure, critics fear they have developed the ultimate bio-weapon. When virologist Ron Fouchier and his team of scientists first “mutated the hell out of” the H5N1 bird flu virus and presented their findings... 

E. Coli Outbreak Across Europe is Now Believed to Have Originated from a German Farm

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German Health Minister Daniel Bahr puts on gloves and a mask during his visit at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Sunday, June 5, 2011. German-grown bean sprouts could be the source of the deadly E.coli outbreak that has killed 22 people in Europe and infected at least four in US. The news came from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC),... 
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