Plague: The new Black Death
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Threat to humanity ignored, researchers warn Scientists have warned that plague, scourge of the medieval world, poses a "a growing but overlooked threat" as it spreads slowly into hitherto unaffected territories.â¦
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(CP) - New antibiotic-resistant pathogens, airborne mercury and urban sprawl are threatening the health of the Great Lakes and millions of people who live around the bodies of fresh water, a report to the Canadian and U.S. governments concludes.
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The first official epidemiology report on the UK bluetongue outbreak is published, as a new case is found in Cambridgeshire.
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Bubonic plague has killed one person  and made another sick in China, the Health Ministry said,  appealing for efforts nationwide to prevent further outbreaks.
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The World Health Organisation warns mix of avian and human flu might kill up to seven million people around the world. Guangdong authorities launch a SARS alarm.
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Scientists have identified a new bug which has evolved in insects to attack humans.
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A deadly new strain of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis discovered in South Africa is likely to have spread beyond the rural area where 52 of the 53 people diagnosed with it have died, the doctor who discovered the super bug said.
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LONDON, Sept. 12 -- British officials confirmed a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease Wednesday, days after the government said it had eradicated the disease that has bankrupted farmers and led to bans on British beef exports.
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Individuati 7 casi di encefalopatia spongiforme bovina
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"The utmost priority is to cull the animals to control disease and to put movement control around so that reduces the risk of any further spread"  Authorities confirmed a new foot-and-mouth outbreak on the outskirts of London on Wednesday, just days after the government lifted livestock restrictions following the appearance of the devastating disease last month.The highly contagious disease was found in cattle grazing in Surrey, a county that borders London, and close to a laboratory that was linked to the August outbreak. The discovery created panic in farming communities that lost millions last month.'I'm really worried because I've got loads of pigs, a few cattle and horses, and we were getting the pigs ready for slaughter tomorrow,' said Andrew Parsons, a Surrey farmer. Read more
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Next-generation sequencing uncovers disease-causing microbes.
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New Mexico on Friday reported its first death from the plague in 12 years. The state Department of Health confirmed that a Bernalillo County woman died from septicemic plague early last week. The agency does not release details on plague victims.
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Syphilis is back: The sexually transmitted disease long associated with 19th Century bohemian life is making an alarming resurgence in Europe.
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Thailand declared war on bird flu yesterday as Asia&#39;s death toll in the epidemic rose to 30. The announcement came as Vietnam confirmed another fatality, amid concern that the virus had passed from human to human.
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The discovery of a novel virus in two Wisconsin babies thought to be victims of sudden infant death syndrome has triggered questions about how often such mysterious tragedies might be due to germs.
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Every country in the world must come up with a plan urgently to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia
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The EU confirms a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Hungary.