"The large outbreak of typhoid fever that has stricken some 12,000 people in Uganda has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a travel notice for those going to the …
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"As Europe confronts a rapidly escalating migration crisis driven by war, persecution and poverty in an arc of strife from West Africa to Afghanistan, even high-level European officials are beginning …
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"Poor quality medicines are a real and urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, according to the editors of a collection of …
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"More than 5 million hens will be euthanized after bird flu was detected at a commercial laying facility in northwest Iowa, officials said Monday. The facility is in Osceola County and has a total of …
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"The WHO spokesman, Gregory Haertl, tweeted: 'Current hypothesis is cause of the event is herbicides' and 'Tests done so far are negative for viral and bacterial infection.'" Source: Nigeria mystery …
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"A 'mysterious' disease has killed at least 18 people in the past several days in south-western Nigeria, local officials say. The outbreak started in the Ode-Irele town, Ondo state, and spread …
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"Hundreds of British soldiers in Afghanistan were given a controversial anti-malaria drug even though experts do not recommend its use in the country, it can be revealed. Lariam, also known as …
"More than half of some 770,000 soldiers are pessimistic about their future in the military and nearly as many are unhappy in their jobs, despite a six-year, $287 million campaign to make troops more …
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"A dangerous bird-flu strain that has already hit numerous turkey farms in the Midwest has been identified in a Wisconsin chicken flock, marking the first case of the virus in a commercial chicken …
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"The children's drawings show men with guns, a coffin, a car exploding. One picture has stick-like figures of eight siblings missed by their teenage sister. The disturbing images come from some of an …
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