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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) ...
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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Arizona Resident Dies Of Bubonic Plague Only 24 Hours After Showing Symptoms, All About The Rare Case
An Arizona resident died within 24 hours of showing plague symptoms, confirmed to be caused by Yersinia pestis, following a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Health minister says funding of medication for B.C. girl's rare disease denied again
A Langford family that was hoping the province would reverse its decision for drug coverage to treat their daughter’s rare ...
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Canadian hospitals seeing exponential increase in superbug incidence
Researcher say the increase in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales infection and colonization is being driven by ...
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Porous borders fuel crime surge
Fiji’s police face big problems because the borders are easy to cross, says Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu. He says police do not have enough resources to stop crimes that happen across borders.