Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nurse killed by deadly virus amid Indian outbreak
Officials say a nurse caring for patients infected with a deadly virus has died from the disease amid an outbreak in south India.
May 22, 2018
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Five dead, dozens quarantined as virus fears spread in India
A deadly virus carried by fruit bats has killed at least five people in southern India and more than 90 people are in quarantine, a top health official said Tuesday.
May 22, 2018
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Ebola death toll hits 26 in DR Congo as vaccinations start (Update)
The death toll in an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rose to 26 on Monday after a person died in the northwest city of Mbandaka, the government said, as it began vaccinating first responders against ...
May 21, 2018
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Nipah virus kills at least three in India, sparks alert
A deadly virus carried mainly by fruit bats has killed at least three people in southern India, sparking a statewide health alert Monday.
May 21, 2018
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Congo's Ebola risk 'very high' as confirmed virus cases rise
Congo's latest Ebola outbreak now has 14 confirmed cases as health officials rush to contain the often deadly virus in a city of more than 1 million.
May 18, 2018
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WHO says Ebola outbreak has spread to DR Congo city (Update)
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a city, the World Health Organization said Thursday, fuelling concern the deadly virus may prove tougher to contain.
May 17, 2018
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Congo announces first confirmed death from Ebola outbreak
Congo's minister of health says the first death from a new outbreak of Ebola in the country's northwest has been confirmed along with 11 other cases of people sickened by the virus.
May 10, 2018
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Lassa fever kills 142 in Nigeria since January: official
Lassa fever has killed 142 people in Nigeria since the start of the year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday, reporting a rise of 32 fatalities in a month.
Apr 5, 2018
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Compound in red wine, chocolate prevents smallpox virus cousins from replicating
The secret to stopping some viruses from making people sick might be hidden in red wine and chocolate—but that doesn't mean having more bonbons and vino is in order, Kansas State University researchers say.
Mar 1, 2018
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Lassa fever kills 21 in Nigeria: health officials
Twenty-one people have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria this month, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Wednesday, in the latest outbreak in Africa's most populous nation.
Jan 31, 2018
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