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Stomach virus strikes 170 Yosemite visitors, staff
About 170 visitors and employees at Yosemite National Park have been hit by gastrointestinal illness, park officials say.
Jan 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Case study: Nebraska's Ebola isolation and decontamination approach
The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU), located at the Nebraska Medical Center, has shared its protocol for Ebola patient discharge, handling a patient's body after death and environmental disinfection in the March issue ...
Mar 2, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Despite worries, experts say bird flu unlikely to effect humans
Bird flu has been making headlines over the past month, resulting in millions of bird deaths, driving up poultry and egg prices, and raising public concern over potential human infections. According to the experts, however, ...
Jun 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC offers Ebola guidance for health care providers
(HealthDay)—In the wake of the first confirmed case of a patient being diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering information on Ebola diagnosis and management ...
Oct 2, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Mayo Clinic Minute: Improved treatments for head and neck cancer
April is Sexually Transmitted Infections Awareness Month. About 70% of cancers in the oropharynx, which includes the tonsils, soft palate and base of the tongue, are linked to the HPV virus, according to the Centers for Disease ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China says COVID deaths down by nearly 80 percent
The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in China has fallen by nearly 80 percent since the start of the month, authorities have said, in a sign that the country's unprecedented infection surge may have started to abate.
Jan 26, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Levels of hepatitis C virus higher among African-Americans and males
Epidemiologists have determined that levels of hepatitis C virus (HCV) found among injection drug users (IDUs) were higher in individuals who are male or African American even after differences in other factors were considered. ...
Jul 10, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hong Kong girl tests negative for H7N9 (Update)
A seven-year-old Hong Kong girl has tested negative for the H7N9 flu virus, officials said Friday, after she became the city's first suspected case of the disease that has killed six killed on mainland China.
Apr 5, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Factfile: The Marburg virus, Ebola's deadly cousin
Guinea has recorded the first known case of Marburg virus, a lethal cousin to Ebola, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Aug 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC: Strong signs Brazil birth defects are tied to mosquito
Researchers have found the strongest evidence so far of a possible link between a mosquito-borne virus and a surge of birth defects in Brazil, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
Jan 13, 2016
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