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Health department says amoeba kills swimmer in Oklahoma lake
The State Department of Health says a swimmer has died after coming into contact with a rare amoeba in a southern Oklahoma lake.
Aug 13, 2015
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Death toll rises to seven from NY Legionnaires' disease
An outbreak of Legionnaires disease in New York has killed seven people and infected 86 others, as the city moved Tuesday to draw up new legislation to halt future outbreaks.
Aug 4, 2015
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Ugandan official: Typhoid sickens hundreds in capital
An outbreak of typhoid fever has infected hundreds of people in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and looks likely to spread as the rainy season gets under way, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
Mar 25, 2015
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Australia mulls tougher food screening after China hepatitis scare
Tougher food screening measures could be introduced in Australia with frozen berries from China linked to a growing number of hepatitis A infections, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said Wednesday.
Feb 18, 2015
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Use sterile or boiled water for nasal washing abroad to avoid amoeba infection
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has been informed that a woman from Oslo died in December 2014 after returning from Thailand where she had been infected with the Naegleria fowleri amoeba. The source of infection ...
Jan 27, 2015
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Water-borne disease plagues IS-held city in Iraq
When Islamic State group fighters swept into northern Iraq's second city Mosul in a lightning June offensive, their propaganda trumpeted a better life for the people under jihadist rule.
Dec 1, 2014
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Legionnaire's disease outbreak in Portugal kills seven
Portuguese health authorities say the death toll from a recent outbreak of Legionnaire's disease near the capital Lisbon has risen to seven, with 311 people infected.
Nov 14, 2014
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Eighth death from Legionnaire's disease in Spain
An eighth person has died from the lung infection Legionnaire's disease in northeastern Spain, where two separate outbreaks have struck this month, officials said Thursday.
Sep 25, 2014
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Cholera kills six in northern Nigeria: state official
A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria's Kano State has killed six people and infected scores, the state health commissioner said Sunday, although a local charity put the toll higher.
Jul 21, 2014
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Eight dead, hundreds ill from 'tainted water' in Philippines
Health officials are testing for cholera and other diseases after eight people died and hundreds more fell ill in a remote area in the Philippines, possibly from contaminated water, authorities said Wednesday.
May 14, 2014
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