
Death toll rises to 28 in Mozambique cholera epidemic
The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Mozambique that broke out after widespread flooding has climbed to 28, the government said Monday. ... more
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Ebola virus may have been present in West Africa long before 2014 outbreak
It is not known what triggered the transmission of Ebola virus from its natural host to humans and the rapid human-to-human spread of the deadly virus throughout Western Africa last year.
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China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treaty
Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt
Hundreds in London protest against Beijing 'mega embassy'
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S. Korea cracks down on foreign-focused plastic surgery clinics
South Korea on Friday announced a crackdown on illegal brokers and unregistered clinics in a bid to protect medical tourists, especially those drawn by the country's booming plastic surgery industry. ... more
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Bubonic bottleneck: UNC scientists overturn dogma on the plague
For decades, scientists have thought the bacteria that cause the bubonic plague hijack host cells at the site of a fleabite and are then taken to the lymph nodes, where the bacteria multiply and tri ... more
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Swedish children visit virtual hospital before surgery
Felicia Zander had a brain hemorrhage when she was six and spent more than a year in and out of hospital for x-rays, MRIs and about a dozen operations under general aesthetic. ... more
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Swiss tourist dies of swine flu in India as toll mounts
A Swiss tourist died Thursday of swine flu while visiting India, a local health official said, as the country grapples with an outbreak that has killed more than 400 people since the start of 2015. ... more
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Fewer viral relics may be due to a less bloody evolutionary history
A researcher from Plymouth University School of Biomedical and Healthcare Sciences had led an international team investigating viruses that entered the DNA of our ancestors millions of years ago. ... more
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