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Massive West Nile Virus outbreak in Arizona shattered records, killed 101

As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the country in the summer of 2021, another virus--an endemic one spread by mosquitoes--thrashed residents of one Arizona county, causing a record-shattering outbr...

Apr 2023

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A Deadly Cousin of Ebola Has Flared Up in Africa

[photo1]Syriacus BuguziIn February, a 23-year-old Tanzanian fisherman suddenly fell ill, having just returned from a busy trading outpost in the middle of Lake Victoria. Back at home in Bukoba, a dist...

Apr 2023

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Maker of eye drops linked to deadly outbreak flunks FDA inspection

The maker of eye drops linked to a deadly outbreak of extensively drug-resistant infections in the US had a slew of manufacturing violations--from brown slime on filling equipment to a lack of basic m...

Apr 2023

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Outbreak of Marburg, Ebola's similarly deadly relative, spurs response race

Health officials are racing to stamp out a rare and concerning outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.The outbreak, first confirmed Mon...

Feb 2023