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Nipah virus death puts health officials on alert in southern India

Kochi, India — Authorities in southern India’s Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 people in the high-risk category, the state’s health minister said on Sunday. Parts of Kerala are among those most at risk globally for outbreaks of the …

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Egypt Independent July 22, 2024

Toxic waterway alert as factory inferno probe continues across Melbourne’s west

The source of a massive factory blaze that sent a large plume of toxic smoke across Melbourne’s west remains unknown

Australian Associated Press July 12, 2024

CDC alerts doctors to watch for rare, serious bacterial infection appearing with unusual symptoms

CNN — Health officials are alerting doctors to be on the lookout for certain types of rare, serious meningococcal infections that are on the rise in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new health alert that these infections, which are caused by a certain strain of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, may present with unusual …

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Egypt Independent April 2, 2024