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Month: March 2011

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Swine Flu Overwhelms Venezuela

March 30, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Today, the Venezuelan government confirmed 415 cases of H1N1 influenza in Venezuela. This is twice as many cases as there were last week, meaning that

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Chickenpox in Ukraine

March 30, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

There have been many reports of children in nursery schools in Lviv, Ukraine having symptoms indicative of chickenpox. In one nursery, 10 children became ill,

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Swine Flu Overwhelms Venezuela

March 30, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Today, the Venezuelan government confirmed 415 cases of H1N1 influenza in Venezuela. This is twice as many cases as there were last week, meaning that

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An Occurrence of Foot and Mouth Disease in Domestic Livestock in Russia

March 23, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

  On March 21st, in the Trans-Baikal region, the State Veterinary Service received confirmation of an occurrence of Foot and Mouth Disease in domestic livestock

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Mysterious Deaths in Chiang Mai, Thailand

March 23, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

  On February 7th, 2011, New Zealand news sources announced that a Wellington woman was dead and two others were seriously ill after returning from

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Human Cases of Avian Influenza in Bangladesh

March 18, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Two cases avian influenza (H5N1) have been reported in the Kamalapur area of Dhaka.  The first case is a one year old girl and second

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Plague Continues to Spread in Madagascar

March 18, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Since early February 2011 deaths from both pneumonic and bubonic plague have been occurring in Northern Madagascar. As of February 23rd a total of 45

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Human Cases of Avian Influenza in Bangladesh

March 18, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Two cases avian influenza (H5N1) have been reported in the Kamalapur area of Dhaka.  The first case is a one year old girl and second

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Meningitis in Ghana and the United States

March 18, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

Fifteen people have died from meningitis in Ghana’s Upper West Region with over 100 cases reported. Ghana is located in the Meningitis Belt of sub-Saharan

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The Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

March 15, 2011January 25, 2023 Sumiko Mekaru

  On March 11th, 2011 a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck just off the coast or Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, 231 miles northeast of Tokyo. The largest ever recorded in

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