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Month: October 2011

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Cause of Australia’s Mysterious Horse Deaths Found

October 14, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

The sudden deaths of five horses on 5 Oct. 2011 put Australian horse owners on high alert. Since June of this year, 22 horses have

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First locally-acquired dengue infection in Palm Beach, FL

October 13, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Palm Beach County Health Department reported it’s first locally acquired case of dengue this morning, 13 Oct. 2011. While eight other cases have been reported

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Cholera continues to spread in West and Central Africa

October 13, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Since the beginning of 2011, more than 85,000 cases of cholera and 2,466 resulting deaths have been reported in West and Central Africa. According to

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Potential for untreatable gonorrhea?

October 12, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

This Monday, 10 Oct. 2011, doctors from the United Kingdom reported that gonorrhea has developed an increased resistance to the antibiotic currently used to treat

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Avian Flu Death Count Rises in Indonesia

October 11, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Three H5N1 deaths in Indonesia bring the country’s avian influenza death count to 149. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported today the death of a

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Spanish researchers report favorable results in HIV vaccine trial

October 11, 2011January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

The Spanish National Research Council’s National Center for Biotechnology recently released details from the phase one clinical trial of the MVA-B vaccine against HIV, the

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Terrorism and Food Safety

October 10, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Early this morning, MSNBC released a report on the post 9/11 influx of foreign insects into the United States and the impact of this flood

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Madagascar sees surge in leprosy cases

October 7, 2011January 25, 2023 Amy L. Sonricker Hansen

    One hundred and thirty countries submitted reports of leprosy to the World Health Organization (WHO) at start of 2011, with 228,474 new cases

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2011 Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine

October 7, 2011January 25, 2023 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

This past Monday, the Nobel Foundation announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine. The winners have been honored for their discoveries in immunology

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Legionnaires’ Disease: Today and in 1976

October 6, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

  Yesterday, Oct. 5 2011, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported three guests at an Ocean City, Md. hotel were hospitalized and

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