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KPC Bacteria Kills 50 in Panama

August 23, 2011January 25, 2023 Laura Pinheiro

For the last month, Panama’s Social Security Hospital (CSS) is experiencing an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) infections among its patients. On Tuesday, August

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Rio de Janeiro: Carnival 2011

March 9, 2011January 25, 2023 Laura Pinheiro

  The much-anticipated Carnival in Brazil comes to an end today, March 8th, better known in the United States as “Fat Tuesday”.  After four days

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Playboy Mansion Hit with Legionnaires’ Disease

February 17, 2011January 25, 2023 Laura Pinheiro

On February 3, Hugh Hefner hosted a fundraiser for Jenny McCarthy's Generation Rescue Autism Foundation at the infamous Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills in California.

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