January 8, 2009 — A dead monkey found in a forest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could be one of the sources behind the recent outbreak of Ebola in the country’s southwestern Kasai province.
December 26, 2008 — The northern winter sees the re-emergence of a lethal strain of avian influenza in Hong Kong, Cambodia, Taiwan, Bangladesh, India and Egypt, health experts warn.
December 5, 2008 — An outbreak of cholera has killed several hundred Zimbabweans and infected more than 11,000 others across a country now without a functional economic or health care system.
November 28, 2008 — Some brown rats may now be helping to spread a new strain of flea-bourne bacteria that can cause heart disease and other serious illness in humans, according to a new study.
November 7, 2008
Backyard raccoons could cary disease like the human and bird strains of influenza.
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Backyard raccoons could cary disease like the human and bird strains of influenza.
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Viral Outbreak Kills 20 Children in Eastern China - May 3, 2008
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Ebola Vaccine Aiming For Human Trials - April 4, 2008
Dengue Outbreak Causes Health Crisis in Rio de Janeiro - March 28, 2008
Yellow Fever Spreads Across South America - February 22, 2008
Experts Study Human Bird Flu Infections in Pakistan - December 21, 2007
Uganda Ebola Deaths Mount - December 7, 2007
Angolan Mystery Illness May Be Due to Toxic Exposure - November 23, 2007
Zimbabwe Anthrax Outbreak - October 26, 2007
Bird Flu Mutating to More Easily Infect Humans - October 12, 2007
Ebola Outbreak May have Peaked in Congo - October 5, 2007
Ebola Reappears in the Congo - September 14, 2007
A New Virus, Likely Carried by Bats, Infects Malaysian Family - July 6, 2007
China Launches Olympic Effort to Fight Disease - May 9, 2008
Viral Outbreak Kills 20 Children in Eastern China - May 3, 2008
Natural Clay Can Help Heal "Superbug" Infections - April 11, 2008
Ebola Vaccine Aiming For Human Trials - April 4, 2008
Dengue Outbreak Causes Health Crisis in Rio de Janeiro - March 28, 2008
Yellow Fever Spreads Across South America - February 22, 2008
Experts Study Human Bird Flu Infections in Pakistan - December 21, 2007
Uganda Ebola Deaths Mount - December 7, 2007
Angolan Mystery Illness May Be Due to Toxic Exposure - November 23, 2007
Zimbabwe Anthrax Outbreak - October 26, 2007
Bird Flu Mutating to More Easily Infect Humans - October 12, 2007
Ebola Outbreak May have Peaked in Congo - October 5, 2007
Ebola Reappears in the Congo - September 14, 2007
A New Virus, Likely Carried by Bats, Infects Malaysian Family - July 6, 2007
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