Hepatitis Outbreak Laid to Water and Sewage Failures
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A virulent form of hepatitis that is especially lethal for pregnant women has broken out in two of Iraq's most troubled districts.
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Thousands of food service workers in eateries across Los Angeles might be vaccinated for hepatitis A because of a series of outbreaks of the disease.
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By TONY WALL; ARNOLD, Karen  UNTREATED ANIMAL effluent from a meat works leaked into Te Kuiti's water supply yesterday, prompting health authorities to warn residents to boil drinking water and stay clear of infected waterways.
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A string of problems were identified at the Bernard Matthews plant before the recent outbreak of bird flu.
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The World Health Organization (news - web sites) issued new guidelines on Tuesday on preventing contamination of drinking water supplies and resultant illnesses.
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KELOWNA, BC (CP) - Health officials in the BC Interior issued a public warning Wednesday after a restaurant worker was diagnosed with hepatitis A. Health officials say hundreds of people may have to be vaccinated
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KELOWNA, British Columbia -- A restaurant and bar worker in this southern interior British Columbia town has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, and the implications may go well beyond the province.
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By Zheng Lifei and Zhang Kun  SHANGHAI: Five officials have been punished for their failure to stop companies from discharging untreated sewage into Taihu Lake, where a massive algae outbreak left the people of Wuxi without tap water for a week earlier this month.
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Australians mopping up flood-damaged homes north of Sydney on Tuesday faced disease from sewage-contaminated floodwaters, while around 1,000 people remained cut off by flooded rivers, said officials.
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Two brothers who ran a water system that became contaminated with e.coli bacteria, killing seven people and affecting 2,300 others, were sentenced today for their role in one of Canadaâs worst public health disasters.
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Two hospitals in Belfast are struck by a virus that causes vomiting and diahorrea.
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Aid agencies and governments scrambled yesterday to mount an emergency operation aimed at averting epidemics of typhoid, hepatitis and cholera across southern Asia, as the death toll from the Indian Ocean ...
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By Zane Wilson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Dec. 15--Customers of the Browns Ferry Water District in central Georgetown County were advised late Thursday to boil their water before drinking it or use bottled water because E. coli was found in the water.
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Investigators are to report on the causes of an E.coli outbreak which led to kidney failure in children at a nursery.
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Investigators searching for the source of an outbreak that sickened hundreds of travelers on a Lake Erie resort island are focusing on drinking water.
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An outbreak of water and food-borne disease called acute gastroenteritis stormed all 45 towns of Pangasinan on July 22. Department of Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit reported that the
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WASHINGTON: The World Health Organisation, Doctors Without Borders and other agencies have begun rushing medical teams, generators and other equipment to provide safe drinking water and sanitation and reduce threats of infectious-disease outbreaks in the