U.S. Warns Tourists of Malaria in Dominican Republic
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Americans traveling to some parts of the Dominican Republic should take the drug chloroquine to protect themselves from a malaria outbreak, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - People who've visited tropical   areas -- particularly India and islands in the Indian Ocean --   and are suffering from fever and joint pain could have   chikungunya virus infection, public health officials warn.
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World Health Organization official David Nabarro says health officials expect the first wave of sickness to be cholera and diahhreal disease, which he says will strike in about one week.
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Investigators are trying to determine the source of an outbreak of gastrointestinal infections on an island in Ohio. More than 1,000 visitors to South Bass Island in Lake Erie
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Diarrhea, malaria, dengue fever, and even meningitis and flu may be waiting to cause a second wave of misery across Indian Ocean coastal
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic  - Tropical  Storm Jeanne brought heavy rain and winds to the Dominican  Republic on Thursday after killing two people in Puerto Rico,  as the latest in a stream of Atlantic storms crossed the  Caribbean toward the United States.
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Health officials started warning the public in March: Expect a high number of West Nile cases throughout Southern California when the mosquito season begins.
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The State Department issued a reminder Monday that ongoing terrorist threats in Kenya present a safety and security risk for American citizens in the area.
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Travelers to parts of Africa and Asia   are returning with a new mosquito-borne virus and the U.S.   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Thursday   it could become entrenched in new areas.
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The ambassador for the Dominican Republic,    Hugo Guiliani Cury, says one of his great challenges in representing a small country at peace has been attracting the attention of officials and policymakers in Washington.
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Survivors of the storm that ravaged Haiti face a new menace as contaminated water, putrefying bodies and devastated sanitary systems threaten an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as malaria and tetanus, aid workers warned yesterday.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic  - A  strengthened Tropical Storm Jeanne was headed for the Bahamas  on Saturday after an assault on the Dominican Republic that  left seven people dead and forced thousands from their homes.
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August and September mark the peak season for West Nile virus in humans and New Jersey health officials are urging residents to remain vigilant in guarding against mosquitoes carrying the deadly disease.
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Scientists from the University of Granada, deep in southern Spain, announced this weekend that they will head to the Dominican Republic next month to analyse human remains in Santo Domingo believed to be those ...
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The State Department issued a warning Wednesday asking Americans to defer travel to Guyana because of flooding that has killed at least two people in the South American country over the past week.
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Thai researchers have urged people in  Southeast Asia to stop eating raw freshwater fish because they  risk becoming infected with a parasitic worm that may  predispose them to developing liver cancer.
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The U.S. has halted payments to clinics that treat AIDS patients in Puerto Rico, forcing hundreds of poor people to go without free medicine in a U.S. territory with an AIDS rate nearly double that of the mainland