Singapore: 23 Deaths from Soil-Based Bacterial Infection
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Singapore says at least 23 people have been killed this year from a soil-based bacterial infection in the country. Singapore health officials say melioidosis has a mortality rate three times greater than Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
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The outbreak that struck a family in Indonesia may have been more dangerous than originally believed, a new report says
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More than 10 children have died of diarrhoea or dysentery in the storm-battered Philippines and fears of further sickness as well as an outbreak of malaria are rising due to the wet conditions and a lack of clean drinking water, UN agencies warned.
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NEW YORK  - DNA from a microbe that is  transmitted by body lice and can cause trench fever, was  recently identified in a human tooth dating back more than 4000  years, according to a new report.
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Malaysia and Singapore have introduced tough measures to combat an explosion of dengue fever, fining companies and homeowners who fail to control breeding grounds of mosquitoes responsible for a disease usually associated with poor tropical countries.
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A deadly bacteria that attacks the intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more frequency at a handful of Ontario hospitals, Joshua Tepper, the Canadian province's acting chief medical officer of health, said on Tuesday.
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Authorities in Singapore have expressed concern about the rising death toll from the tropical disease melioidosis. Twenty-three of the 57 people diagnosed with the soil-born disease from January to July died, health officials said.
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More than twice as many people have fallen ill this year with a strain of bacteria responsible for food poisoning, experts say.
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HOUSTON  A man has died from flesh-eating bacteria that entered his body through a minor cut on his leg.
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A chronology of events in the deadly outbreak of E. coli in the southwestern Ontario farming town of Walkerton. May 12, 2000: Torrential rains wash bacteria from cattle manure into Walkerton&#39;s shallow town well.
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A rare outbreak of cholera in  Singapore has killed an 89-year-old man, among nine people  infected, and authorities are trying to trace the source of the  disease, the government said Monday.
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Singapore homeowners found with mosquitoes breeding on their premises will be fined instantly after dengue fever cases hit a 10-year high in the city-state better known for its spotless streets.
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Singapore is to fine people who allow  mosquitoes to breed in their homes in a bid to curb dengue  fever, a sometimes fatal disease that has soared to a 10-year  high in the island-state.
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By Celia Hall, Medical Editor and Roger Highfield, Science Editor. Disease could kill as many along south Asia&#39;s stricken coasts as have been killed in the disaster unless clean water and medical help reaches
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Luong Van Inh is among a neglected group of Asians threatened by an environmental hazard rarely considered: indoor air pollution. Caused by burning wood, coal or other cheap fuels in kitchens, it kills about 1.5 million people worldwide each year.
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A deadly bacteria that attacks the  intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more  frequency at a handful of Ontario hospitals, Joshua Tepper, the  Canadian province's acting chief medical officer of health,  said on Tuesday.
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The number of deaths linked to a hospital bug called Clostridium difficile has outstripped those due to MRSA, statistics show.