Industry's concern over outbreak
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Members of the UK poultry trade brace themselves for the impact of avian flu on business after the discovery of the H5N1 strain in Suffolk.
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Health and safety officials are urged to act after a report finds one in three industry deaths occur on building sites.
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The world is at an unprecedented time in the history of influenza with the threat posed by the current widespread outbreak of the H5N1 avian strain in Asia, a conference on global infectious diseases was told today.
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The discovery of a novel virus in two Wisconsin babies thought to be victims of sudden infant death syndrome has triggered questions about how often such mysterious tragedies might be due to germs.
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The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of blu flu.
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An E. coli outbreak that has sickened 59 people in the Northeast is prompting concern among West Coast farmers after officials announced that scallions suspected as carriers of the bacteria came from a Southern California farm.
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New Jersey's top health official is describing a recent spate of E. coli sickness as "a serious outbreak," but says the threat seems to have passed.
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SAN FRANCISCO/OXNARD, California  - California's farming industry is girding for another potential black eye after a second outbreak this year of a potentially deadly E. coli strain linked to its crops.
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Tommy G. Thompson expressed concern about the threat of a global flu epidemic and the possibility of a terrorist attack on the nation's food supply.
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The authorities in Singapore voice concern about a tropical disease that has killed 23 people this year.
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An outbreak of bacterial meningitis in China that has so far claimed 16 lives should not be considered cause for alarm, a senior health official was quoted as saying by state media.
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Concern over growing levels of obesity has sparked a lively debate among food sector professionals and health experts about how to halt a trend that is medically and economically harmful.
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Amid warnings of new infectious disease outbreaks, delegates to the World Health Organization&#39;s regional conference were discussing Tuesday ways to improve strategies for dealing with SARS, avian influenza and threats to food safety
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State and federal health authorities  were trying on Wednesday to determine the cause of an outbreak  that has sickened about 1,000 people who visited an Ohio island  getaway in Lake Erie.
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While most health experts agree that the bird flu virus represents a grave danger and is highly likely to spread unless urgent steps are taken, some virologists caution that alarmist warnings could harm preparedness plans.
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Most health experts agree that Asian bird flu poses a grave danger and will likely spread unless urgent steps are taken. But some virologists caution that alarmist warnings could harm preparedness plans.
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Asia faces an outbreak of unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza, which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.