Bacteria in Soil Kills 24 in Singapore
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A soil-borne bacterial infection called melioidosis has killed 24 people in Singapore this year, making it more deadly than SARS (news - web sites) or bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.
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Blood tests confirmed anthrax caused the deaths of six people after they ate meat from a sick goat, Indonesia&#39;s agriculture ministry said on Monday.
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At least 24 people were killed and  dozens were missing in the central Philippines after heavy  rains and waves whipped up by a tropical storm sank several  boats, disaster officials said on Monday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Flooding and mudslides innortheastern Colombia killed at least 24 people and forced morethan 30,000 from their homes, authorities said on Sunday.
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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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An Indonesian village has been sealed off after about 20 people fell ill after consuming anthrax-infected beef, a health official said Monday.
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Health inspectors noted 12 possible safety breaches at the butcher's premises believed to be at the centre of a deadly E coli outbreak months before the bacteria spread through schools in south Wales, killing a five-year-old boy, an inquiry has heard
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A bacterium closely related to bugs that cause gangrene, tetanus and food poisoning could help to beat cancer.
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BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): The death toll from Sundayâs tidal wave disaster climbed to more than 67,000 yesterday and experts warned that disease epidemics from rotting corpses, smashed sewers and contaminated water could double the figure.
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The death toll from Typhoon Aere has risen to 24 in Taiwan as the bodies of 15 villagers buried in a mudslide in the island&#39;s north are recovered.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Flooding and mudslides in  northeastern Colombia killed at least 24 people and forced more  than 30,000 from their homes, authorities said on Sunday.
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Did you forget to empty the stale water in the bottom of your flower pot? In tropical Singapore, you could be fined S$100 if environmental inspectors find mosquito larvae in your home because of such carelessness.
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Two people were killed after a garbage   dump they were sifting through collapsed on them near the   Indonesian capital, a police official said on Friday. Media   reports said 22 others may be missing.
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A Thai medic sprays disinfectant over the rotting corpses of those killed in Sunday&#39;s tidal waves at a Buddhist temple in Pang-Nga province, southern Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004.
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There are reports a bacteria plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. After studying the spread of Clostridium difficile bacteria at eight hospitals in Montreal, a
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A strain of bacteria that has been plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. A study by McGill University epidemiologist Vivian Loo looked at incidents of Clostridium
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TRENTON, N.J. - Flesh-eating bacteria cases, fatal pneumonia and life-threatening heart infections suddenly are popping up around the country, striking healthy people and stunning their doctors...