Dead aristocrat's hidden flu clue
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A Yorkshire aristocrat who died nearly 90 years ago could help the global fight against bird flu, experts say.
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The mystery illness in the southern parts of Sri Lanka which has killed eight people was a type of influenza and had no links with bird flu or SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), the official Daily News said Tuesday.
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SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Seventy-year-old Homer Fink spent eight hours sitting next to a supermarket Halloween display to get a flu shot that he wasn't able to get at five other places...
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Bangkok, Sept. 28 (VNA) - The Health Ministry of Thailand on Tuesday confirmed that Pranee Krongkaew, 26, died on September 20 of the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza.
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Gordon Rugg cracked the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich manuscript. Next up: everything from Alzheimer's to the origins of the universe. By Joseph D'Agnese from Wired magazine.
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A suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is discovered in the UK near the site of the last outbreak.
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Archaeologists have discovered the mummified remains of a doctor they believe lived more than 4,000 years ago and was buried along with metal surgical tools.
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Authorities warn that millions of people could be killed. Humans, rather than animals, would be the carriers of the new flu. The high density of poultry and humans in several Asian countries has been blamed
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_ An 83-year-old man from Westchester has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the first human case recorded in the county this year, the county health commissioner said Wednesday.
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A virus appears to be a prime suspect â but not likely to be the only culprit â in the mass die-offs of honeybees reported last fall and winter.
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A public-health doctor discovers that poor diet, not airborne microbes, is the cause of pellagra, a debilitating and often fatal disease. He's bucking the medical establishment, though, and his findings are not universally accepted.
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One of history's deadliest diseases has been making a comeback. Scientists want to know why
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Scientists hope the understanding of past flu pandemics can help us better prepare for future crises.
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A study of a closely knit family with several members suffering from a rare illness is providing what researchers say may be important clues to the cause
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He died after a prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 80.
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LONDON, Feb. 3 -- The deadly H5N1 Asian strain of bird flu, which has killed 165  people since 2003, has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in eastern England, health authorities said Saturday.
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Results of tests to establish whether a farm worker contracted bird flu are due to be revealed.