Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in Congo
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The lethal Ebola virus has resurfaced in central Congo, U.N. officials said, and health experts were rushing supplies and doctors into the remote area to contain the disease.
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Foot and mouth disease has been confirmed in British cattle close to the site of last month&#39;s outbreak near London, government sources said, according to television stations.
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Tests confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at a farm in southern England Friday, the sixth case in Britain since August, after cattle showed symptoms of the virus and were ordered slaughtered.
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KINSHASA, Congo, Nov. 30 -- A senior Congolese official said Tuesday that troops from neighboring Rwanda had crossed into eastern Congo, and UN officials said they were investigating reports of Rwandan forces
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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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More than 100 people have died in a remote part of Congo, including all those who attended the funerals of two village chiefs, in what health officials fear is an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever.
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8 December 2004 - Following helicopter and foot patrols in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission in the country has found evidence of hostilities by &quot;an armed, organized but unknown military presence,&quot; but has not
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An anthrax outbreak has killed 194 hippos in western Uganda, wildlife officials said Tuesday, and scientists are struggling to develop a way to quickly diagnose and contain the disease.
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JOHANNESBURG - International medical personnel and supplies are being airlifted to a remote region of central Democratic Republic of Congo to combat what threatens to become the world's most serious outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in years.
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The continued spread of the Ebola virus could wipe out the species, researchers are reporting today.
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A new outbreak of foot and mouth in Britain was caused by the same strain of virus which was declared &quot;eradicated&quot; only last week, initial test results showed Thursday.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has placed it troops on alert and is deploying soldiers to the east of the country, after reports that Rwandan troops have infiltrated the area.
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Uganda said on Wednesday it had eradicated an outbreak of Ebola that infected 149 people, of whom 37 died, mostly in a remote western district.
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Panama's Health Ministry declared a national epidemic alert on Tuesday after a mystery illness killed at least six people and left others suffering with fever, diarrhea and partial paralysis.
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Maun, Botswana - An anthrax outbreak which has killed close to 200 buffaloes, elephants and a hippo in Botswana has spread to Namibia where it is posing a serious threat to livestock, officials said on Thursday.
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New York (VNA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said an outbreak of disease could crop up in the wake of the Dec. 26 Tsunami, killing as many people as lost their lives in the initial disaster.
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The continued spread of the Ebola virus, along with hunting, could wipe out the species, researchers said.