Dengue fever threatens continental US
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West Nile virus - the sequel US health officials have warned that the global warming and inadequate control of mosquito populations could see dengue fever spread from the tropics to the continental US, Reuters reports.â¦
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An outbreak of dengue fever across  northern India has touched Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's  family, with a son-in-law and two grandsons admitted to  hospital with symptoms of the disease, newspapers reported on  Thursday.
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West Nile virus, which surged in the Southwest this summer, has been silent or merely steady in Georgia and other parts of the country - but recent hurricanes in the Southeast could provoke more activity this fall, health officials say.
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Paraguay has declared a state of emergency following a wave of dengue fever cases as concerns over the mosquito-borne illness rise across Latin America.
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(December 25, 2004) - West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne illness that prompted some panic when it first hit America in 1999, barely drew a batted eyelash this year in New York as human cases plummeted.
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A rare sexually transmitted disease that is spreading among gay and bisexual men in Europe could be poised to surface in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will take months to brew a vaccine, say government preparations for the next pandemic.
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Americans traveling to some parts of  the Dominican Republic should take the drug chloroquine to  protect themselves from a malaria outbreak, U.S. health  officials said on Thursday.
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Southeast Asian nations are battling a surge in dengue cases, amid signs that climate change could make 2007 the worst year on record for a disease that often gets less attention than some higher-profile health risks.
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HANOI, Vietnam -- The worst outbreak of dengue fever in years has hit Southeast Asia, prompting the World Health Organization to call for better prevention campaigns as experts question whether global warming is partly to blame.
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LOS ANGELES A new survey about West Nile finds residents of California and Arizona -- the two states hardest hit this year by the virus -- are less likely to take precautions against mosquitoes than people elsewhere in the nation.
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An airline passenger infected with a particularly lethal form of tuberculosis been put under quarantine. How much of a threat is the disease to others on the plane and in the U.S?
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State health officials across New England think the disease could spread quickly, particularly because of the regionâs abundance of college students, who are thought to be at particular risk.
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British health officials said Friday that US officials were warned in mid-September that ongoing problems at California-based Chiron&#39;s flu vaccine manufacturing plant in Liverpool, England, &quot;could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to the United States
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Chagas disease is common in Latin America and increasingly prevalent in the U.S. blood supply.
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Exotic animals captured in the wild are streaming into the U.S. by the millions with little or no screening for disease, leaving Americans vulnerable to a virulent outbreak that could rival a terrorist act.
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PHOENIX Aug. 17, 2004  With triple-digit heat and nearly nonexistent rainfall, Phoenix seems an unlikely spot for this year&#39;s West Nile virus epicenter. Yet, federal health officials say Arizona is the only state where the mosquito-borne virus is an ...