Ebola spreads panic better than it spreads itself
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Few diseases inspire as much panic as an outbreak of Ebola fever.
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Tens of thousands of survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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Scientists hope the understanding of past flu pandemics can help us better prepare for future crises.
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Less than two weeks ago, Dr. Duane Gubler was walking the streets of Galle in Sri Lanka, heading a World Health Organization team assessing the country&#39;s response to dengue hemorrhagic fever.
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The latest variant of the Sober virus was released on Friday and has been spreading over the weekend, but antivirus experts say the situation could have been much worse.
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When everyone around you is panicking, that's the time to pounce.
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Health experts are mostly looking in the wrong places for the next AIDS, Ebola, or bird flu and should shift resources from rich countries to the developing world most likely to spawn the next big disease, researchers say.
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The polio eradication campaign has made remarkable strides in Nigeria. But a recent outbreak  -  caused by the vaccine itself  -  threatens to derail it
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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 18 -- International medical personnel and supplies are being airlifted to a remote region of central Congo to combat what threatens to become the world's most serious outbreak of the deadly ebola virus in years.
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MEDAN, Indonesia -- These are the lucky ones. Fate sent them to the crumbling wards of the Pirngadi General Hospital instead of to their graves. Here, where many victims with the most complicated injuries from the Dec. 26 tsunami were evacuated, survivors embark on daunting recoveries.
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WASHINGTON -- Recent outbreaks of ebola among people in Africa also killed thousands of gorillas, a species already
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The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in south and southeast Asia can cope after some 12,000 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless by giant tsunami waves.
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Infectious diseases are spreading faster than ever, the World Health Organization annual report says.
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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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An outbreak of avian influenza (&#39;bird flu&#39;) among villagers in Thailand is raising fresh fears that spread of the virus, which kills 75 per cent of people it infects, could, at least in principle, reach pandemic proportions.
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The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that rocked the region around the Indian Ocean last week may be driven much higher by disease, American health experts say.
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Health workers launched an emergency operation on Wednesday to fight an outbreak of deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever in southern Congo, airlifting supplies, setting up isolation tents and disinfecting contaminated areas.