Yellow fever alert alarms Brazil
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Brazil confirms a man who died in the capital did have yellow fever, as hundreds queue for vaccinations.
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Brazil has called for more UN troops to be sent to Haiti to curb a wave of unrest in which more than 40 people have been killed in a fortnight.
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SHANGHAI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a global outbreak of avian influenza unless greater efforts are made to fight the disease in countries already affected
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BANGKOK A day after Thai and international officials confirmed the first probable human-to-human transmission of a virulent strain of avian influenza in this country, public health systems around the globe were scrambling to prepare for a possible pandemic
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Officials are concerned about the possible spread of serious ailments such as cholera, typhoid and malaria and also issued warnings about the bird flu virus.
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Diarrhea, malaria, dengue fever, and even meningitis and flu may be waiting to cause a second wave of misery across Indian Ocean coastal
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BUENOS AIRES, March 7 -- Recent heavy rains in South America have killed dozens of people, wiped out thousands of homes and triggered outbreaks of dengue fever in several countries.
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The Brazilian food producer is poultry in motion.
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The biggest case yet of humans possibly infecting others with bird flu prompted the World Health Organization to put the maker of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on alert for possible shipment of the global stockpile for the first time, officials said Saturday.
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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 epidemic caused by a little-known virus has broken out on a group of islands in the western Pacific Ocean, as warmer weather and heavy rain fuel the spread of mosquito-borne diseases in many parts of the world.
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The state Health Department yesterday issued an alert asking local doctors to be on the lookout for any cases of West Nile virus, after more new cases turned up in California and Las Vegas.
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BRASILIA, Jan. 24 -- Brazil said Thursday that it would send additional federal police and environmental agents to the Amazon following an announcement that illegal clearing of the rain forest had jumped dramatically last year.
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The World Health Organisation warns mix of avian and human flu might kill up to seven million people around the world. Guangdong authorities launch a SARS alarm.
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KUALA LUMPUR (dpa) - Malaysia announced Tuesday that it has detected three new outbreaks of the deadly avian influenza, one of which is outside the quarantine zone of the first area hit by the virus.
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A Portuguese-sounding version of the virus has appeared in the wild. Be wary of mail from Manaus.
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Few diseases inspire as much panic as an outbreak of Ebola fever.