Dengue alert issued in S America
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A health alert is declared in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia after an outbreak of dengue fever.
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The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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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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AMERICA - Allarme per una epidemia di dengue in quasi tutti  i paesi dellÂAmerica latina dove le piogge sono piÃ¹ frequenti Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Campagne di mobilitazione e disinfestazioni in tutti i paesi a rischio dengue. LÂincidenza della malattia si incrementa ogni anno a partire dal mese di giugno, quando inizia la stagione delle piogge. In Guatemala, El Salvador, ...
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Singapore is to fine people who allow  mosquitoes to breed in their homes in a bid to curb dengue  fever, a sometimes fatal disease that has soared to a 10-year  high in the island-state.
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The number of people infected with dengue in Singapore in a single week has risen to the year's highest level, the government said, amid a surge in the number of dengue infections across Southeast Asia.
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The Public Health Ministry yesterday confirmed the second case of human bird flu in a new wave of the deadly disease and announced it was putting all parts of the country on high alert for the epidemic.
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Malaysia went on a nationwide alert against bird flu Thursday after officials confirmed that a deadly strain of the disease, blamed for the deaths of 27 people in Asia, had been found in a tiny northern village.
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Nov 18, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said today it is running confirmatory tests on a possible new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease.
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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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A 30-year-old man from northern San Luis Obispo County tested positive for West Nile virus, marking the Central Coast&#39;s first confirmed human case of the mosquito-borne disease, officials announced Monday.
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The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced on Monday that a mosquito sample from Thompson Township has tested positive for West Nile virus.
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An outbreak of water and food-borne disease called acute gastroenteritis stormed all 45 towns of Pangasinan on July 22. Department of Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit reported that the
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A pool of mosquitoes in the Liberty area has tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquitoes were collected Aug. 19 during surveillance by the Adams County Health Department
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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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Kane County health officials again this week warned residents against forgetting about West Nile virus as the number of virus-carrying mosquitoes appears to be on the rise.
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Floridians are being urged to drain  standing pools of water to cut the risk of an outbreak of West  Nile or other mosquito-borne disease in the wake of Hurricane  Charley, an official with the state health department said on  Thursday.