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| Aug.18 |
India |
Brain-swelling disease kills dozens Map of Uttar Pradesh India| Doctors say acute encephalitis outbreak has killed 130 people -- mostly children -- in northern India. 640 patients had tested positive | |
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| Aug.3 |
Western China |
Plague death toll rises Map of Ziketan China A third man has died of pneumonic plague in north-western China where a town of more than 10,000 people has been sealed off
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| May.31 |
Sri Lanka |
Tamils 'facing misery' A senior Tamil political leader V Anandasangaree has urged the government to resettle civilians back to their homes as early as possible
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| Apr.19 |
Sri Lanka |
Red Cross 'worn out' in Sri Lanka| The International Committee of the Red Cross says government doctors working in the remaining area of fighting do not have enough supplies | |
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| Feb.21 |
Gujarat |
Arrests after hepatitis B kills 32 Authorities were carrying out raids at medical stores for bogus drugs and recycled syringes after an outbreak left 32 people dead
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| Feb.11 |
Western China |
China kills 13,000 birds to control epidemic Map of Xinjiang China 500 fowl that had died in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region tested positive for the H5N1 virus
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| Sep.18 |
Western China |
4th baby dies from tainted formula Map of Xinjiang China| Officials in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported the death of a baby in the expanding contaminated infant formula case | |
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| May.26 |
Myanmar |
Disease fears loom over Myanmar The junta insists health conditions are normal in devastated Irawaddy delta. But in many areas they are a recipe for disease
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| Dec.16 |
Pakistan |
Deadly bird flu jumps International health experts have been dispatched to Pakistan to help investigate the cause of South Asia's first outbreak in people
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| Aug.7 |
India |
Millions face flood disease threat  The UN is warning of a health crisis in southern Asia, where 30 million people have been overwhelmed by the rains and flash flooding
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| Mar.16 |
Mumbai |
5 more nations hit by bird flu Afghanistan, India and Myanmar had confirmed H5N1 caused recent outbreaks
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| Mar.12 |
Myanmar |
Burma reports first bird flu case The virus H5N1 was detected after more than 100 chickens died near Mandalay earlier this month
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| Feb.21 |
India |
Chicken slaughter expanded Officials widening to 6.2 miles the radius of the zone in which all poultry is being killed to stop the spread of H5N1
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| Feb.19 |
India |
India carries out huge bird cull Health officials are engaged in a cull of half a million birds, after finding the country's first cases of the H5N1 strain
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| Jan.25 |
Western China |
China bird flu death toll hits 7 A woman in southwestern China has died from bird flu
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| Jan.8 |
India |
India 'loses 10m female births' More than 10m female births in India may have been lost to abortion and sex selection in the past 20 years
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| Nov.29 |
Pakistan |
Pneumonia takes hold in quake zone Hundreds of people, most of them children, have contracted pneumonia as harsh winter weather sets in
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| Oct.11 |
Pakistan |
Disease threat for quake zone Weather is hampering relief efforts to survivors of the deadliest quake in S. Asia for a century
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| Jul.28 |
Mumbai |
Disease fears after monsoon Authorities are racing against time to prevent epidemics as the death toll from a monsoon reaches 700
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| Dec.27 |
Sri Lanka |
Survivors face disease threat Relief workers warn of greater tragedy ahead if disease breaks out on a wide scale
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| Aug.2 |
Bangladesh |
Flood aftermath compounds misery| Disease is adding to the misery of millions of people still huddled in shelters or stranded in their flooded homes | |
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