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| Jun. 20 |
Florida |
Salmonella traced to Florida or Mexico
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| Jun. 11 |
Hong Kong |
Bird flu find prompts mass slaughter
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| Jun.3 |
South Africa |
Group wraps 1,800-mile anti-malaria trip
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| Jun.2 |
 China |
China works to prevent 'epidemic' 
China vowed to prevent any outbreak of disease as it cleans up after last month's massive earthquake that killed nearly 70,000
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| May.28 |
Colombia |
Weeks of rain bring disease
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| May.26 |
Myanmar |
Disease fears loom over Myanmar
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| May.18 |
 Southern Italy |
Naples rubbish crisis sparks health fears The U.S. military in Naples is testing tap water and soil because of health worries from that city's pileup of smoldering rubbish
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| May.14 |
Beijing |
Child-killing virus hits Beijing The death toll in outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 42 children, with the capital Beijing reporting its first case
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| May.9 |
Canada |
Quarantined train to be rolling soon
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China |
Death toll from virus reaches 32
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Cyclone death toll jumps to 22,000
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| May.5 |
China |
Virus death toll hits 26 |
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| May.3 |
China |
China on alert over deadly child virus Map of Anhui China| Health Ministry strengthened surveillance and dispatched specialists to the Anhui province as the death toll from a virulent virus climbed to 22 | |
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| Apr.23 |
Sadr City |
Food, drugs run short in Sadr City |
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| Apr.15 |
Paris |
France targets anorexia in media |
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| Apr.7 |
Brazil |
Residents feel neglected in dengue fight |
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| Apr.3 |
 Brazil |
Thousands hit by outbreak of dengue More than 55,000 cases of a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne disease, have been reported in a southeastern Brazilian state in the past 4 mont...
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| Mar.27 |
Paris |
Overdose killed face tumor woman |
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| Mar.23 |
Washington |
FDA suspects cantaloupe, salmonella link |
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| Mar.21 |
France |
Autopsy on tumor woman inconclusive |
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| Mar.12 |
Hong Kong |
Schools close amid flu fears |
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| Mar.10 |
Washington |
Gulf War illness 'chemical link' |
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| Feb.22 |
Paraguay |
Yellow fever outbreak kills 7 |
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Stranded take buses anywhere
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Ireland |
Pilot 'breakdown' diverts flight |
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| Dec.16 |
Pakistan |
Deadly bird flu jumps |
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| Dec.13 |
Indonesia |
Indonesian bird flu deaths climb |
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| Nov.26 |
USA |
Anti-polio drive gets $200m boost |
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| Nov.20 |
 UN |
HIV estimates reduced to 33m The UN has reduced its estimates of how many people are infected with HIV in 2007 from nearly 40m to 33m
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| Nov.3 |
Mexico |
Devastating floods prompt outbreak fears |
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| Oct.10 |
Nigeria |
Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria |
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Millions flee as typhoon rips into China
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Peru |
Scores ill in 'meteor crash'
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| Aug.29 |
Northern Iraq |
U.N.: Cholera outbreak |
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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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| Aug.3 |
 England |
Farm infected with foot-and-mouth Map of Guildford United Kingdom| 60 animals on the farm at a farm in Surrey have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease | |
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| Jul.23 |
Sydney |
World 'losing fight against Aids' |
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| May.31 |
US Georgia |
TB patient moved from Atlanta quarantine |
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| May.23 |
Indonesia |
Girl dies from bird flu |
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| Feb.9 |
South Korea |
New bird flu outbreak |
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Indonesia |
Authorities to disinfect Jakarta |
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| Feb.3 |
England |
Bird flu virus is Asian strain
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| Jan.4 |
Hong Kong |
WHO vows focus on flu and Africa |
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Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing
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| Dec.21 |
England |
Flu 'could wipe out 62 million' |
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| Dec.19 |
Vietnam |
New bird flu outbreak |
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| Dec.1 |
 London |
Pair test positive for polonium A contact and the wife of dead former spy Litvinenko have both tested positive for polonium-210
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London |
Dead spy's contact 'has radiation' |
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| Jul.19 |
Indonesia |
Indonesia bird flu deaths hit 42 |
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| May.31 |
UN |
World hasn't met AIDS targets |
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| Mar.21 |
 Azerbaijan |
Bird flu kills five WHO: 5 people have died from the H5N1 strain in Azerbaijan since February
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| Mar.12 |
UN Tribunal |
Milosevic autopsy points to heart attack Preliminary autopsy results indicate that Milosevic died of a heart attack. 2 pathologists from Belgrade attended
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| Feb.24 |
France |
France confirms bird flu strain |
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| Feb.22 |
Belgium |
EU approves poultry vaccine plan |
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| Feb.21 |
Indonesia |
Bird flu tests for death
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India |
Chicken slaughter expanded |
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| Feb.19 |
Germany |
German alarm over bird flu spread |
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India |
India carries out huge bird cull |
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| Feb.18 |
France |
France confirms presence of H5N1 |
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Mud wipes out village, 1,000 dead
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Slovenia |
Slovenia latest to detect bird flu |
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| Feb.12 |
Nigeria |
Fears bird flu has spread to humans |
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| Feb.11 |
Italy |
Deadly bird flu spreads in Europe| The deadly H5N1 strain that has killed at least 88 people around the world has been detected in Italy and Greece | |
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| Feb.10 |
UN |
UN urges Nigeria bird flu action |
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| Feb.9 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria plans huge bird flu cull |
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| Feb.8 |
Nigeria |
Deadly bird flu found
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Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea
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| Jan.27 |
Switzerland |
Davos: Gates triples TB research funding |
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| Jan.17 |
Beijing |
Donors to boost bird flu effort |
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| Jan.16 |
Global |
Donors asked for bird flu funding |
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| Jan.15 |
Jerusalem |
Sharon tracheotomy successful
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| Jan.11 |
Turkey |
Turkish bird flu 'may be endemic'
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| Jan.8 |
 Turkey |
Three new bird flu cases 2 children and an adult, who were hospitalized in the capital, Ankara, have tested positive
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| Jan.4 |
Turkey |
Dead boy had bird flu
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| Jan.1 |
Turkey |
Bird flu suspect dies A 14-year-old boy was one of 6 people tested for bird flu, and his sister was in a critical and worsening condition
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Siren's wail marks tsunami moment
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| Dec.21 |
Vietnam |
Bird flu shows resistance to Tamiflu
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| Dec.1 |
Global |
Controversy clouds World Aids Day |
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| Nov.16 |
China |
First human bird flu cases confirmed |
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| Nov.1 |
Washington |
Bush unveils pandemic flu strategy
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Jet has crashed after takeoff
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| Oct.15 |
 Romania |
Romania has deadly bird flu virus The deadly H5N1 strain that has infected humans in Asia has spread to Europe
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| Oct.13 |
Turkey |
Bird flu 'is deadly strain'
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Major quake kills thousands
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| Oct.6 |
Washington |
Official: World not ready for flu |
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| Sep.29 |
UN |
Pandemic 'could kill 150m people' |
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| Jun.2 |
UN |
Annan: HIV/AIDS efforts 'insufficient' |
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| Apr.12 |
Global |
Labs ordered to destroy flu virus
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Angola |
214 cases of Marburg reported |
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| Apr.2 |
Vatican |
Pope begins losing consciousness |
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| Apr.1 |
Vatican |
Pope's condition 'has worsened'
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| Mar.31 |
Vatican |
Frail Pope suffers heart failure
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| Mar.18 |
 Florida |
Patient's feeding tube removed The feeding tube that keeps a brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive has been taken out after a lengthy court battle
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| Mar.3 |
Southern Africa |
UN: HIV 'set to infect 90m Africans' |
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| Feb.24 |
 Vatican |
Pope has surgery to aid breathing The operation to give 84-year-old John Paul II a tracheotomy had been successful
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Vatican |
Pope back in hospital with flu |
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500 killed in quake
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| Jan.2 |
Aceh |
Tsunami aid arriving |
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| Oct.27 |
West Bank |
Doctors watch over Yasser Arafat
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| Sep.6 |
New York |
Clinton bypass surgery a success
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| Aug.2 |
Bangladesh |
Flood aftermath compounds misery |
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| Jul.6 |
UN |
UN: World failing in AIDS fight |
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| Feb.3 |
Rome |
Urgent bird flu summit |
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| Jan.25 |
Thailand |
Bird flu claims first Thai victim |
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| Jan.16 |
 Vietnam |
WHO: 4th death linked to bird flu The latest fatality is a 5-year-old boy from Nam Dinh province
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| Jan.4 |
China |
SARS link: China culls civet cats |
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Airliner crashes into Red Sea
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28,000 dead after earthquake
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| Dec.23 |
USA |
Mad cow disease confirmed
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| Nov.25 |
Southern Africa |
1 in 5 adults living with HIV/AIDS |
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| Sep.8 |
Singapore |
SARS case tests positive |
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Jul.8 |
 Singapore |
Twins dead after separation| 2 conjoined Iranian women underwent 50 hours of continuous surgery | |
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| Jul.5 |
Taiwan |
WHO: Global SARS outbreak over |
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| Jun.17 |
Taiwan |
Taiwan SARS travel warning lifted |
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| Jun.5 |
Beijing |
SARS outbreak past its peak: WHO
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| May.26 |
Canada |
Toronto back on WHO's SARS list
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| May.20 |
Canada |
Mad cow disease reported |
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| May.15 |
China |
Death for SARS spreaders |
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| May.10 |
Beijing |
China 'missing' vital SARS data |
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| May.8 |
Switzerland |
WHO: SARS death rate higher |
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| May.3 |
Hong Kong |
Ship issues SARS distress call |
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Children trapped in quake
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| Apr.27 |
Beijing |
SARS closes Beijing venues Authorities ordered the temporary closure of theaters and libraries and suspended the approval of marriages
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| Apr.23 |
China |
WHO increases SARS travel warnings
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| Apr.20 |
Beijing |
Heads roll over SARS spread |
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| Apr.19 |
Hong Kong |
12 more people have died from SARS |
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| Apr.5 |
Switzerland |
WHO: SARS cases over 2,400 |
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| Mar.13 |
 Hong Kong |
First alert over SARS Virulent flu and pneumonia has swept through hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam
| Health officials have issued a global warning about the flu and pneumonia. The precise origin of the infection is unknown
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Plane crashes, killing 102
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96 killed in nightclub inferno
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| Dec.27 |
Florida |
Cloned baby birth claim Clonaid, company linked to a philosophical sect, says that it has produced the world's first cloned human baby
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| Oct.27 |
Moscow |
Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid
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1,800 people died as ferry sinks
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| Oct.10 |
Florida |
3rd anthrax case Officials launched a criminal investigation into the source of the disease. US embassies were told to stock up on the antibiotic
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Sep.10 |
Japan |
Japan first case of mad cow |
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| May.20 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong puts lid on bird flu |
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