News tagged with plague outbreak
5 infected with deadly pneumonic plague in Tibet
(AP) -- Chinese authorities say five people have been sickened with pneumonic plague in Tibet and that the deadly disease has killed one of them.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 26, 2010 |
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China lifts blockade around plague-stricken town
(AP) -- A blockade around a remote northwest Chinese town where deadly pneumonic plague killed three people and sickened nine was lifted after no new infections were reported, an official said Sunday.
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Aug 09, 2009 |
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Ala. doctor could bring attention to moribund post
(AP) -- The U.S. Surgeon General has been described as "the nation's doctor," a "national nanny" and the person who puts warning labels on cigarette packs. But lately, the position has been mostly called ...
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Battling insects that cause trouble in paradise
(PhysOrg.com) -- We aren't the only species that like tropical vacation spots. Japanese beetles plague parts of the Azores, and Oriental fruit flies infest some of French Polynesia. But U.S. Department of ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Overgrazed grasslands tied to locust outbreaks
While residents of the United States and much of Europe think of locust plagues as biblical references, locust swarms still have devastating effects on agriculture today, especially in developing countries ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Native bees often better pollinators than honey bee
In 2007, the world was introduced to a plague so disturbing it seemed almost biblical. Out of the blue, honey bees were dropping dead or worse, vanishing into the air by the millions. In the four years since, colony ...
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Antibiotic dangers trap bees in a Catch 22
Honey bees are trapped in a Catch 22 where antibiotics used to protect them from bacterial illnesses ravaging hives are making them die from commonly used pesticides, some of which are used to ward-off bee-killing ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Cloud computing and Argonne program help decode German E. coli strain
When a nasty strain of E. coli flooded hospitals in Germany this summer, it struck its victims with life-threatening complications far more often than most strains—and the search for explanation began.
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Researchers reconstruct genome of the Black Death
led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany -- has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Disasters in US: An extreme and exhausting year
(AP) -- Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 04, 2011 |
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Study shows climate may heavily influence plague development
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has undertaken a study, the results of which have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, to better understand the link b ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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World first: Cattle plague is declared eradicated
World farm monitors on Wednesday declared a cattle-killing virus that has been a curse through the ages had been wiped out, the first time an animal disease has been eradicated in human history.
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May 25, 2011 |
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Recent census in war-torn DR Congo finds gorillas have survived, even increased
A census team led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Insitut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo today announced some ...
Apr 14, 2011 |
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