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Raccoon Disease Blinds NY Teen

Health officials issue alert over raccoon ringworm

By Amelia Atlas,  Newser User

Posted May 3, 2009 6:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – New York playgrounds are on alert as two reported cases of a rare, fatal disease spread by raccoons has blinded a Brooklyn teen in one eye and left an infant with brain damage, reports the New York Daily News. Raccoon ringworm is a disease contracted...   Read full story »

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