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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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outbreak stories: 93 news summaries

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Ebola Outbreak Is Worst in Years

Doctors being airlifted into Congo to help combat outbreak

Sep 19, 07 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors are being airlifted into the Democratic Republic of Congo to help treat what may be the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in years, the Washington Post reports. Only nine cases of the disease have been confirmed in labs, but almost 550 are suspected, including 168 resulting in deaths. The... More »

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health care • Democratic Republic of Congo • virus • Ebola • Doctors Without Borders • outbreak

Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

EU keeps ban on British meat; 2001 outbreak cost $17B

Sep 12, 07 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new case of foot and mouth disease has struck a cattle farm in England—a day after the EU had decided to lift its ban on British beef. The EU will keep the ban for now, Reuters reports, and the British government has sprung into action—quarantining the area,... More »

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cattle • disease • European Union • beef • ban • foot and mouth disease • Britain • outbreak

World on Brink of New Epidemic: WHO

Global cooperation is crucial to prevent new outbreak, report concludes

Aug 23, 07 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new global epidemic is likely on the horizon with fresh diseases cropping up at a record pace and billions of air travelers in motion to spread an illness with alarming speed, the World Health Organization warned yesterday. The AIDS or Ebola of tomorrow could be just around the corner... More »

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Indonesia • AIDS • disease • epidemic • vaccine • illness • World Health Organization • Ebola • avian flu • outbreak

Fantasy War Game Models  Global Pandemic

Virtual outbreak gave scientists chance to study spread

Aug 21, 07 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A programming error in an online fantasy game gave researchers a profound insight into how a deadly epidemic spreads and how to combat the crisis. The London Times reports a glitch occurred in World of Warcraft, which has millions of online players. A disease aimed at a handful of characters... More »

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epidemic • fantasy • Tufts University • Rutgers University • game • World of Warcraft • Hakkar • MMORPG • outbreak

Sabotage Eyed In Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth

Investigators target
'bio security' at labs making vaccine

Aug 9, 07 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - British officials are pursuing the possibility that latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could be the result of sabotage, the Times reports. They've ruled out water leaks spreading the virus from a research lab to nearby farms,and have concluded that "release by human movement must be considered a real... More »

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cattle • health • London • livestock • England • cows • safety • foot and mouth disease • sabotage • Merial • outbreak

UK Inspects 3rd Foot and Mouth Case

Ban lifted, but farmers urged
to be wary of big losses

Aug 8, 07 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A third suspected case of foot and mouth disease has been located in southern England, health officials said, as the EU lifted a ban on slaughtering animals but kept up the prohibition on exporting animal products. Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that British veterinary investigators pinpointed two research labs they say... More »

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health • farming • European Union • livestock • England • epidemic • exports • foot and mouth disease • Debby Reynolds • outbreak

Foot-and-Mouth Turns Up at Second Farm

New suspicions that virus may have spread in floodwaters

Aug 7, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - England is culling a second herd of cattle feared to have foot-and-mouth disease. The animals were showing symptoms on an unidentified farm within a restricted zone around the area southwest of London where the first outbreak occurred. Investigators were considering the possibility that a flood in July may have spread... More »

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cattle • health • farming • United Kingdom • England • farms • cows • infection • foot and mouth disease • farmer • outbreak

EU Bans UK Animal Exports

Probe of possible source widens to include summer flooding

Aug 6, 07 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The EU imposed an indefinite ban today on exports of live animals from Great Britain after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease on a farm in southeast England. The floods that have swamped the English countryside may have played a role in the outbreak, the Guardian reports, and PM... More »

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food • health • disease • European Union • Gordon Brown • exports • ban • Britain • outbreak • animal

Foot and Mouth Outbreak Traced to Lab

Vaccine may have leaked and spread
to nearby farm

Aug 5, 07 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - An English research lab is the likely source of a recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease, the Guardian reports. British government officials believe a batch of experimental vaccine leaked and spread to a nearby farm. Scientists were tipped to the possible leak by the fact that the strain of... More »

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agriculture • farming • disease • livestock • England • vaccine • outbreak

UK Cattle Test Positive for Foot-and-Mouth

New outbreak forces farm quarantine, ban on livestock transport

Aug 4, 07 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain faces its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in six years after a herd of beef cattle in Guildford tested positive, reports the Independent. The news forced Gordon Brown to cancel his vacation as the government introduced emergency measures banning all transportation of cattle and pigs and throwing up a... More »

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food • agriculture • disease • Gordon Brown • livestock • beef • safety • Guildford • Britain • outbreak

Salmonella Taste Toll Rises Again — to 636

Cucumber hummus the culprit in mass food poisoning at Taste of Chicago

Jul 18, 07 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators say the cucumber hummus at the Pars Cove Persian Cuisine booth at Taste of Chicago was the culprit in a salmonella outbreak that has now hit 636 people who patronized the festival. Fifty cases are confirmed; 25 have been hospitalized. More »

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Chicago • salmonella • Taste of Chicago • street festival • Pars Cove • outbreak

'Outbreak' Morphs Into 'Rashomon'

Finger-pointing over TB patient's travels spreads across two continents

Jun 2, 07 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Atlanta lawyer whose honeymoon baggage included a dangerous strain of TB is at the center of a contentious international public-health dispute. The Times reports on the conflicting accounts of warnings issued to Andrew Speaker and the governments of the countries he visited. Meanwhile, other American passengers on his flights... More »

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health • disease • Tuberculosis • Andrew Speaker • public health • infection • outbreak

Plague Kills Monkey in Denver Zoo

Danger to humans from flea-borne disease deemed minimal

May 22, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bubonic plague has hit the Denver Zoo. An 8-year-old hooded capuchin monkey named Spanky was found dead last week, and postmortem tests confirmed that the cause was plague. The Denver Post reports that the monkey may have contracted the disease, which is usually spread by fleas, by eating the... More »

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health • disease • plague • Denver Zoo • monkey • outbreak • animal

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