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Zac Efron Gets Sick While Filming Eerily Named Show

Looks like actor will be OK, but he possibly got typhoid while shooting 'Killing Zac Efron'

(Newser) - Zac Efron may have taken method acting a bit too far. Last month, Efron talked to Variety about his new reality-TV series, Killing Zac Efron, set to air on the Quibi short-form-content platform after it launches in April, noting, "I tend to thrive under extreme circumstances." It's...

Typhoid Fever Cases Linked to Colorado Qdoba

This is what happens when employees don't wash their hands

(Newser) - Three Colorado residents came down with typhoid fever—a potentially deadly disease more common to third-world countries—after a worker at a Qdoba restaurant likely touched their food after going to the bathroom without washing his or her hands, KDVR reports. The three victims—two of whom were hospitalized—ate...

Typhoid 'Superbug' Spreading Worldwide

H58 strain is 'completely transforming' disease

(Newser) - Efforts to fight typhoid in some of the world's poorest countries have helped create an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" strain of the disease that's spreading worldwide, researchers warn. According to a study published in Nature Genetics , the resistant H58 strain of typhoid is now present in at least 21...

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