China child virus spreads, 15,000 affected

Total number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease have gone up drastically and now more than 15 thousand  childrens are suffering. according to China's official Xinhua news agency...

Virulent New Strain of TB Raising Fears of Pandemic

"MOSCOW -- A virulent strain of tuberculosis resistant to most available drugs is surfacing around the globe, raising fears of a pandemic that could devastate efforts to contain TB and prove deadly to people with immune-deficiency diseases such as HIV-AIDS. Known formally as...

Bird flu firm gets compensation

"Bernard Matthews will get £589,000 compensation for the birds compulsorily killed to prevent the spread of bird flu, Defra has said. Cases of the highly virulent H5N1 strain of the disease were discovered on a farm owned by Bernard Matthews in Suffolk in February. More than...

Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed.  Thousands of people died each week and...

Virtual Pandemic: 90 Days to Infect Entire U.S.

Animated computer map shows the speed of the H5N1 avian flu virus spreading in the human population. 90 days to reach every corner of the United States.

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