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Dengue fever outbreak hits Costa Rica – GlobalPost

Dengue fever outbreak hits Costa RicaGlobalPostThe illness can be fatal, developing into hemorrhagic fever which can lead to shock and internal bleeding. mb/sg/dw. Copyright AFP, 2013. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130410/dengue-fever-outbreak-hits-costa-rica. Business · Education …

April 10, 2013
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H7N9 Bird Flu Outbreak in China Gets Attention in the States

There have been a few signs this week that state health departments are beginning to prepare for the still unlikely event of China’s expanding outbreak of H7N9 bird flu reaching the United States. The Maine Public Health Alert Network System was used Tuesday to get the word out to local health officials, labs, emergency management officials, Read More »

April 10, 2013
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Biosecurity must improve to combat bird flu

(FarmersWeekly) An outbreak of a new strain of avian influenza in China has prompted calls for people to change how poultry is sold, kept and slaughtered in the country. A H7N9 strain of avian influenza has been identified for the first time in humans in China, causing six deaths and prompting the Food and Agricultural Read More »

April 9, 2013
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Vietnam confirms 1st H5N1 bird flu death in year – USA TODAY

Gulf TimesVietnam confirms 1st H5N1 bird flu death in yearUSA TODAYVietnam confirms 1st H5N1 bird flu death in year. Vietnam is confirming its first human death from bird flu in more than a year, but health officials say it's not related to a deadly outbreak of a new strain in China. Officials say a 4-year-old Read More »

April 9, 2013
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Vietnam confirms 1st H5N1 bird flu death in year – USA TODAY

Gulf TimesVietnam confirms 1st H5N1 bird flu death in yearUSA TODAYVietnam confirms 1st H5N1 bird flu death in year. Vietnam is confirming its first human death from bird flu in more than a year, but health officials say it's not related to a deadly outbreak of a new strain in China. Officials say a 4-year-old Read More »

April 9, 2013
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