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Dengue fever outbreak in Singapore affects thousands – InSerbia News

InSerbia NewsDengue fever outbreak in Singapore affects thousandsInSerbia News… time and effort. Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by Aede Aegypti mosquitoes. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint paints, skin rash and sometimes life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever which results in internal bleeding.and more »

April 21, 2013
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Bangladesh reports human H5N1 avian influenza death – The Global Dispatch

Gulf TimesBangladesh reports human H5N1 avian influenza deathThe Global DispatchThe Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research in Dhaka has reported the seventh case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza, according to a IEDCR release. According to Bangladeshi health authorities, the victim was a 1 year 11 months …WHO test confirms bird flu death Read More »

April 20, 2013
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Obama Budget Cuts Deeply From Threat Reduction Accounts

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) The Obama administration’s new budget would cut more than $300 million from programs intended to prevent terrorists from obtaining nuclear materials or other ingredients for weapons of mass destruction, according to a new analysis by an organization that advocates the work. “If enacted by Congress, these cuts will undermine global U.S. leadership to prevent Read More »

April 19, 2013
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Ricin Letter Suspect Arrested

A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sending letters laced with the toxin ricin to President Obama and a U.S. senator, Reuters reported Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, is "believed to be responsible for the mailings of the three letters sent through the U.S. Postal Inspection Service which contained a granular substance that preliminarily Read More »