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Friday, September 14, 2012

Ebola outbreak out of control in Congo

Bird Flu Continues to Threaten in Vietnam
Bird flu has spread to two more provinces in northern Vietnam. According to the Department of Animal Health under the Vietnam' s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, bird flu has spread to seven provinces in Vietnam's northern and central regions including Ha Tinh, Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Bac Giang, Quang Ngai, Tuyen Quang and Hoa Binh.

Yosemite park hantavirus alert to 230,000 campers
Yosemite park rangers have expanded a health advisory about a killer virus to nearly a quarter of a million people who have stayed there since June. The mouse-borne hantavirus is now known to have infected nine people - three of whom have died. There is no known cure. Officials at the California park insist their letters to more than 230,000 people are purely precautionary.
 
Ebola outbreak out of control in Congo: WHO
The death toll has more than doubled since last week to 31, including five health workers dying from the contagious virus for which there is no known treatment. Ebola causes massive bleeding and kills up to 90 percent of its victims.  
 
WHO warning as Ebola virus kills 31 in DR Congo
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed 31 people and could threaten major towns, the World Health Organization has warned. An epidemic was officially declared on 17 August in the north-western Orientale Province. WHO official Eugene Kabambi told Reuters that the situation was "very serious" and was "not under control". 

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