Archive for the ‘Pestilence’ Category

ALERT: 13.3 ppm of COREXIT found INLAND, near Florida border —

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Chemist says tests show “toxic solvent” 2-butoxyethanol that “RUPTURES red blood cells”

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Scientists find new superbug spreading from India

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

A new superbug could spread around the world after reaching Britain from India — in part because of medical tourism — and scientists say there are almost no drugs to treat it.

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More than 1,000 exposed to dengue in Florida: CDC

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Five percent of the population of Key West, Florida — more than 1,000 people — have been infected at some point with the dengue virus, government researchers reported on Tuesday.

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Une épidémie de peste dans l’armée syrienne

Monday, July 5th, 2010

According to the Syrian opposition in exile, the Syrian president, who
is visiting Latin America, has ordered the shutdown of all Syrian
military exercises due to a plague that currently affects a large
number of military, especially conscripts doing their training.
Drinking water and food in the bases and the current heat wave are the cause of the epidemic.

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Phoenix-area hospitals fight highly toxic ‘supergerm’

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Maricopa County health officials have confirmed that a relatively new, extremely toxic strain of bacteria has been found in hospitals and other health-care facilities in the Valley.

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U.S. is unprepared for major bioterrorism attack, commission finds

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

More than eight years after the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, the United States is still unprepared to respond to the threat of large-scale bioterrorism, a congressionally appointed commission said Tuesday in a report that gave the government mixed grades overall for how it has protected Americans from weapons of mass destruction.

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Massive biological attack drill begins

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010


A simulation of a multi-agency chemical and biological attack in Ireland. [illustrative]
Photo: AP

Days after an acid attack in downtown Hong Kong, and in preparation for a non-conventional attack on Israel, the National Emergency Authority (NEA) will hold the largest-ever exercise to train security forces how to respond to a citywide biological attack.

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May take a year to conquer H1N1 flu pandemic

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

WHO chief Chan says will take 6-12 months to conquer H1N1

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Troubling Reports Out Of Iowa And North Carolina Raise Fears That Deadly H1N1 Swine Flu Mutations Have Already Reached The United States

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Confirmed! H1N1 Swine Flu Mutation Detected In Norway – Is The Virulent Ukraine Strain Spreading?

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China expert warns of pandemic flu mutation

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said.

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