At least 41 people are sick in 10 different states after a salmonella outbreak that has been linked to dried wood ear mushrooms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Countries in West Africa on high alert after Ebola outbreak in Guinea
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Lagos, Nigeria Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak in one of its regions on Sunday, after the West African nation confirmed at least seven cases of the disease, including three deaths, the country's National Security a...
CNN Exclusive: WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019
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Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are ur...
Ghana shuts down parliament temporarily over Covid-19 outbreak
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Ghana has suspended its parliament for three weeks due to a Covid-19 outbreak among Members of Parliament and staff. "I have, in consultation with the leadership, decided that the sitting of the house be suspended ...
9 nuns die of Covid-19 after outbreak at Adrian Dominican Sisters campus in Michigan
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Before December 20, there had not been any cases of Covid-19 among the nuns living at the Motherhouse campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters in Adrian, Michigan. Now, nine are dead of the disease after an outbreak w...
Air pollution is linked to an increased risk of irreversible sight loss, study finds
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London Increases in air pollution are linked to an increased risk of irreversible sight loss, according to a new study. Researchers from University College London (UCL) found that even low exposure to air pollution a...
China builds massive Covid-19 quarantine camp for 4,000 people as outbreak continues
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China is rushing to build a massive quarantine camp that can house more than 4,000 people, after an outbreak of Covid-19 this month that has left tens of millions of people under strict lockdown. The quarantine cam...
Hot Pockets recalled over potential glass and plastic contamination
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Those Hot Pockets in your freezer could contain something more dangerous than piping hot cheese. Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling certain pepperoni Hot Pockets over concerns they may be contaminated with pieces of...
California hospital fined over $40,000 after Santa Clara County says it delayed reporting Covid-19 outbreak
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A Northern California hospital was fined $ 43,000 after it delayed reporting a recent Covid-19 outbreak which resulted in the death of one employee. Santa Clara County said it issued a violation notice to Kaiser Pe...
Parasite found in undercooked meat linked with risk of rare brain cancer
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A common parasite people get from contaminated water and undercooked meat may be associated with rare brain cancers, researchers reported Monday. They found evidence that people infected with Toxoplasma gondii, or T...
Radical cleric linked to Bali bombings released from prison
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Indonesia released Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir from prison on Friday, with authorities saying the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings would enter a de-radicalization program amid concerns over his con...
India begins mass bird cull in response to avian flu outbreak
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New Delhi India has begun culling tens of thousands of poultry birds after avian influenza was detected in ducks, crows and wild geese in at least a dozen locations across the country. The country's Ministry of Fis...