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Formosan gem-faced civet confirmed rabies positive in Taiwan

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Taiwan agriculture officials have reported the first rabies case in a Formosan gem-faced civet in southern Taiwan’s Pingtung county. The following information was provided to the World Organisation...

Seattle ice cream company recalls all flavors over Listeria risk

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Pink’s Ice Cream LLC of Seattle, WA is recalling all ice cream flavors produced in 2014 with the exception of Coconut Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria...

Salmonella risk prompts recall of Fisher Chopped Walnuts and Pecan Cookie Pieces

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John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS) announced today that it is voluntarily recalling Fisher 8 oz. Chopped Walnuts and Fisher 8 oz. Pecan Cookie Pieces packaged in plastic bags because some of these...

Hong Kong reports imported human rabies death, 1st case in 13 years

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The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (December 31) investigating an imported death case of rabies affecting a man aged 28. The patient, with good past...

UK Ebola patient, Pauline Cafferkey, transferred to London

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The first person to be diagnosed in the United Kingdom with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been transferred from a Glasgow hospital to a London hospital for treatment, according to Health Protection Scotland...

Ebola in Iraq? Unconfirmed reports hitting the internet

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A number of unconfirmed reports have hit the internet today concerning Ebola virus case(s) in Mosul, Iraq. According to a report in Shafaq News today, A medical source in Mosul hospital revealed diagnosing...

Lindsey Lohan contracts chikungunya while vacationing in the Pacific

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Actress Lindsey Lohan says she contracted the mosquito borne virus, chikungunya, while vacationing on the Pacific island of French Polynesia. The 28-year-old Lohan posted a number of Instagram and Twitter...

Porn actor likely infects another with HIV at Nevada shoot

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The California Department of Health’s (CDPH) Occupational Health Branch released a report Monday concerning at least two male porn actors contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with one...

Davison County child is first measles case in SD in 17 years

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For the first time since 1997, South Dakota has reported a case of the viral disease, measles.  The unvaccinated child is a Davison County resident under the age of 5. “South Dakota has good immunization...

Origin of the Ebola outbreak: Free-tailed bats may be source

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The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa may have originated from contact between humans and virus-infected bats, suggests a study led by researchers from the Robert Koch-Institute...