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Puerto Rico Zika cases top 1100, USA Swimming moves training camp

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Earlier this month, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that a game scheduled in Puerto Rico next week between the Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates would be relocated to Miami due to player concerns...

Suspect Lassa fever patient expected to arrive at Emory this weekend

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Officials with Emory University Hospital in Atlanta report expecting a patient from West Africa with suspected Lassa fever this weekend. The patient’s diagnosis is not yet confirmed. Emory will work...

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Syphilis up 15 percent in the US, eight out of 10 male cases are gay men

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Just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a significant increase in congenital syphilis in the United States, federal health officials report an alarming trend in primary...

Balamuthia takes life of Georgia child

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In a follow-up to a report earlier this week, it is with sadness we report that the 6-year-old Leland Shoemake has lost his battle with the rare, amoebic infection, Balamuthia mandrillaris in a Atlanta...

Georgia boy, Leland Shoemake, hospitalized with Balamuthia amoeba infection

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For the past month, 6-year-old Leland Shoemake has been in the battle for his life against a relatively rare, microscopic invader that has landed him in a Georgia hospital. The Pike County child contracted...

Atlanta patient is Georgia’s first human West Nile virus case this year

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The Georgia Department of Public Health Friday confirmed the state’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of the season. The patient is an adult from Metro Atlanta and has recovered. Most people...

Georgia reports 1st measles case in 3 years, considered an imported case

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Georgia health officials reported Monday of the state’s first reported case of measles since 2012. The patient is an infant that arrived in Atlanta from outside of the U.S. and is being cared for at...

Norovirus sickens dozens at Emory

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Dozens of Emory University in Atlanta students have been confirmed positive for the gastrointestinal bug, norovirus, according to a Channel 2 Action News report Monday. Laboratory confirmation was made...

Yahoo News tweet on Ebola outbreak in Atlanta bogus, Twitter account hacked?

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Earlier today, Yahoo News released to their 815,000 followers on their Twitter page what would be the story of the day…if it was true. The super-sensationalized tweet talked of 145 people in Atlanta...

Emory University Hospital will treat both patients with Ebola

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It is now learned that two patients battling Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Africa will both be transported to the Atlanta-based, Emory University Hospital for treatment. The two patients will be transported  by...