Researchers Clear 'Patient Zero' From AIDS Origin Story

It's one of the biggest medical mysteries of our time: How did HIV come to the U.S.? Scientists say they have figured out when a...

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Can The Mumps Kill You? Arkansas Investigating Hundreds Of Cases In Outbreak

A mumps outbreak brought 427 cases of the virus to northwestern Arkansas, the state's department of health reported Friday. Thirte...

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FDA: Hepatitis C Drugs Carry Potentially Deadly Side Effect

The Food and Drug Administration is requiring that its most serious warning be placed on high-profile drugs for treating hepatitis C, ...

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More Zika mosquitoes captured in Miami Beach, county says

Health officials visited the area of 575 W 49th St. near La Gorce Golf Club on Saturday to alert residents that traps had captured mos...

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Police Departments Offer ‘Free Meth Testing’ for Zika Virus to Catch Drug Users

Police departments are cracking down on meth users in a comical way. Police departments are warning meth users that their supply m...

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Massive bee death after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitoes

Millions of bees succumbed to acute pesticide poisoning after little-publicized switch to aerial spraying. There is no question that...

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Strawberries linked to hepatitis A outbreak in 6 states

(CNN)An outbreak of hepatitis A caused by imported frozen strawberries from Egypt has sickened 55 people in six states, the US Centers...

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Singapore confirms Zika spread; U.S. and other countries issue travel warnings

Confirmed cases of Zika virus in Singapore rose to 82 on Tuesday, as the United States joined a growing list of countries warning pregna...

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As Zika fear spreads, FDA gives Roche test emergency authorization

With concerns over a continued Zika outbreak growing, the Food and Drug Administration has given Roche Holdings emergency approval to ...

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Texas moves slowly to combat growing threat of Zika virus

Attempts to provide poor, pregnant women in Texas with mosquito repellent to avoid possible Zika infections are off to a slow start. T...

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1st West Nile virus cases reported in 2 eastern Montana counties

Montana's first 2016 cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Dawson and Garfield Counties. The Montana Department of Public ...

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Local schools taking Zika preventative measures as classes resume

MIAMI (WSVN) - As students across Miami-Dade County prepare to head back to class, educators have a protection plan in place in the zone...

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Zika fears, misunderstandings hard to swat away

Despite a mosquito hot spot that popped up last week in Miami Beach, Florida, Zika remains overwhelmingly a travel-related disease, chal...

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Health official warns Zika could spread across U.S. Gulf

One of the top U.S. public health officials on Sunday warned that the mosquito-borne Zika virus could extend its reach across the U.S. G...

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Virginia Health officials warn of hepatitis A in strawberry smoothies from Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Virginia Department of Health offices say that a cluster of hepatitis A cases may be associated to smoothies from Tropical Smoothie Caf...

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Louisiana flooding: West Nile, not Zika, poses bigger threat

The Louisiana Flood of 2016 -- the result of a once-in-a-1000-year rainstorm -- is starting to retreat in some of the places it hit hard...

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Huge yellow fever vaccination campaign begins in Africa amid fears of global spread

The World Health Organization is embarking on a massive vaccination campaign to stem a deadly yellow fever outbreak in Angola and the D...

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Dozens infected in Hawaii Hepatitis A outbreak likely linked to sushi

HONOLULU -- Hawaii health officials have ordered several sushi restaurants closed immediately after citing them as a possible source o...

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Mosquito tests find EEE at Chapman Pond in Westerly

WESTERLY — An August mosquito sample at Chapman Pond has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis. The virus, known more commo...

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