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Post by Michael Downing on Jul 23, 2014 20:38:40 GMT -5
ncrenegade.com/editorial/china-seals-off-yumen-city-after-outbreak-of-bubonic-plague/China Seals Off Yumen City After Outbreak Of Bubonic PlagueWith Colorado suffering from pneumonic plague, and the dreadfully sad report of Sierra Leone’s chief Ebola doctor contracting the virus, it appears China is taking no chances. As Yahoo reports, Chinese officials have blocked off parts of Yumen, a city in northwest China, preventing about 30,000 of the city’s people from leaving after one resident died from bubonic plague. About 150 people who had contact with the plague victim have been placed under quarantine but US experts are perplexed at the response, “there’s something here that we don’t know, because this seems a very expansive response to just one case.” As Yahoo reports, A city in China has reportedly been sealed off after one resident died from bubonic plague, but this way of trying to contain the disease is puzzling to infectious disease experts, who say the response seems extreme given the information released about the case. www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-23/china-seals-yumen-city-after-outbreak-bubonic-plague
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Post by avordvet on Jul 24, 2014 4:16:23 GMT -5
Ebola running loose in Africa, Bubonic Plague in China and... Sierra Leone's chief Ebola doctor contracts the virusFREETOWN Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:59am EDT (Reuters) - The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said. The 39-year-old Sheik Umar Khan, hailed as a "national hero" by the health ministry, was leading the fight to control an outbreak that has killed 206 people in the West African country. Ebola kills up to 90 percent of those infected and there is no cure or vaccine. www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/23/uk-health-ebola-africa-idINKBN0FS11520140723?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=602Chikungunya continues to spread across the U.S., infecting nearly 600 The virus, spread via mosquitos, is painful but seldom fatal. There is no vaccine and no treatment.BY Meredith Engel, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 12:23 PM Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 12:23 PM More cases of chikungunya, a painful virus spread by mosquitos, are being reported across the country. The Centers for Disease Control has listed a total of 497 cases in the U.S. in 35 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 197 locally transmitted. Examiner.com reports that other state and local health agencies noted 40 cases, bringing the total to 537. The outbreak is due to a recent epidemic that started late last year in the Caribbean. The first two locally transmitted stateside cases were reported in Florida late last week. www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/chikungunya-continues-spread-u-s-article-1.1877156
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Post by avordvet on Jul 24, 2014 14:14:35 GMT -5
Deadly 'superbug' is spreading in US hospitalsMark Koba, 24 Jul 2014, CNBC.com Cases of the contagious and deadly "superbug" known as CRE increased five-fold in community hospitals from 2008 to 2012 in the Southeastern U.S. www.cnbc.com/id/101856131
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