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Houston health officials report syphilis outbreak, 128% spike in cases among women
What are the most common STDs? Amid public health funding cuts and clinic closures, the three most common sexually transmitted ...

Dengue outbreak in Peru reaches 200K cases, 200 dead, heightened by El Niño rains
Peru’s worst dengue outbreak on record could intensify further as an El Niño climate phenomenon brings torrential rains and mosquitoes, ...

Three dead as CDC warns of multistate fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic surgery in Mexico
At least three Americans have died and 17 have suspected or probable cases of a potentially life-threatening infection linked to ...

Thousands of refugees in Kenya affected by cholera outbreak
Hundreds of refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camps have been affected by a cholera outbreak as the population in the facilities ...

Moscow mayor introduces quarantine in 16 city districts amid bird flu outbreak
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Thursday ordered a strict quarantine for multiple districts in Russia’s capital due to an outbreak ...

Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria infects 31 patients at Seattle hospital
A bacterial outbreak at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Seattle, Washington, has infected a total of 31 patients, according to ...

Dengue fever outbreak in Argentina kills over 40-
By IANS NEW DELHI: A severe outbreak of dengue fever in Argentina has killed more than 40 people and infected ...

Argentina sterilizes mosquitoes with radiation to battle devastating dengue outbreak
Argentine, fighting one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years, is sterilizing mosquitoes using radiation that alters their ...

Michigan mill worker dies from fungal outbreak of blastomycosis: ‘Deeply saddened’
A contract worker at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, has died from an ongoing fungal outbreak that may ...