An outbreak of high contagious plague has claimed 30 lives in the impoverished Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar over the last two months, authorities said Wednesday.
Oct 4, 2017
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Crowds of fearful residents flock to their local pharmacies before dawn, desperate to buy masks and antibiotics to stave off a plague outbreak sweeping Madagascar.
Oct 4, 2017
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The World Health Organisation said Sunday it was boosting its response to a plague outbreak in Madagascar that has killed 24 people, as the government banned public meetings to reduce infections.
Oct 1, 2017
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Pneumonic plague has killed five people in Madagascar since August, a top health official told AFP on Thursday, but stressed the situation was under control.
Sep 15, 2017
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The plague is best known for wiping out as much as a third of Europe's population during the Black Death pandemic of the 14th century, but it's not entirely a thing of the past. It's enough of a present-day threat - either ...
Jan 13, 2017
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Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed new potential vaccines that protect animals against the bacteria that causes the deadly plague. These findings are detailed in NPJ Vaccines.
Oct 13, 2016
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Eight people have died in two days of pneumonic plague on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar which is hit by deadly outbreaks almost every year, a health ministry official said Wednesday.
Aug 26, 2015
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(HealthDay)—A Colorado dog last year caused the largest outbreak of pneumonic plague—also called the Black Death—in the United States since 1924, scientists reported Thursday.
Apr 30, 2015
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Cases of plague have been reported in the Chinese city of Yumen, where a man has died of the disease.
Jul 29, 2014
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Northwestern Medicine scientists are continuing to unravel the molecular changes that underlie one of the world's deadliest and most infamous respiratory infections.
Apr 14, 2014
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