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Woman with Rare Form of Tuberculosis Being Treated in Maryland

| June 10, 2015 Comment

Woman with Rare Form of Tuberculosis Being Treated in Maryland – A woman who arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport from India in April and then traveled to Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee, is said to be suffering from a rare form of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). According to Tom Skinner, spokesman for the US Centers for […]

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Second Polio Strain Possibly Eradicated, What’s Next?

Second Polio Strain Possibly Eradicated, What’s Next?

| November 17, 2014 Comment

Second Polio Strain Possibly Eradicated, What’s Next? It’s been two years since any new cases of poliovirus type 3 have been reported, meaning it could be eradicated. In what researchers are calling a “historic milestone,” poliovirus type 3 might be completely eradicated — there have been no new reports of the strain in two years. […]

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