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Lindsay Lohan Contracts Mosquito-Transmitted Virus during Holiday Vacation

Lindsay Lohan Contracts Mosquito-Transmitted Virus during Holiday Vacation

| December 31, 2014 Comment

Lindsay Lohan Contracts Mosquito-Transmitted Virus during Holiday Vacation – Actress, Lindsey Lohan has contracted a mosquito-transmitted virus, chikungunya, during her French Polynesian vacation over the holidays. However, LiLo isn’t going to let the sickness ruin her trip. She took to Instagram to share a snap from her vacay, saying, “In good faith with good people. […]

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First British Ebola victim treated at Royal Free Hospital

First British Ebola victim treated at Royal Free Hospital

| August 26, 2014 Comment

First British Ebola victim treated at Royal Free Hospital – David Mabey from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says it was a ‘very good decision’ to fly home the first British Ebola victim from Sierra Leone for treatment in the UK. Report by Mewsec. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow […]

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Chikungunya Virus in the US

| July 7, 2014 Comment

Chikungunya virus has spread in the US. The number of cases from the mosquito-borne virus has risen from 41 to 114 in the past week, according to Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). Chikungunya causes a rash, fever, and extremely painful joint pains, and can last from 5 to 7 days. About 10% of […]

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Baby Born with Rare Skin Condition

| May 14, 2014 Comment

Baby Lane, now 6 months old, was born with a rare skin condition, which causes painful blisters on his skin. According to doctors, this happens when the body does not make the protein that keeps the skin in place. The rare skin condition is called epidermolysis bullosa, and affects about one in 50,000 kids. It’s […]

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First Case of MERS Virus in US

| May 3, 2014 Comment

The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) has confirmed the first US case of the deadly Middle Eastern Respiratory Virus (MERS). A male healthcare worker had traveled from Riyadh to London and on to Chicago, and then to a city in Indiana. After his return, he started experiencing respiratory symptoms, such as cough, shortness […]

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