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Scientists uncover how a single gene shaped the course of plague pandemic
Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...
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Congolese Blood, Our Silence — And Our Smartphones
An appeal signed by 75 Nobel Prize winners calls on the world to take action to end the suffering of Congolese civilians in ...
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Map shows more than 1,000 measles cases across U.S. as outbreak grows
The largest outbreak so far this year has been in West ... data is released by state health departments and the CDC. (The map below is updated on Fridays when the CDC releases its latest weekly ...
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New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — A new salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry has sickened at least seven people in six states, health officials said Monday. Two cases were identified in Missouri ...