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2 More Die Of Rare Brain Infection In Kerala
Two people, including a three-month-old infant, have died from amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal brain infection, while undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, health officials said on Monday.
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Delhi Zoo Shut From Tomorrow After Painted Storks Detected With Bird Flu
The Delhi Zoo will be shut for visitors from Saturday after two painted storks were found infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, officials have said.
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Flesh-Eating Parasite Returns To US After 40 Years, Here's Why Experts Are Worried
A Maryland woman was infected with a rare flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm, marking the first US case in decades.
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US Man Dies From Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection After Water Skiing
The individual likely contracted the amoeba while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
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US Resident Tests Positive For Plague: All You Need To Know About The Rare Disease
Bubonic Plague, Pneumonic Plague and Septicemic Plague are the three main forms of the plague.
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2 Tiger Cubs Die At Delhi Zoo, Two Others Under Care
Two tiger cubs born at Delhi zoo earlier this month died, leaving just two survivors from a rare litter of six.
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Nine-Year-Old Kerala Girl Dies From Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection
A nine-year-old girl who died at the medical college here two days ago was due to amoebic encephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by free-living amoeba in contaminated waters, health officials in this north Kerala district confirmed on Saturday.
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US Woman Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Using Tap Water For Nasal Rinse
The woman began showing symptoms such as fever, headache, and confusion within four days of using the nasal rinse.
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"She Couldn't Walk": Australian Girl, 9, Contracts Rare Infection After Scratching Mosquito Bite
A 9-year-old Australian girl was temporarily unable to walk and hospitalised for days after she scratched an itchy mosquito bite, the New York Post reported.
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Pig Meat Leads To Life-Threatening Infection For American Man: Report
A Florida man unknowingly contracted a rare infection from feral pig meat, which infiltrated his defibrillator. After identifying the infection as Brucella suis, doctors successfully treated him with antibiotics.
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Mumbai Reports Its 1st Guillain-Barre Syndrome Case, Elderly Woman Affected
Mumbai has reported its first case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), with a 64-year-old woman being diagnosed with the rare syndrome.
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US Woman, 23, Goes Blind In One Eye After Swimming With Contact Lenses: "Most Pain I've Ever Experienced"
A woman in the US lost vision in one eye due to a rare parasite infection that developed after she went swimming with her contact lenses on.
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Explained: What Is Leptospirosis, Rare Disease Affecting Bhagwant Mann
Leptospirosis is an extremely rare bacterial disease that spreads to humans via the urine of infected animals like dogs, and rats, said an expert on Saturday, after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was diagnosed with the condition.
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British Man Develops Flesh-Eating Disease After Being Bitten By Deadly Spider
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare and life-threatening infection that can happen if a wound gets infected and it needs to be treated in a hospital straight away.
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US Teen, Who Just Graduated, Paralysed Due To Rare West Nile Infection
An 18-year-old Missouri teen has been fighting for his life in a hospital for two weeks after contracting the West Nile virus.
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2 More Die Of Rare Brain Infection In Kerala
Two people, including a three-month-old infant, have died from amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal brain infection, while undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, health officials said on Monday.
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Delhi Zoo Shut From Tomorrow After Painted Storks Detected With Bird Flu
The Delhi Zoo will be shut for visitors from Saturday after two painted storks were found infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, officials have said.
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Flesh-Eating Parasite Returns To US After 40 Years, Here's Why Experts Are Worried
A Maryland woman was infected with a rare flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm, marking the first US case in decades.
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US Man Dies From Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection After Water Skiing
The individual likely contracted the amoeba while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
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US Resident Tests Positive For Plague: All You Need To Know About The Rare Disease
Bubonic Plague, Pneumonic Plague and Septicemic Plague are the three main forms of the plague.
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2 Tiger Cubs Die At Delhi Zoo, Two Others Under Care
Two tiger cubs born at Delhi zoo earlier this month died, leaving just two survivors from a rare litter of six.
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Nine-Year-Old Kerala Girl Dies From Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection
A nine-year-old girl who died at the medical college here two days ago was due to amoebic encephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by free-living amoeba in contaminated waters, health officials in this north Kerala district confirmed on Saturday.
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US Woman Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Using Tap Water For Nasal Rinse
The woman began showing symptoms such as fever, headache, and confusion within four days of using the nasal rinse.
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"She Couldn't Walk": Australian Girl, 9, Contracts Rare Infection After Scratching Mosquito Bite
A 9-year-old Australian girl was temporarily unable to walk and hospitalised for days after she scratched an itchy mosquito bite, the New York Post reported.
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Pig Meat Leads To Life-Threatening Infection For American Man: Report
A Florida man unknowingly contracted a rare infection from feral pig meat, which infiltrated his defibrillator. After identifying the infection as Brucella suis, doctors successfully treated him with antibiotics.
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Mumbai Reports Its 1st Guillain-Barre Syndrome Case, Elderly Woman Affected
Mumbai has reported its first case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), with a 64-year-old woman being diagnosed with the rare syndrome.
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US Woman, 23, Goes Blind In One Eye After Swimming With Contact Lenses: "Most Pain I've Ever Experienced"
A woman in the US lost vision in one eye due to a rare parasite infection that developed after she went swimming with her contact lenses on.
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Explained: What Is Leptospirosis, Rare Disease Affecting Bhagwant Mann
Leptospirosis is an extremely rare bacterial disease that spreads to humans via the urine of infected animals like dogs, and rats, said an expert on Saturday, after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was diagnosed with the condition.
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British Man Develops Flesh-Eating Disease After Being Bitten By Deadly Spider
Necrotising fasciitis is a rare and life-threatening infection that can happen if a wound gets infected and it needs to be treated in a hospital straight away.
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US Teen, Who Just Graduated, Paralysed Due To Rare West Nile Infection
An 18-year-old Missouri teen has been fighting for his life in a hospital for two weeks after contracting the West Nile virus.
