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Big spike in leptospirosis cases in flooded areas

Radio New Zealand July 15, 2024

There has been a big spike in cases of leptospirosis in flooded areas in New Zealand. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection shared in the urine of infected animals, which causes bad flu like symptoms, and two out of three people who contract it are hospitalised. Last year there were 170 cases nationwide, nearly all in …

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3 dead in Arizona from illness spread by rodents, officials say

12 News July 12, 2024

Coconino County has reported its first case of the hantavirus since 2016. The county said Friday that three human cases of the virus carried through rodents have been reported over the last 15 months and two have turned fatal. On a statewide level, Arizona’s reported seven cases and three fatalities of the hantavirus over the last six …

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Modern antibiotics can deal with the plague, but recent cases raise other concerns

Equities July 12, 2024

The bubonic plague – the most destructive pandemic ever that killed millions in the Middle Ages – is still with us. While it is unlikely that it will return with the vengeance of the Spanish influenza or Covid, it does pop up from time to time. This once massive killer offers insights into how to …

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