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After Paraguayan health officials reported 14,000 cases of the disease this year, with four deaths, the country declared a state of emergency following concerns over the mosquito-borne illness rise across Latin America.
Paraguay News Digest Paraguay declares emergency following wave of dengue fever cases (ContrCosta Times)
Posted: 03/17/07 17:49 by Giovanni
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910 dengue cases since January in BoliviaTopics: • medical •
910 cases of Dengue, a disease carried by the Aedes Aegypt mosquito, have been confirmed in Bolivia since January, according to Bolivia's National Tropical Diseases Center (Cenetrop).
Bolivia News Digest Bolivia confirms 910 dengue cases since January (China View)
Posted: 03/17/07 17:10 by Giovanni
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The rise of eating disorders in ChileTopics: • medical •
The incidence of the two most common forms of eating disorders,anorexia (eating very little or nothing at all) and bulimia (eating and purging by way of vomiting or using laxatives), has surged by 62% in Chile over the last few years.
Chile News Digest Eating disorders surge (Santiago Times)
Posted: 03/11/07 11:35 by Giovanni
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300 cases of food poisoning linked to contaminated milkTopics: • medical •
Italian dairy group Parmalat has recalled a batch of pasteurized milk that has been linked to more than 300 cases of food-poisoning in Paraguay. Local hospitals in the Alto Parana region of this South American nation have been flooded with patients suffering food-poisoning in the last two days.
Paraguay News Digest Parmalat Recalls Milk Amid Mass Paraguay Poisoning (Reuters)
Posted: 03/10/07 17:15 by Giovanni
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Bird flu hits ducks in Vietnam cityTopics: • medical •
In the fifth locality to have been affected by the virulent virus in the past three weeks, bird flu has killed 100 ducks in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho in southern Vietnam.
Vietnam News Digest Bird flu strikes ducks in southern Vietnam city (Reuters)
Posted: 03/09/07 07:30 by Kali
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