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New Mexico man is the first human plague case in the U.S. this year

A 78-year-old Torrance County, New Mexico man is the first human case of plague in New Mexico or the United States in 2012.Health officials report...
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New Zealand made waves with medals at HHI 10 year Anniversary World Championship

New Zealand made their mark at the 10th anniversary of Hip Hop International's World Dance Championship held tonight at the Orleans Arena in...
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UK, Philippines & US take top spots at World Hip Hop Dance Champion Prelims

Last night was filled with tricks, jumps, stunts and of course choreographic moves as the best dance crews in the world commenced their road for...
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USDA dusts prairie dog burrows in Texas because of suspected plague outbreak

With a suspected plague outbreak in West Texas that was killing off prairie dogs the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health...
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BSL-3 Laboratory opens at the University of Wyoming

  • BSL-3 Laboratory
  • November 27, 2010
Since the 9/11 attacks and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), biosafety level-3 and -4 labs have been sprouting up all over...
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The plague found in more wild animals

The deadly bacterium that causes the plague has been in different animals in different parts of North America in the past week. In the Grasslands...
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Doctor, med student contract pneumonic plague from patient

Doctors in Trujillo, Peru are attempting to save the lives of 3 people including a resident doctor, a medical student and the patient they had...
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A couple of "plague" stories

The plague has been making the news lately coming from a wide array of geographic locations. Here are two such stories. Out of Myanmar (Burma),...
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Website claims plague affecting Syrian military, however questions remain

According to a story from the website JSS News (translated using Yahoo! Babel Fish), the Syrian opposition in exile is claiming that Syrian...
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George Mason University opens Biodefense lab

A new biodefense research facility was opened on the campus of George Mason University in Virginia. Some 50 scientists and researchers employed...
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