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  • Infectious Disease Specialists See Increase In Babesiosis Cases In Lower Hudson Valley

    Babesiosis, a rare and occasionally fatal tick-borne disease caused by microscopic parasites known as Babesia which infect red blood cells, is on the rise in the Lower Hudson Valley according to the NYS DOH, including the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan and Rockland. Babesiosis is a malaria-like disease most commonly transmitted by infected deer ticks. It is ...

    Medical News Today

  • Keeping Disease at Bay in the Camps of Port-au-Prince

    The tent camps of Port-au-Prince have all the makings of disease breeding grounds; thousands of people living in temporary shelters, in very close contact, completely reliant on aid for clean water and sanitation services. But as the disaster response from the Jan. 12 earthquake nears the seven month mark, not a single large outbreak has occurred. It's a victory that that's been heralded by ...

    The Online NewsHour

  • Infectious horse disease turns up in SA

    An infectious equine disease has been detected at Port Lincoln in South Australia.

    Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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