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Legionella outbreak in Argentina, the cause of 11 cases of “mysterious pneumonia”, 4 dead

Argentina’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that legionella bacteria is the cause of the outbreak… [+] which has now left 11 people sick and four dead. (Illustration: Getty) getty The mysterious pneumonia outbreak in Tucuman, Argentina, which I covered in Forbes yesterday, isn’t so mysterious anymore. According to an update from the Pan American Health …

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In the north, the mayor wants to register cancer in his municipality

At the Halloween (North) energy recovery plant, September 20, 2007. Philippe Huguen / Agence France-Presse Jean-Christophe Destaylor, mayor of Halloween (different center), in the north, is worried. In this city with a population of 22,000 inhabitants, resident in Lille and on the border with Belgium, she is not the only one. Before him, a gastroenterologist …

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New strategies to deal with and end STI epidemics

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to cause high rates of infection worldwide. According to global estimates, more than 1 million curable STIs are acquired worldwide each day, mainly caused by gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and trichomonas infections. In addition, emerging outbreaks of new sexually acquired infections such as Monkeypox, Shigella sonnei, Neisseria meningitidis, Ebola and Zika, …

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Pilot arrested after threatening to crash plane in Mississippi, police say

A plane flew over North Mississippi early Saturday morning, causing panic on the ground as the pilot allegedly threatened to crash into a Walmart. Hours later, the plane landed safely in a field and police arrested the pilot. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Twitter shortly after 10:30 a.m. local time that the “situation has …

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NASA begins fueling the New Moon rocket on its second launch attempt of the week

NASA began fueling its new moon rocket for liftoff on Saturday in a test flight that must go long before astronauts board. For the second time this week, the launch team began loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 98-meter rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA. Monday’s attempt was halted by …

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