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Nurse in Uganda dies from Ebola virus in first outbreak since 2022
After the first Ebola death in Uganda in years, a senior health official says authorities in the African nation are "in full control of the situation."CBS News - 5h -
Questions linger about RFK Jr. and a measles outbreak half a world away
Local officials in Samoa don't blame Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's HHS pick, for measles deaths, but critics call his actions "harmful."CBS News - 1d -
Tuberculosis outbreak reported in Kansas
A tuberculosis outbreak that began a year ago in two counties in the Kansas City, Kan., area has caused 67 active cases and 79 latent cases of the disease. Two deaths have been reported. But public ...NBC News - 1d -
Kansas Is Dealing With Major Tuberculosis Outbreak
State health officials said that dozens of people in the Kansas City, Kan., area have the disease, which has drawn a federal response.The New York Times - 1d -
Tuberculosis outbreak that has killed 2 in Kansas grows
Tuberculosis cases linked to an ongoing outbreak in the Kansas City area continue to climb. The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024.NBC News - 1d -
Kansas faces record tuberculosis outbreak
Kansas officials are mitigating a tuberculosis outbreak, but concerns of risk to the public remain low. Dr. Dana J Hawkinson, a medical director at the The University of Kansas Health System, joins ...CBS News - 1d -
This state is facing the largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history
Kansas is currently facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.ABC News - 2d -
Kansas seeing largest tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, dozens of cases reported
Kansas is currently experiencing the largest-ever reported outbreak of tuberculosis in the U.S. with 67 active cases reported in the Kansas City area as of last Friday. An additional 79 people have ...CBS News - 2d -
CIA says lab leak most likely source of Covid outbreak
But the US intelligence agency cautions it has "low confidence" in this new determination.BBC News - 4d -
FDA pauses updates on foodborne outbreak probes
The Trump administration's "short pause" on communications, expected to end on Feb. 1, has affected FDA updates on food contamination investigations.CBS News - 6d -
Covering an Mpox Outbreak in Congo: Mile After Mile of Muck
A reporter made a long journey, much of it spent fighting through mud on a motorbike, to reach the epicenter of a viral outbreak in Africa.The New York Times - Jan. 22 -
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Food poisoning outbreak mars Indonesian president’s flagship free meal program
Dozens of children fall ill during rollout of program that was a centrepiece of President Prabowo Subianto’s election campaign. Dozens of Indonesian schoolchildren have suffered food poisoning ...The Guardian - Jan. 21 -
Georgia Reports First Bird Flu Outbreak in Commercial Flock
The national spread of the disease has alarmed public health officials, who remain concerned it could spread to humans on a large scale.Inc. - Jan. 20 -
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Hundreds of Swedish forces arrive in Latvia in largest deployment with NATO to date
Hundreds of Swedish troops have arrived in Latvia to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flankABC News - Jan. 18 -
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Scotland’s largest haggis maker creating new recipe to meet US rules
Macsween working to circumvent food regulations that have banned traditional recipe in US for more than 50 years. Scotland’s largest haggis maker is creating a “compliant” recipe of the nation’s ...The Guardian - Jan. 18 -
Temperatures will plummet as Arctic outbreak brings frigid weather to much of the U.S.
Much of the United States will see temperatures plummet 20 to 40 degrees below average when a major Arctic outbreak bringing frigid temperatures sweeps through the country.NBC News - Jan. 17 -
Drone footage shows fire at one of world's largest battery plants
The Moss Landing power plant, in California, was evacuated, as were people in the surrounding area.BBC News - Jan. 17 -
F.T.C. Sues Greystar, Largest U.S. Apartment Landlord, Over Hidden Fees
The antitrust and consumer protection agency accused Greystar Real Estate Partners of deceptive pricing, charging tenants millions of dollars in unadvertised fees.The New York Times - Jan. 16 -
Largest California wildfires still less than 50% contained, but conditions improving
The National Weather Service says "things are starting to look better" for firefighters around Los Angeles with winds dying down and some of the red flag warnings in the area being allowed to ...CBS News - Jan. 16 -
The ‘Largest Illicit Online Marketplace’ Ever Is Growing at an Alarming Rate, Report Says
Huione Guarantee, a gray market researchers believe is central to the online scam ecosystem, now includes a messaging app, stablecoin, and crypto exchange—while facilitating $24 billion in ...Wired - Jan. 14 -
Foot-and-mouth outbreak in Germany forces meat and dairy export ban
Non-EU countries announce curbs after outbreak of viral disease in eastern stateFinancial Times - Jan. 13 -
FDA finds little handwashing, dirty equipment at McDonald's supplier linked to outbreak
More than a hundred E. coli cases were linked to contaminated onions produced by Taylor Farms used in McDonald's burgers.CBS News - Jan. 10 -
Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Scotland with protection zone in place
A 3km protection zone is in place around a premises in Angus after an outbreak of the H5N1 virus.BBC News - Jan. 10 -
World’s largest chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, reports record sales
The key supplier of advanced chips for the world’s leading tech companies saw record revenue in the final quarter of 2023.MarketWatch - Jan. 10 -
Silicon Valley’s largest start-ups to shun IPOs in 2025
Huge recent fundraising deals for Databricks, SpaceX and OpenAI further delay need for stock market debutsFinancial Times - Jan. 10 -
'Largest recorded UK catfish' caught in Essex lake
Shaun Ing and friends used a body bag left over from Halloween to help lift the giant fish.BBC News - Jan. 8 -
Biden establishes largest corridor of protected land by adding 2 new monuments
The two new monuments -- the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands -- total nearly 850,000 acres, according to the administration.ABC News - Jan. 7 -
Pentagon blacklists Tencent, largest Chinese EV battery maker
The Defense Department has added dozens of Chinese firms to a list of companies that are prohibited from working with the Pentagon and defense industry due to their alleged ties with China's ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Biden Officials Prepare for Potential Bird Flu Outbreak With Added Money
The administration is committing an additional $306 million toward battling the virus, and will distribute the money before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office.The New York Times - Jan. 3 -
FBI seizes one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives in its history
Investigators seized over 150 pipe bombs and other devices when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge. Federal agents in the US found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade ...The Guardian - Jan. 1
