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chikungunya outbreak in Europe

The deadliest animals are not lions, spiders or snakes, but the tiny mosquitoes that suck our blood, make us itchy and infect us with disease. Mosquitoes kill around 760,000 people every year, according to research site Our World in Data, with...

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Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak 'not the start of an epidemic': WHO

The cruise ship at the centre of international alarm over a deadly hantavirus outbreak docked at the Spanish island of Tenerife on Monday due to weather conditions, AFP footage showed. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius was attached to moorings at the...

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hantavirus

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has spurred global concern over the potential spread of the virus among and from ship evacuees as they head back to their home countries. Here are the World Health Organization’s main recommendations to...

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