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11/14/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Scientists sound alarm as PLAGUE mutation could become resistant to all known conventional medicine

Although it might sound like a disease of yesteryear to many Americans, plague is not uncommon in Madagascar. However, this year’s outbreak, which has already killed nearly 170 people there, is markedly different from the strain that usually emerges in the country, and it has some experts seriously concerned about what’s in store. This year, […]

11/13/2017 / By JD Heyes

Fears of a new deadly PLAGUE growing, as Malawi becomes latest African nation on alert

Malawi is the latest African nation in danger of experiencing an outbreak of deadly plague, as the disease continues to spread throughout the island of Madagascar, the UK’s Daily Mail reports. Some 143 people have died so far, and another 2,000 have been infected in Madagascar since an outbreak of the disease in early August. […]

11/07/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Black Death and incurable Marburg Virus now spreading across Africa’s cities… world’s medical system helpless to stop it

Africa is currently contending with two serious disease outbreaks. The pneumonic plague has been making headlines as it sweeps across Madagascar, but there are concerns about it are being eclipsed by a far more sinister threat: A rare and fatal virus known Marburg virus disease (MVD), which has now broken out in Uganda. The World […]

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