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USDA audited, lost track of imported cattle
The Swampby Stephen J. Hedges Despite persistent fears of mad cow disease in Canadian beef, the Department of Agriculture has failed to properly track hundreds of Canadian cattle coming into the United States, the department's inspector general has concluded. An...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Medical Research, Animal Diseases, Diseases, Animals
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Montgomery County woman gets West Nile
The Associated PressState health officials say they have this year's first confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Pennsylvania. The Health Department says the 27-year-old Montgomery County woman is recovering and has been discharged from a hospital. The state health...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Diseases, Calvin Johnson
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Audit says USDA lost track of imported cattle
Washington BureauDespite persistent fears of mad cow disease in Canadian beef, the Department of Agriculture has failed to properly track hundreds of Canadian cattle coming into the United States, the department's inspector general has concluded. An audit, completed in...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Accounting and Auditing, Animals, Agriculture, Medical Research
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Swimming pools at foreclosed houses become mosquitoes' home
Sentinel Staff WriterNow that Florida's dry spell is over, mosquitoes are hatching in big numbers -- aided by an unlikely partner: abandoned swimming pools. As mosquito-control departments around Central Florida try to control the pests, some are hearing rising complaints...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Foreclosures, Swimming, New Smyrna Beach, Diseases
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SUFFOLK WEST NILE ALERT
A mosquito pool at Belmont State Park has tested positive for West Nile virus, making it the fourth in Suffolk this year, officials said Friday. The sample was taken last week. Health officials ask that anyone who sees a dead or dying bird to report it to...Tags: Diseases
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West Nile Virus In Washington
West Nile virus is back in Washington state.
Mosquitoes trapped near Grandview this month had the potentially deadly virus.
Health officials say now is the time to gear up for mosquito season by taking precautions.
One way is to empty any container...Tags: Diseases
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Massachusetts patient tested for mad cow disease
Associated PressPublic health officials in Massachusetts are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease. Tests are being done to see if the patient has Creutzfeldt-Jakob (KROYTS'-felt JAY'-kuhb) disease and whether it'...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Animal Diseases, Diseases
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Gang activity plagues Long Island despite crackdowns
letta.tayler@newsday.comIt was around midnight one steamy Saturday when two gang members with the street names Clown and Baldy were cruising Freeport, looking for someone to kill. Clown, whose real name is Jose Mendez, was a cherub-faced 16-year-old Freeport High School dropout...Tags: Jay-Z, Laws, Court Administration, Diseases, Long Island
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Two in Orange County ill with West Nile virus; two others infected
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTwo Orange County residents are sick with West Nile virus, the first illnesses known to have been caused by the virus in Southern California this year, health officials said Friday. Two other residents also have been infected by the virus but have not...Tags: Riverside County, Government Health Care, Anaheim, Diseases, Medicaid
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First Case Of West Nile In State
Officials say the state's first case of West Nile virus has been confirmed in the lower Yakima Valley.
There were no human cases of West Nile virus in the state last year, but eight horses, a bird and a dog tested positive in Yakima County.Tags: Diseases
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