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Hantavirus deaths in the US: causes, cases, and what the data shows

Hantavirus deaths in the United States are rare but serious, caused by infection with hantaviruses that primarily spread from infected rodents through airborne particles of urin...

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Ebola Outbreak Deaths: Causes, Case Numbers, and Public Health Lessons

Ebola outbreaks are severe public health events caused by infection with ebola virus, leading to high case fatality during epidemics. Deaths typically result from multiorgan fai...

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Bubonic Plague in Colorado: Current Status, Risks, and Facts

The bubonic plague is a bacterial disease caused by Yersinia pestis , historically known as the cause of pandemics and maintained today in rural rodent populations across the we...

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Who Was the First Person to Die of COVID-19

Early disease detection, case ascertainment, and international data coordination remain challenging, as seen in the effort to identify the first COVID-19 fatality. The table bel...

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