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Nearly Extinct Wild Polio Virus Resurfaces in Malawi

Nearly Extinct Wild Polio Virus Resurfaces in Malawi

Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP The nearly extinct disease polio has made an unexpected and unwelcome reappearance in Africa. This week, health officials in the country of Malawi reported a case of wild polio in a young child—the first spotted in the continent in more than five years. World Health Organization officials are now monitoring the situation… The virus used to infect millions a year and paralyzed…

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Army Suspends Operations at Defense Department Labs Over Anthrax Probe

Army Suspends Operations at Defense Department Labs Over Anthrax Probe

Curated By: TapWires News Service  Source Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Secretary John McHugh has suspended operations at four Defense Department laboratories that handle biological toxins, as the military scrambles to explain and correct problems that led to the accidental shipment of live anthrax to dozens of other labs around the country and the world.

In a memo Thursday, McHugh…

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