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                                <title><![CDATA[ WHO says no new cases of Nipah virus detected ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 03:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ All infected cases were males aged between nine to 45 years and were reported within the Kozhikode district of Kerala, reports say. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ India's Kerala state closes schools, banks in seven villages due to Nipah deaths ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 06:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus was first identified in 1999 during an outbreak of illness affecting pig farmers and others in close contact with pigs in Malaysia and Singapore. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Polio found in New York wastewater as state assesses virus' spread ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 01:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The discovery of the disease from wastewater samples collected in June means the virus was present in the community before a confirmed case was made public July 21. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Monkeypox can be stopped outside endemic countries, WHO says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 00:15:15 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Fewer than 200 confirmed and suspected cases have been recorded so far, WHO's emerging disease lead Maria Van Kerkhove says. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EU wants pandemic treaty to ban wildlife markets, reward virus detection ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 04:37:51 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ International negotiators will meet for the first time to prepare talks for a potential treaty, officials say. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ New ‘highly virulent’ HIV strain discovered in the Netherlands ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2022 02:27:36 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ But Oxford researchers say because of the effectiveness of modern treatments, it is 'no cause for alarm'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Covid-19 compared with other deadly viruses ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 03:39:59 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The human toll of Covid-19, officially known as SARS-CoV-2, far outstrips that of other viral epidemics in the 21st century. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ More Americans lost to Covid-19 than 1918 flu pandemic ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 02:45:26 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ 675,722 US Covid-19 deaths were recorded as of Friday, surpassing the 675,000 US deaths during the influenza outbreak that began in the last year of World War I. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Palau loses virus-free status with first Covid cases ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 07:51:48 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ With more than 80% of the 18,000 population fully vaccinated, President Surangel Whipps insists the remote island state 'has been Covid-free but is now Covid-safe'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ First West African case of deadly Marburg virus detected, says WHO ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 01:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Fatality rates have ranged from 24% to 88% in previous outbreaks, depending on the virus strain and case management. ]]></description>
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