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12 Reasons The World Will End In 2012

www.trutv.com | Posted 03.06.2012

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Sure, the world is most likely not end this year (or anytime soon), but there's no fun in writing about that. Instead, the folks at TruTV have come...

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Medieval Plague May Now Be Extinct, But Modern Forms Still Exist

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 10.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The version of plague that caused the Black Death in 14th century Europe may now be extinct, researchers report, but other deadly forms ...

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Black Plague Headed Our Way?

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Plague and Wet, Health, Plague Climate Change, Climate Change, More Plague From Climate Change, More Plague, Wet Plague, Plague, Bubonic Plague, Green News

It seems the wetter things are the more plague there will be. A new study, conducted by Chinese and Norwegian scientists, seems to suggest a connec...

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Resurrecting History's Pathogens: No Oversight for A Dangerous Business

Dr. Lynn C. Klotz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bioweapons, Biosecurity, Plague, Pathogens, Influenza, Home News
Dr. Lynn C. Klotz

Humans have been ravaged throughout history by pandemics ranging from bubonic plague to super-lethal flu. Then they became history -- at least we thought they did.

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Black Plague In L.A.? Squirrel Tests Positive At

KTLA | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Plague, Los Alamos Campground, Los Angeles County, Angeles National Forest, Campground, Los Angeles, Plague, Rodents, Fleas, Home News

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Alamos Campground in the Angeles National Forest has been shut down after a squirrel captured there tested positive for plague....

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Colorado State Veterinary Students Get Plague After Examining Dead Cougar

The Coloradoan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Csu, Mountain Lion, Plague, Cougar, Colorado State Veterinary School, Denver News

CSU veterinary experts revised their necropsy procedures after several students and staff were inadvertently exposed to plague by a dead mountain lion...

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China: Plague Town Gets Disinfected After 3rd Person Dies

AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — Residents of a remote farming town in western China say people have been seeking to flee in defiance of a lockdown by authorities to p...

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Climate Change Spreading Ebola, Plague Across The Planet

Times Online | Lewis Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scientists have nicknamed them the "deadly dozen": 12 diseases, lethal to humans and wildlife, that are increasing their geographical range. Ebola, c...

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