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Brain-eating amoeba in water supply spurs Texas city to declare disaster after boy, 6, dies

Brain-eating amoeba found in Texas city water supply Texas city declares disaster for water contamination. A city in Texas issued a disaster declaration Saturday after a brain-eating amoeba was found in water supplies, weeks after a 6-year-old boy died after contracting the microbe. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality warned the Brazosport Water Authority on […]

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Florida latest place to declare emergency over hepatitis A

Officials have declared a public health emergency over the rising number of hepatitis A cases in Florida, the latest part of the country dealing with outbreaks of the liver disease. Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees declared an emergency Thursday to allow the state to spend more on testing and treatment, saying Florida has had more […]