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Berlin nightclub patrons urged to get meningitis test

Berlin authorities are calling on patrons of a nightclub in the German capital to immediately visit a doctor and get checked for bacterial meningitis after they may have been exposed to the contagious disease there. Authorities say one visitor to the KitKatClub who is currently suffering from the life-threatening illness likely contracted the disease there […]

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Spa’s ‘Vampire Facial’ clients urged to get tested for HIV, hepatitis after infection reported

Officials recommend that clients who sought procedures at VIP Spa, located in Albuquerque, N.M., get tested for blood-borne infections such as HIV and hepatitis B and C.  (iStock) Health officials have shut down a New Mexico spa that offers “Vampire Facials” after at least one client reported developing an unspecified infection following an undisclosed procedure […]