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US Had 5 Rabies Deaths Last Year, Highest Total in a Decade

January 9, 2022
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NEW YORK—Five Americans died of rabies last year—the largest number in a decade—and health officials said Thursday that some of the people didn’t realize they had been infected or refused life-saving shots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on three of the deaths, all stemming from contact with bats. CDC officials…

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UK Infected Blood Probe Focuses on School Where Dozens Died

June 22, 2021
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LONDON—A public inquiry into Britain’s contaminated blood scandal, which led to the deaths of more than 2,000 people in the 1970s and ’80s, began hearing evidence Monday from former students at a disabled children’s school where dozens died after being given blood products tainted with HIV and hepatitis. Former students and parents from Treloar’s College,…

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