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New York Rats Are the Best Rats (at Having Germs New to Science)
Dayna Evans · 10/14/14 12:22PMFlorida Warns Beachgoers of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in the Water
Adam Weinstein · 07/28/14 02:50PMHealth officials in Florida today issued new warnings about high levels of a flesh-eating bacterium in the ocean and other recreational waters in the state. The state says that bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus, causes ulceration and rapid skin decay and is fatal in about 50 percent of people who get it in their bloodstreams.
US Government Allows Work on Insanely Deadly Pathogens to Proceed
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 02/24/13 10:19AMFollowing a brief suspension of research, US scientists can now begin work again on creating even more deadly mutant strains of Avian Flu and other dangerous pathogens. They now simply, before receiving funding, have to outline the possible dangers of their research. Oh, and they can also now freely publish their results and findings to the entire world.
Unkillable Barbara Walters Now Has Rare Case of Chickenpox
Caity Weaver · 01/29/13 02:00PMDeadly Man-Made Flu Won't Kill Everyone Unless It Escapes From the Lab
Lauri Apple · 11/27/11 02:03PMBy tweaking the H5N1 bird flu virus a bit, a Netherlands-based virologist and his crew have created a highly contagious version that, if ever unleashed upon the general population, could kill millions of us. But don't fret! Their research, like that one Rolling Stones documentary, hasn't been released to the public. At least not yet, anyway.