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Two days after her 21st birthday on May 25, 2018, Anastasia Soule was lying in an emergency room in New Orleans, Louisiana. She didn’t see it coming. And she definitely wasn’t prepared for what came next. Before things went south, the weekend was set to be the ultimate mother-daughter getaway. Soule, a senior studying economics and public policy at the University of North Carolina, had planned a vacation to New Orleans with her mom, opting for a few relaxed days exploring the Southern city instead of a rowdy trip with friends. But from the moment their plane landed on Thursday,...

"Seventeen people have died of the mysterious disease since it broke out early this week in Ode-Irele town," said Ondo state government spokesman Kayode Akinmade. The disease, symptoms of which include headache, weight loss, blurred vision and loss of consciousness, killed the victims within 24 hours of their falling ill, he said. Laboratory tests have so far ruled out Ebola or any other virus, Mr Akinmade added. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had information on 14 cases with at least 12 dead. "Common symptoms were sudden blurred vision, headache, loss of consciousness followed by death, occurring within 24...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Hundreds of camels have died in Saudi Arabia this week from a mystery ailment. The Agriculture Ministry has said 232 camels died in the space of four days in the Dawasir Valley, 400 km (250 miles) south of Riyadh. King Abdullah has promised compensation for owners, who say the real number of deaths is far higher. Agriculture ministry officials have denied an infectious disease caused the deaths and blamed them on animal feed supplied by food storage authorities.

To the concern of medical professionals already preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic, a mysterious disease first documented 300 years ago is spreading throughout South Texas. Morgellons disease has not been known to kill and it doesn't appear to be contagious – it's the disease's horrible symptoms that worry doctors. "These people will have like beads of sweat but it's black, black and tarry," Ginger Savely, a nurse practioner in Austin who has treated a majority of Morgellons patients, told the San Antonio Express-News. Patients infected with the disease get lesions that never heal.

Four people in western Uganda died recently after they reportedly ate a dead hippo's meat, The New Vision newspaper reported on Monday. The dead, from Bunyaruguru county, Bushenyi district, ate the meat after the hippo died of a strange disease. Three more ate hospitalized at Rugazi Health Center, the reportsaid. Bushenyi district director of health services Charles Katurebe said they were investigating the deaths. Bunyaruguru county residents have always complained that hippos from Queen Elizabeth National Park eat their crops. A mysterious disease hitting Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda about a month ago has killed more than 100...

Republican Government Officials Infected with "Mystery Bug" PHILADELPHIA - Health officials are investigating an outbreak of illnesses at a Philadelphia hotel that recently played host to about 200 Republican leaders, including President Bush. At least 69 guests at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel - all attending a business conference - went to the hospital last week when a mystery bug caused dizziness and vomiting. More fell ill, but did not seek medical attention. In addition, two people at a GOP retreat to discuss party policy Jan. 29-31 - a member of House Speaker Dennis Hastert's staff and a second staff member's...

Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand Treat Killer Virus Like Bio-Weapon There were many breaking stories about the mystery killer flu virus this past weekend. NewsPundit made the decision to sit tight and to wait before we posted more reports about this major Asian flu virus. Many reports in the international press today read like rehashes of earlier reports. But we noticed over the weekend that many news agencies and their reporters were logging on to NewsPundit to read our unique take on this new killer pneumonia bug. The disease is spreading worldwide much faster than expected. While...

Killer Flu Bug: New Chinese "Biological Weapon" Rumors are Again Hot News on the InternetA NewsPundit Exclusive Report:There have been several rather grave news reports in the past two days about this new killer flu that originated in China. These disturbing news reports are again spreading rumors on the Internet about possible Chinese bio-weapons. The new rumors are based partly on the rapid worldwide spread of this killer virus and the difficulty in treating the disease. Other factors: are the rapid calls for emergency quarantine of infected persons and the announcement that international airports will be forced to screen...

More deaths from mystery illness Doctors are hunting the cause of the illness A Vietnamese nurse has become the latest person to die after contracting a mystery virus, bringing the worldwide death total to 22. The illness, known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS, had already killed another Vietnamese nurse and a French doctor working at the Vietnam-France Hospital in Hanoi. All three are thought to have been exposed to the virus after treating an American businessman admitted with a flu-like illness in February, who later died in hospital in Hong Kong. A male health worker from the Hanoi...

Breaking News: World Alert on Mystery Disease (Broke 1 Hour Ago in Australia) THE World Health Organisation has issued a rare emergency travel warning that a mysterious form of pneumonia poses a worldwide health threat. The disease, known as atypical pneumonia, which has killed four people and hospitalised scores of others, is spreading from Asia around the world. Most outbreaks of the highly contagious illness have been reported this past week in Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam. In the latest fatality, a Vietnamese nurse died at the weekend after having earlier treated an American businessman who also died of the...