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Flooding and heavy rainfall leave over 60 dead in Sudan #Flooding #Rain #Sudan #Africa

Flash floods have ravaged swaths of Sudan for weeks, leaving at least 60 people dead and destroying thousands of homes since late July, authorities and the U.N. humanitarian agency said Sunday. The flooding also injured two dozen people, and has…

12 #dead as rare #bacterial #infection spreads through #Essex, #UK

Twelve people have died of a rare bacterial infection that has spread in Essex. There have been 32 reported cases of the disease, called invasive Group A streptococcus (iGAS), the NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed. It said…

#BubonicPlague outbreak sees medics board #plane and #quarantine #passengers who flew from #Mongolian region

This is the alarming moment that paramedics in hazmat suits were forced to board a plane in Mongolia amid fears of a bubonic plague outbreak. Emergency workers intercepted the domestic flight at the airport in the capital Ulaanbaatar, after a…