PLAGUES/PESTILENCES, 2007-2008
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I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. (Revelation 6:8)
How can anyone doubt we're being warned by the Almighty?????
Norovirus
in new outbreak in New Zealand
West
Nile Virus claims first New York City resident
Posted
8/29/08
West
Nile Virus claims more deaths in California
Posted
8/29/08
London
hospitals in grip of vermin infestations
Stomach-turning research disclosed the mortuary of Queen Mary's,
Sidcup, had an infestation of maggots. The same trust called in
pest controllers to treat cockroaches in a neonatal unit, ants
and mice in a maternity ward and wasps in the delivery suite.
Posted 8/8/08
Morgellan's
for tomatoes? Image
from the Byte Show... genetically modified food??? This is scary
to think about, folks! Click HERE
to see images of Morgellons inside of a person. Graphic
content... not for children.
Not all the photos show up on her main page, so click on each of the
links and you will be taken to lots of photos in each segment.
Posted
7/14/08
Bees
Swarm Weston Eye Clinic, Beekeeper Comes to the Rescue
Posted
7/7/08
Waterlogged
US Midwest faces a Monster Mosquito Plague
Posted
7/7/08
Media
Blackout Ordered As UK Begins Mass Burials
<-
Smacks of the Black Plague of the 1600's!!!
Disturbing
reports from Britain today are showing that their government has invoked
their dreaded Official Secrets Act as a mysterious
pandemic
sweeps their Nation leaving an, estimated, 3,000 people dead and leaving
‘no choice’ for British Health Officials but to begin mass burials.
Posted
1/11/08
5
horrifying parasites guaranteed to overstay their welcome
Posted
9/5/07
Cholera
kills at least 119 people in eastern India
Posted
9/5/07
Mystery
Pig disease spreads through China
Posted
9/5/07
Australia
Crisis talks over horse flu epidemic
Posted
8/27/07
Nearly
2,000 camels die in Saudi mystery disease
Posted
8/27/07
Snakes
enter homes, increasing South Asia flood torment
Posted
8/27/07
WHO
Ties Rising Population with New Diseases
Posted
8/27/07
Deadly
Bird flu confirmed in Bali
Posted 8/15/07
Deadly
flu Virus kills Australian boy
Posted 8/15/07
Elderly
'suffering mental health pandemic'
Posted 8/15/07
Killer
flu claims two more lives in Australia
Posted 8/15/07
West
Nile Virus cases soar as summer steams on
Posted 8/15/07
Fungus
Epidemic killing off California Amphibians: study
Posted 8/13/07
Hotel
closed as 200 tourists fall ill from mystery virus
Posted 8/13/07
Officials
Fear Spread of Invasive Mussel Plague
Posted 8/13/07
Polio
strikes more Angolan children
Posted 8/13/07
Source
of Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak Sought
Posted 8/13/07
Spain
burns fields to kill Rodent Plague
Posted 8/13/07
5th
Australian Child dies of Mystery Illness
Posted 8/10/07
Bluetongue
virus spreads in Netherlands
Posted 8/10/07
Bluetongue
virus spreads to more Australian farms
Posted 8/10/07
EU
bans British meat, livestock amid foot and mouth outbreak
Posted 8/10/07
Foot
and mouth 'may have spread in floods'
Posted 8/10/07
Rodents
Plague Northern Spain
Posted 8/10/07
Source
of Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak Sought
Posted 8/10/07
Swine
Fever Hits Romanian Farm
Posted 8/10/07
The
timebomb diseases that scientists are breeding in our labs
The fact that a biological research laboratory was probably the source of
the foot and mouth outbreak is, paradoxically, both hugely reassuring and at
first sight very worrying.
Posted 8/10/07
HIV/AIDS
rates skyrocketing among gays
Posted 8/8/07
10
mysterious diseases of today’s world
Posted
3/27/07
100
Sickened by Norovirus On Cruise, Company Says
Posted
4/17/07
1,000
UK turkeys killed by bird flu
Posted
2/5/07
160
stung by jellyfish
Posted 1/15/07
19
contract cholera in areas without clean water
Posted
2/5/07
190,000
sick after Jakarta flood
Posted
2/14/07
25,000
Bird Flu Turkeys Slaughtered at W.Va. Farm
Posted 4/4/07
3
Million in Japan Have Mental Illness
Posted
6/18/07
300
QEII passenger and crew ill With Norwalk Virus
Posted
1/25/07
4
in Britain Test Positive for Bird Flu
Posted
5/30/07
48
carriers of super bug still in Israeli hospitals
Posted 3/12/07
680
Die in Ethiopia Cholera Outbreak
Posted
2/23/07
9th
Case of Mad Cow Disease in Canada
Posted
2/9/07
AFGHANISTAN:
New bird flu cases confirmed
Thirteen new cases of bird flu have been detected in
Afghanistan over the past week, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the
country to 17 for this year, health officials said.
Posted
3/14/07
AFRICA:
Fighting meningitis epidemic a race against time
Posted 3/19/07
AIDS-hit
South Africa running out of burial plots
Posted
4/12/07
AIDS
rising among South Africa's rich
Posted
1/31/07
AIDS
spread could spark killings
Posted
1/30/07
Alberta
hospital closes doors over superbug spread
Posted
3/22/07
Angola
cholera cases rise sharply after deadly floods
Posted
1/30/07
Angolan
cholera outbreak kills 3,000
Posted
1/17/07
Another
Australian Salmonella outbreak affects 40
Posted 3/30/07
Antibiotic
Resistance Found In Black Plague
Posted
3/26/07
Antibiotic-resistant
super virus kills 'dozens' in Israel hospitals
Posted 3/9/07
Asia's
Soaring Cancer Rates
Posted
4/23/07
Attack
of the Deadly Moths
Posted
6/27/07
Australia:
Salmonella Food poisoning affects 247 people
Posted
4/2/07
Australia
alarm at rises in HIV/AIDS
Posted
2/12/07
Australian
anthrax outbreak discovered
Posted
2/8/07
Australian
fowl tested for bird flu
Posted
1/19/07
Australian
Health Alert over devastating mosquito virus
WARNINGS about potentially fatal mosquito-borne diseases have been re-issued
for the Northern Territory's Top End, after high numbers of the insects were
detected across flooded coastal plains.
Posted 5/21/07
Australian
HIV/AIDS at record levels
Posted 3/12/07
Australian
Homes hopping with flea Epidemic
Posted 1/18/07
Australian
Patients quarantined with deadly virus
Posted 3/30/07
B'desh
launches emergency polio vaccination drive
Posted 5/22/07
Bacteria
in food 'may cause rise in superbugs'
Posted
5/25/07
Bacterial
Disease Eyed in Sea Lion Deaths
Posted
2/2/07
Bangladesh
culls more bird flu infected chickens
Posted 5/15/07
Bangladesh
says bird flu spreading More Quickly
Posted
4/12/07
Bangladesh
says bird flu spreads in farms
Posted
4/2/07
Bangladesh
says bird flu spreads
Posted
4/10/07
Bangladesh
says detects bird flu in poultry
Posted
3/26/07
Belgian
troops deployed to battle Plague of marauding caterpillars
Posted 6/4/07
Big
rise in deaths from 'superbug'
Posted 6/1/07
Bird
Flu Genome Study Shows New Strains As new Infections Spread
Posted 4/23/07
Bird
flu hits poultry farm near Vietnamese capital
Posted 3/8/07
Bird
flu in Britain has pandemic potential
Posted
5/30/07
Bird
Flu Kills Endangered Japanese Eagles
Posted
3/22/07
Bird
Flu Mutations Found
Posted
1/22/07
Bird
flu outbreak in north Wales
Posted
5/25/07
Bird
flu outbreak in Pakistan zoo
Posted
2/22/07
Bird
flu outbreaks confirmed in Afghanistan flocks
Posted 2/26/07
Bird
flu Rapidly spreads in Bangladesh, as more fowls culled
Posted
6/14/07
Bird
flu re-emerges in central Vietnam, kills ducks
Posted
5/8/07
Bird
Flu Resurfaces with a Vengeance in Vietnam
Posted
6/25/07
Cancer
Rates Skyrocket in Asia
Posted 6/1/07
Disfiguring
skin disease plagues Afghanistan
KABUL, May 7 (Reuters) - The 10-year-old Afghan girl has big eyes, a
shy smile and a dark lesion speckled with blood on her right cheek.
The girl has leishmaniasis, a disease caused by a parasite
transmitted by a tiny sandfly that can lead to severe scarring,
often on the face.
Posted 5/8/07
Bird
flu reports spreading in Asia
Posted
1/18/07
Bird
flu resurfaces among poultry in southeast Turkey
Bird flu has been detected among poultry in a
village in the southeastern Turkish province of Batman, with experts
still examining whether it is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, the
agriculture ministry said Thursday.
Posted
2/12/07
Bird
Flu Resurfaces in Vietnam
Posted
1/15/07
Bird
flu spreads in Bangladesh, more fowls culled
Posted
6/11/07
Bird
flu spreads to more farms in Bangladesh
Posted 3/26/07
Bird
Flu Spreading In Central Russia
Posted 2/28/07
Bird
flu strikes ducks in southern Vietnam city
Posted 3/12/07
Bird
flu victim dies in Laos
Posted 3/6/07
'Black
Death' Plague found in Denver squirrels
No humans here have been infected with plague, the "Black Death"
disease that killed millions in 14th-century Europe. A state hotline gets
50-75 calls daily about dead rodents. Chris Urbina, Denver's health
director, says the risk of catching it "is extremely low."
Posted 5/11/07
Black
Fungus: stem rust threatens Asian wheat crops
Posted 4/25/07
The
Black Plague: Could It Happen Again?
Plague
ravaged Europe for nearly 500 years, brought about by the expansion of
global travel at the same time climate changed, according to new
research. Given the extent of globalization today, when a person can fly
anywhere in the world in a day or two, and the fact that the climate is
changing, health officials and the public wonder if there is a risk of
history repeating itself.
Posted
5/25/07
Briton
suspected of infecting teens with HIV
Posted
6/11/07
Cactus-Eating
Moth Reaches Mexico
Posted 2/19/07
Calif.
Farmers Fear Spread of Apple Moth
Posted
5/28/07
Calif.
Officials Impose Quarantine on voracious Australian moth
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
-- State agricultural authorities have expanded their efforts to stop the
spread of a voracious Australian moth by imposing a quarantine on the hundreds
of plants the pest eats in a five-county region.
Posted 4/23/07
Canada
Confirms New Mad Cow Case
Posted 5/3/07
Cancer
cases in Europe rising as population ages
Posted
2/7/07
Carniverous
Mice Plague threatens island
Posted 4/23/07
Caution
Urged After Norovirus Outbreak
Posted
1/22/07
CDC:
Lyme disease cases double in U.S.
More than 21,000 cases of the tick-borne disease are now reported every
year, the CDC said, making it the most common illness transmitted by bugs or
animals in the United States.
Posted 6/18/07
Chagas
Disease spread to U.S., Europe via blood banks -WHO
Chagas,
a parasitic disease which can kill victims decades after infection,
has spread from Latin America to the United States and Europe due to
inadequate blood screening, the World Health Organisation said on
Friday.
Posted 4/16/07
China:
Boy died from bird flu
Posted 3/30/07
China:
Pig Disease Could Spread
Posted
5/11/07
China
confirms bird flu outbreak
Posted
5/21/07
China
Identifies Mystery Pig Illness
The disease spread to China in the mid-1990s, and the recent outbreak was a
caused by a new mutation, it said.
Posted 5/11/07
China
meeting warns of bird flu mutation risk
Posted
1/30/07
China
pig deaths caused by a new and highly pathogenic strain of blue ear
disease
Posted
6/27/07
China
reports 18,000 pig deaths from disease outbreak
Posted
6/6/07
China
reports bird flu deaths in Tibet poultry
Posted 3/8/07
China
reports new human bird flu case
Posted
3/5/07
China
virus outbreak kills third child
Posted
5/25/07
Climate
change pushes 'African' diseases north-expert
Posted 3/12/07
Climate
Change to increase British Pestilences
Posted 4/2/07
Congo
cholera outbreak reaches capital Brazzaville
Posted
2/6/07
Controversial
tests reveal virulence of 1918 flu virus
Tests with a revived version of the 1918
influenza have confirmed scientists’ worst fears, that it was the
virus itself and not poor healthcare that led to the deaths of
around 50 million people.
Posted
1/23/07
Costa
Rica Probes Mystery Deaths of 500 Pelicans
Posted 2/15/07
COTE
D IVOIRE: Meningitis outbreak reported
Posted
2/23/07
Czechs
fear beetle invasion after trees felled by storm
Posted 1/23/07
Deadly
Antibiotic-Resisting Bacteria Has Killed Dozens
Posted 3/12/07
Deadly
bird flu found in Hungary
Posted
1/25/07
Deadly
bird flu found in Pakistan
Posted
2/7/07
Deadly
Bird Flu Virus hits ninth province in Vietnam
Posted
5/30/07
Deadly
Chagas infection poses threat to blood supply
Posted
6/14/07
Deadly
Ebola-like virus killing fish in Great Lakes
Posted
5/1/07
A
Deadly Ebola Mystery
Of all the diseases you need to be afraid of, Ebola is near the
bottom of the list.
Posted 4/30/07
The
deadly hemorrhagic form of dengue fever Surging in Mexico, Latin
America
Posted
4/2/07
Deadly
Illnesses Developing From Mystery Vaccine
A shot from a syringe is leaving some U.S. servicemen and women on the brink
of death.
Posted 5/11/07
Deadly
Jellyfish Plague invades Australia Coast
Irukandji jellyfish
are among the world’s most toxic creatures – all but impossible to detect
in the water but packing a potentially lethal punch belying their tiny size.
Until recently it was thought that they were confined to Australia’s
northern tropical waters, but marine biologists have now found them off
Queensland’s Fraser Island — a popular tourist spot about 400 miles south
of their previously assumed range.
Posted 3/30/07
Deadly
Pig-Killing Viral Disease Rapidly Spreads in China
Posted
6/14/07
Deadly
Spiders march into Australian Cities
Posted 2/6/07
Deadly
Staph infections spread in Chicago
Called
methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, these staph
germs can cause skin infections that in rare cases have led to
pneumonia, bloodstream infections and a painful, flesh-destroying
condition. MRSA is hard to treat because the bacteria have developed
resistance to the penicillin drug family.
Posted
5/30/07
Deadly
Storms Sweep Nation
A blast of wind-driven snow and plunging
temperatures created headaches for travelers Tuesday across the
Midwest with canceled flights and slick, slushy roads. In the south,
a powerful storm and likely a tornado hit the New Orleans area,
killing one and injuring at least 15 others.
Posted
2/14/07
Deadly
TB strain seen in Africa now in rich nations
Posted
3/26/07
Deadly
TB strain thrives in African slums--agency
Posted
3/26/07
Dengue
Fever outbreak sparks Paraguay emergency
Posted
3/5/07
Destructive
Mite Threatens Hawaii Bees
Posted 4/27/07
The
dilemma of a deadly disease: patients may be forcibly detained
<- FEATURE!!!
South Africa is considering forcibly detaining people who carry a
deadly strain of tuberculosis that has already claimed hundreds of
lives. The strain threatens to cause a global pandemic, but the
planned move pits public protection against human rights.
Posted 1/23/07
Dirty
hospital drains blamed in Canada baby deaths
A television documentary by Radio-Canada, the CBC's French-language
service, revealed that the babies died after they contracted the
"Pseudomonas aeruginosa" bacterium in the neonatal
intensive care ward of Sainte-Justine Hospital.
Posted
4/30/07
Disease-Carrying
Ticks Spread in Germany as Climate Warms
Experts
are warning of an epidemic of disease-bearing ticks in Germany this
summer after a particularly mild winter. Their range is likely to
keep increasing as the climate warms.
Posted
5/7/07
Disease
could kill more than tsunami
Posted
4/9/07
Disease
Engulfs China
While China's economy has been rapidly expanding, the
country's social welfare is declining fast. Two important factors contributing
to this downfall are the noticeable spread of disease among Chinese people,
combined with a neglect of public health concerns.
Posted
2/26/07
Disease
fears amid Horrific Jakarta floods
Posted
2/6/07
Disease
fears rise as Australia soaks in sewage-contaminated floodwaters
Posted
6/14/07
Disease
hits as aid trickles into Solomons disaster area
Posted 4/5/07
Disease
hits as Malaysian floods displace 90,000
Posted
1/16/06
Disease
is ravaging Africa
"More
than seven percent of Ethiopia's 77 million people are susceptible
to river blindness," he told ministers and diplomats from
several African nations. "Children are particularly vulnerable
to the disease and this is unnecessary."
Posted
2/14/07
Disease
Outbreak kills 250,000 fish at hatchery
Posted 5/9/07
Disease
rising as Australia dries
Posted
4/10/07
Disease's
rise after New floods hit Malaysia
Posted
1/17/07
Dole
recalls Salmonella infected cantaloupes in U.S. states, Quebec
Posted 02/20/07
Drug
resistance and HIV-AIDS threaten anti-TB drive: WHO
Posted
3/26/07
Drug-resistant
germ escapes hospital confines
MRSA, or methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, has long been
known as an infection associated with hospitals, where patients are
already sick and vulnerable. A newer strain of MRSA known as
"community associated" has emerged outside hospitals and
is causing severe infections in previously healthy children and
adults.
Posted
4/24/07
Drug
Resistant River Blindness Super Disease Found
The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in
Africa and tropical regions of the Americas, may be developing resistance to
the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The
Lancet.
Posted 6/18/07
Drug-resistant
TB spreading around the world
Posted 3/7/07
Drug
Resistant TB Spreads In Africa
Posted 2/28/07
Duck
Farming Spreads Bird Flu in Vietnam
Posted
1/25/07
Dysentery
kills hundreds in Somalia
Posted
3/22/07
E.
coli. Contaminated Beef Recall Expanded to Millions of Pounds
A meat supplier has greatly expanded a ground beef recall, which now
includes about 5.7 million pounds of fresh and frozen meat that may
be contaminated with E. coli.
Posted 6/11/07
E.
coli death toll rises
Posted
1/29/07
Egypt
says a 13th citizen has died of bird flu
Posted 02/20/07
Egyptian
4-year-old tests positive for bird flu
Posted
3/13/07
Egyptian
child, 2, tests positive for bird flu
Posted 4/6/07
Egyptian
girl dies of bird flu, 14th death
Posted
4/12/07
Egyptian
girl dies of bird flu virus
Posted
6/11/07
Egyptian
girl has bird flu, 27th human case
Posted
3/27/07
Egyptian
woman dies from bird flu
Posted
1/22/07
Egyptian
woman tests positive for bird flu
Posted
1/19/07
Epidemic
of syphilis endangers Europe
Posted
8/6/07
ERITREA-YEMEN:
New locust swarms threaten crop harvests
Posted 4/23/07
ETHIOPIA:
Locust Plague threat in the east
A Plague of locusts is likely to infest the eastern part of Ethiopia
in mid-June, the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern
Africa (DLCO-EA) has warned.
Posted 5/10/07
Europe's
flu earlier, more virulent
Posted
1/30/07
Experts:
Asian Soybean Rust Fungus Found in La.
Posted 5/17/07
Experts:
Poisonous Brown Widow Spider invades Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Louisiana bug experts say the poisonous brown widow
spider, a cousin to the well-known black widow, is increasingly being
spotted in Louisiana.
Posted 5/11/07
Experts
Fear Bird Flu's Spread in Asia
Posted
2/16/07
Experts
tackle the devil's tumour
Posted
2/22/07
FACTBOX-Bird
flu's spread around the globe
Posted 3/12/07
Fast
Spreading Fish-Killing Virus Found in Lake Huron
Posted
1/29/07
Fatal
disease found in developing countries with poor hygiene habits hits
South Texas
Medical
professionals in South Texas have identified another disease that
has apparently slipped across the border – caused by a rare brain
worm that can be fatal and is being spread by unsanitary
food-handling practices.
Posted
1/15/07
FDA
expects pet food death toll to rise
Posted
3/21/07
FDA
extends salmonella infected peanut butter recall
Posted 3/12/07
Fears
grow that gulls will spread bird flu far and wide
Posted 02/20/07
FEATURE-Disfiguring
skin disease plagues Afghanistan
Posted
5/10/07
Feds
Say 20 Million Have Form of HPV Virus
Posted 3/1/07
Fiji
urged to intensify HIV/AIDS fight as rates of infection increase
Posted
2/13/07
Flight
Risk
An airline passenger infected with a particularly lethal form of
tuberculosis is under quarantine. How much of a threat is the disease to
others?
Posted 6/1/07
First
bird flu death in Nigeria
Posted
2/1/07
First
dysentery cases reported after tsunami
Posted 4/6/07
Flesh-destroying
ulcer infection spreads
The
Bairnsdale ulcer, which kills human skin cells, fat and blood
vessels, was first diagnosed in Australia in 1948, on the Victorian
coast.
Posted
1/16/06
Floods,
legacy of wars drive Africa cholera risk
Posted
3/5/07
Florida
tries to wipe out cat-sized African rats
U.S. federal and state officials are beginning the final phase of a
two-year project to eradicate the Gambian pouched rats, which can
grow to the size of a cat and began reproducing in the remote area
about eight years ago.
Posted 5/28/07
Flu
drug warning after two child deaths
Posted
3/26/07
Flu
pandemic gets hurricane-style warnings
(1) CDC
issues guidelines to help states plan for the next flu pandemic; (2)
Plan would rank flu severity much as hurricanes are categorized; (3)
Plan doesn't tell states what infection-control steps to take
Posted
2/2/07
Foot
and mouth lab failure causes outbreak
Posted
8/6/07
Four
suspected bird flu deaths in Nigeria, official says
Posted
2/1/07
French
Beekeepers Brace for Asian Hornets Sting
The situation is
"very worrying," he said. "If the hornets keep attacking the
bees then their number will be reduced and honey production will be severely
handicapped."
Posted 4/16/07
Ga.
Lab Aims to Halt the Hemlock Pest Plague
Posted 3/19/07
Gabon
reports outbreak of Chikungunya virus
Posted 5/15/07
Ghana
confirms first case of bird flu
Posted 5/3/07
Giant
Mice Devouring Island Seabird Chicks, Threatening Extinction
Common house mice were
introduced to the island more than a century ago. Now three times larger than
normal mice, the invasive rodents likely number more than a million.
Posted 4/19/07
Girl
Gets Flesh-Eating Infection From Game
Officials
say the 14-year-old girl was playing the "ABC game" in
class, the object of which is for kids to see how long they can
tolerate someone finger-scratching the letters of the alphabet onto
their skin.
Posted
4/23/07
Growing
number of diseases jump from exotic beasts to humans
The monkeypox outbreak illustrates a growing problem: Exotic beasts
give exotic diseases to people who get too close, a trend that some
medical specialists call a serious public health threat.
Posted 4/16/07
H5N1
bird flu virus confirmed in eight Moscow suburbs
Posted 2/26/07
Health
expert blames pollution for rapid cancer rise
Posted 5/17/07
The
hidden suffering of India's lepers
Posted
4/2/07
HIV/AIDS
Infections on the Rise in Asia
Posted
4/2/07
HIV/AIDS
numbers soaring in Malaysia:
Posted
2/13/07
Horses
at risk from virus that kills in four hours
Posted
3/28/07
Hospital
failings allow superbugs to spread
Thousands of patients risk contracting potentially deadly superbugs because
NHS hospitals are not taking basic steps to stop the spread of infection,
research for The Daily Telegraph reveals today.
Posted 4/26/07
Hundreds
still sick in Mexico Catholic school mystery
Posted
4/10/07
India
alarm over the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS
Posted 6/1/07
India
finance minister says AIDS cases underreported
Posted
5/25/07
Indian
farmers braced for rat plague
Posted 5/4/07
Indonesia
confirms 76th bird flu death
Posted
5/16/07
Indonesia
confirms three more bird flu deaths
Posted 3/29/07
Indonesia
faces growing HIV/AIDS Epidemic , Papua big worry-WHO
Posted
2/19/07
Indonesia
finds asymptomatic H5N1-infected poultry
Posted
6/14/07