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Autopsy released after death shocks the US

A fatal shooting of a black man by police has sparked a fresh wave of anger in the US. Now his autopsy and new footage has...

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15th June 2020 1:06 PM

This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe.

American kid contracts the ’black death’

A CHILD in the US has become the first human case in 26 years to have been infected with the bubonic plague, leaving...

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16th June 2018 9:06 AM

Modern antibiotics can treat the plague, but if they’re not administered quickly, it can lead to death. Picture: Supplied

Scientists 'can't explain' Black Death plague outbreak

SCIENTISTS have warned there is “something different” about the new Black Death outbreak spreading across the world.

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30th Oct. 2017 5:10 AM

An image of the Ebola virus under a microscope. Picture: iStock Source: iStock

Black Death could spread on flights

NINE countries, including idyllic holiday destinations, have attracted warnings for the plague amid fears the killer...

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26th Oct. 2017 12:10 PM

Action Against Hunger said Monday. Oct. 23, 2017 that 102 plague deaths have been reported since the outbreak began in August and that most of the nearly 1,300 reported cases of plague are of the pneumonic kind, a more virulent form that spreads through coughing, sneezing or spitting and is almost always fatal if untreated.