Sunday, January 16, 2011

Risk of disease grows as flooding deaths increase in Brazil

We all heard of the flooding that has happened in Brazil. Well according to the Brazilian government in this article, the death toll has continued to rise surpassing 600. Now, citizens are being warned of the risk of waterborne diseases, such as malaria, hepatitis, hookworm infection, and other disease. According to the article there have been several thousands of vaccines given against tetanus and diphtheria.

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