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Flesh-eating bacteria linked to heroin kills 7 in California

A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in the San Diego area, prompting health authorities to alert law enforcement and other officials in California.

More than 200 patients died waiting for organ transplants in 2018: report

Wait times for organ transplants continue to cost patients their lives across Canada, statistics released Thursday suggest, even as the country has seen a surge in such procedures over the past decade.
Medical device left inside woman's body after emergency C-section

A Parksville woman made a disturbing discovery last fall when she found that a medical device had been left inside her body after an emergency caesarean delivery.
Anti-vaxxer views blamed as measles deaths rise 15 per cent

More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, as a result of global vaccination rates that have stagnated for almost a decade.

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