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(CNN) -- Eight people injured by the devastating Joplin, Missouri, tornado have contracted a rare fungal infection, and three have died, officials said Friday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assisting state and local health officials, who are investigating the cases...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Blues singer Etta James is in a Southern California hospital with a potentially deadly infection. Her son, Sametto James, tells the Riverside Press-Enterprise that his mother was admitted to an undisclosed hospital earlier this week for treatment of sepsis caused by a...

Canada warns of resistant infection EDMONTON, Alberta, Canadian health officials are warning travelers about a new antibiotic-resistant superbug that emerged in India and has already entered Canada, they say. Alberta Health Services officials say an Alberta man contracted the infection...

S.C. girl, 10, dies of amoebic infection MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., A 10-year-old South Carolina girl died after contracting a rare amoebic infection while swimming in a lake, her father said. Liza Hollingsworth, of Mount Pleasant, was buried over the weekend after becoming infected with amoebic...

Colo. calls for meningitis vaccinations DENVER, (UPI) -- Colorado health officials are calling for more vaccinations following an outbreak of meningococcal disease that has killed three people and infected two others. Joni Reynolds, director of immunization for the Colorado Department of...