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In the Headlines: The Revenge of the Microbes-- Out of 134 total cases, 33 Texans die from STREP A between Dec. 1 and Mar. 20 -- HEPATITIS A strikes 147 residents of Spokane County, Wash., so far this year -- SYPHILIS cases in Baltimore have more than tripled since 1993, and other sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise there -- The World Health Organization warns on Mar. 18 that a TUBERCULOSIS epidemic could infect more than 1 billion people, killing 70 million of them, in the next 20 years -- Hamburger meat contaminated with E. COLI 0157:H7 sickens 16 people in Colorado in June last year
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