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At least 15 people have died in Uganda from the deadly Ebola virus with the toll likely to rise further, the health ministry said Wednesday.

Ebola broke out in early July in Uganda's western Kibale district, some 200 kilometres (120 miles) from Kampala, and around 50 kilometres from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.

"Two more deaths were last evening recorded at Kagadi Government Hospital in Kibale district... The first death was a female who had earlier tested positive for Ebola," said Dennis Lwamafa, Uganda's director general for health services.

The other death, a "new admission", was feared to have also been due to Ebola, although tests had yet to confirm the exact cause, Lwamafa said in statement.

A health worker from western Uganda last week fell sick and travelled to Kampala, later dying in hospital. It was the first time the killer virus, one of the most virulent diseases in the world, had hit the city of 1.5 million.

A sample has also been collected from a patient in Mbarara, another district of western Uganda, some 100 kilometres from Kibale -- and it is currently being analysed.

In Kibale, health workers are monitoring "two confirmed cases of Ebola and 16 unconfirmed admitted at the hospital isolation facility," Lwamafa said.

In addition, 178 people remain under surveillance in the district, he added.

Ebola, which can cause both internal and external bleeding, spreads by direct contact with the blood or other body fluids of infected persons, according to the World Health Organisation.

The rare haemorrhagic disease, named after a small river in DR Congo, killed 37 people in western Uganda in 2007 and at least 170 in the north of the country in 2000.

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

A FIVE-year-old boy from Tublay, Benguet, was tested positive for Enterovirus-71, the same killer virus that killed several children in Cambodia last month.

This is the second case of E-71 or hand, foot, and mouth disease monitored in the country after swab samples from the boy tested positive in laboratory testing at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.

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Department of Health-Cordillera Dr. Amelita Pangilinan said the infected boy is now recuperating at home, indicating that the countrys EV-71 is mild and not fatal unlike in Cambodia where close to 60 children have died since June.

Pangilinan said the case of the boy is non-neurologic exhibiting only on and off fever, cough, and cold and exhibiting pustules in the hand, mouth and feet.

The boy was already discharged from the Benguet General Hospital where he was admitted for days.

A surveillance team was also sent by the DOH to monitor the brother of the boy as well as other children whom he had close contact but tests results came out negative. (JM Agreda)

Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 02, 2012.

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A fund raising money for Republican state Senate candidates seeks to get an extra boost in donations, including for District 44 candidate Brad Bourn, based on comments made by Bourn's Democratic opponent over the weekend.

During a Day of Action for Democratic President Barack Obama on Saturday, state Sen. Tom Courtney, D-Burlington, called Bourn, among other Republicans, "nuts."

The Iowa Senate Republican Majority Fund wrote a blog post Monday about Courtney's comments. It was titled simply, "Nuts?"

The post stated, "It's not surprising that Courtney has resorted to personal, negative attacks given that he has little of his own record to run on. How's Courtney's record working for Iowans? Bleak to say the least," before listing some legislation the Iowa Senate did not pass during the 2012 session.

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"Sadly, petty partisanship is all that is left of Tom Courtney's legacy," Bourn wrote. "He will not answer to 'We the People' on why he blocked property tax reform, why he blocked rule and regulatory reform, why he voted against education reform changes, why he always supports budgets that spend more than the state takes in or why he blocked a ban on late-term abortions and the list goes on and on.

"My message is about the prosperity that true freedom brings. Tom can't argue against my message so he resorts to childish name calling. Again, this is just sad to see a sitting state senator act this way."

Courtney on Tuesday acknowledged it was a poor choice of words, but said he was simply firing up fellow Democrats before they went door-knocking.

"Maybe I shouldn't have said he was nuts, but I sure think the stuff that he's saying does not make much sense for Iowans," Courtney said, pointing in part to a statement Bourn made at the Des Moines County Fair last week, where he said his top priority would be to outlaw abortions in Iowa.

But the Burlington Democrat stuck by his statements calling former President George W. Bush "nuts," and he added "it's nutty, it's crazy" what's happening in the state's Republican Party.

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Tired of all the crap surrounding the game of college football these days? If so, this one will lift your spirits.

As weve noted on a couple of occasions around these parts over the past couple of months, 24-year-old Daniel Rodriguez, a veteran of two tours of duty one in Iraq, the other in Afghanistan and recipient of both a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, was attempting to resurrect his playing career by walking on to the Clemson football team.

In late June, the NCAA, in a rare moment of clarity and humanity, ruled Rodriguez eligible for the 2012 season. Tuesday, Rodriguezs dream continued as he officially became a member of the Tigers football program as a walk-on.

The school announced the move via a press release.

I am very happy for Daniel, said Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney in a statement. He is getting the opportunity to follow his dream. We are excited to have him join our program. I have no doubt that he will become a great leader for us. His background and story is an inspiration to us all.

After starring at Brooke Pointe High School in Virginia, Rodriguezappeared set to embark on a playing career at the collegiate level. Tragically, his father died of a heart attack four days after Rodriguez graduated, pushing the player away from realizing his dream of playing college football and into a career in the military.

Rodriguez joined the Army in 2007 and, one month after completing basic training, began serving a 15-month tour of duty in Iraq as part of an infantry unit. He served a second tour in Afghanistan, losing eight friends in a fierce battle with the Taliban in October of 2009. For his heroics during that battle, he was awarded both the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Honorably discharged roughly six months later, Rodriguez began attending community college and resumed his effort to play football at the collegiate level. Rodriguez, theGreenville Newswrites ina very nice featureon the veteran, began training tirelessly and produced a video that served as his recruiting film.

While Rodriguez had hoped toremain in his home stateand play for Virginia or Virginia Tech, the tape caught the attention of Clemson and Swinney. After making two visits to the school, Rodriguez was offered the opportunity tobecome a walk-on for the Tigersby Swinney, a walk-on himself at Alabama in 1989 before earning a scholarship.

Rodriguez, who will attend Clemson on the G.I. Bill, is expected to compete for playing time as a slot receiver, and will wear No. 83.

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