Fever
Jul 11 2008, AP

A Dutch woman has died from Marburg fever, a highly contagious Ebola-like virus she is thought to have caught from bats while touring caves in Uganda, hospital officials said Friday.To avoid an outbreak of the rare disease, health authorities said they...

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Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings (24) puts up a shot as she is fouled by Phoenix Mercury guard Kelly Miller, right, as Mercury forward Diana Taurasi looks on in the first quarter of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, July 27, 2008, in Phoenix.