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BBC Learning English - Learning English from the News / Deadly Ebola virus spreads
46+ min ago (391+ words) An Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo was announced by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. Ebola is a serious disease caused by a virus caught from wild animals and is usually found in certain…...
BBC Inside Science - The science behind hantavirus - BBC Sounds
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (60+ words) Catch up on your favourite BBC radio show from your favourite DJ right here, whenever you like. Listen without limits with BBC Sounds. Use BBC. com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World…...
The NHS hospital being used for hantavirus quarantine
1+ week, 1+ day ago (240+ words) Video, 00: 01: 11 The NHS hospital being used for hantavirus quarantine Up Next. Watch: Resignations, drama and defiance at Downing Street. Video, 00: 01: 37 Watch: Resignations, drama and defiance at Downing Street The Kabul rehab centre hit by deadly Pakistani strike. Video, 00: 01: 49 The Kabul…...
South Staffordshire Water fined after customers' details hacked
1+ week, 1+ day ago (583+ words) The hack went undetected by the firm for 20 months, regulators found A water company has been fined after hundreds of thousands of customers had their personal data hacked. South Staffordshire, made up of South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water…...
Canvas hack: company pays criminals to delete students' stolen data
1+ week, 1+ day ago (950+ words) A stock image of US university students in exams The company behind the popular Canvas software, which was hacked last week causing major disruption at thousands of universities and colleges, has paid the hackers not to publish stolen data online....
BBC News - Nebraska Health Officials Hold Hantavirus Update
1+ week, 2+ day ago (13+ words) Nebraska Health Officials Hold Hantavirus Update BBC Nebraska Health Officials Hold Hantavirus Update...
Where is hantavirus quarantine hospital site Arrowe Park?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1113+ words) Watch: Passengers evacuated from hantavirus outbreak ship in Tenerife The 22 passengers evacuated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship have arrived on Merseyside to isolate in a hospital block last used to quarantine Britons who travelled back from China at the start…...
What comes next for US passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
1+ week, 2+ day ago (950+ words) Watch: Passengers evacuated from hantavirus outbreak ship in Tenerife Seventeen American passengers from a virus-hit cruise ship docked in Spain's Canary Islands are being flown by a government charter plane to be evaluated at a US medical facility. When they…...
Cyber-crime increasingly coming with threats of physical violence
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1307+ words) Hackers are said to be hiring criminals to threaten employees at companies they are trying to break into A few years ago, Tim Beasley opened his front door to discover that a small package had been left on the step....
BBC Radio 4 - Scam Secrets - Booking a holiday? Watch out for this hard-to-spot scam
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1217+ words) With summer fast approaching, many of us will be planning that much-needed holiday. Holiday planning can be stressful - but for two Booking. com users, it became a nightmare when they were left hundreds of pounds out of pocket by a…...