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Six dead in Philippine epidemic caused by rat urine

-Adapted from Channel NewsAsia

A bacterial epidemic caused by water contaminated with rat urine has hit a flood-ravaged region in the northern Philippines, killing six people and overwhelming local hospitals, a health official said Wednesday.

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