71.   One case has been confirmed in France and another in Northern Ireland, spurring European countries to strengthen their defenses against the disease.

72.   Previously, WHO included in its count only confirmed cases, who were all people who had died in hospital.

73.   Ridge labored to minimize the news Thursday that two more anthrax cases had been confirmed.

74.   Since the outbreak was reported last week, two elderly people in Queens have died from the disease and three other cases have been confirmed, officials said.

75.   Seventeen cases have been confirmed in the United States, and there have been three deaths.

76.   Saw said that since the first case was confirmed in August, the government has introduced a surveillance program that successfully picked up the following three cases.

77.   Scotland was declared free of foot-and-mouth disease Tuesday, more than six months after the first case was confirmed.

78.   Sixty-four infectious cases have been confirmed.

79.   Since then, two other mad cow cases have been confirmed.

80.   Suspicious cases are continuing to be reported, but only one case has been confirmed outside the United States.