Seven of eight family members died in the May 2006 outbreak, which started with a 37-year-old woman who'd had contact with a dead chicken.

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China's government has also advised people to maintain good personal hygiene, including frequent hand-washing and avoid direct contact with sick or dead animals.

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The Chinese government has stepped up its disease surveillance, and has advised people to maintain good personal hygiene, including frequent hand-washing and avoiding direct contact with sick or dead animals.

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With our cell phones down to the red zone, and momma laptop dead, we did manage to make contact.

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Hall warns that people should avoid contact with any sick or dead birds and avoid eating fish caught in the area.

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But critics worry that his claims that he can hear the dead could be harmful to those desperate to make contact with relatives who've passed away.

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First, you can rest assured that all the sides of your eyes are "dead ends" and there is no way the contact lens can be lost behind the eye.

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June 16, 2010: Mladic's family launches court proceedings to have him legally declared dead saying he had been in poor health and there had been no contact with him.

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The mother of a 17-year-old boy who was found dead seven years ago has appealed for witnesses who may need to "unburden themselves" to contact police.

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Next month ABC will air Contact, a one-hour special in which spiritual mediator George Anderson will help celebrities chat with the dead.

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