CHICAGO (Reuters) - Eleven workers who removed brains from slaughtered pigs at a plant in Minnesota have come down with a mysterious neurological condition, company and U.S. health officials said on Friday.

State and federal officials were working to find out if other workers at Quality Pork Processors Inc. in the city of Austin may be in danger.

"As far as we know, it is a rare condition," said Dr. Daniel Lachance, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, which tried to diagnose and treat the employees.

"To date, it has been seemingly restricted to this one workplace and not others of a similar nature, at least as much as I know right now from colleagues at the Minnesota Department of Health," Lachance said in a telephone interview.

"The reason for all this is not at all clear."

Kelly Wadding, president of Quality Pork, said he shut down the part of the plant where the employees worked.

"There is one area ...

The Ugandan government yesterday announced that suspected cases of the lethal Ebola hemorrhagic fever have been reported in seven more districts.

State Minister for Primary Healthcare, Dr Emmanuel Otaala said eight sporadic alert cases have been registered in the districts of Adjumani in West Nile, Mbale in the east, Masaka and Mubende in Buganda region and Kasese, Fort Portal (Kabarole) and Kanungu in western Uganda; implying the whole country is now under Ebola siege.

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Ugandan health officials say an outbreak of Ebola has now killed at least 22 people, including four health workers who were treating Ebola patients.

The country's Ministry of Health Thursday, reported a total of 93 suspected Ebola cases, all in the western Bundibugyo district.

The outbreak began in late August but was not confirmed to be Ebola until last week.

News agency reports say staffers at Bundibugyo hospital did not wear pro...

pic - taken in Simi Valley CA from fire near Porter Ranch/5 fwy/Stevenson Ranch areas

The region's air quality has gotten significantly worse since the fires began Sunday. Dark gray plumes carry soot particles that can worsen pre-existing medical conditions such as lung disease, emphysema, asthma and heart disease.

Schools that have remained open are being encouraged to limit or cancel outdoor activities such as physical education. Los Angeles, San Diego and San Bernardino counties have issued health alerts warning of the dangers outside.

"Small air particles carrying through Los Angeles County can have adverse health effects, and will be particularly unhealthful for sensitive individuals," said Jonathan Fielding, director of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. "Those individuals should avoid strenuous outdoor activities."

The South Coast Air Quality Management District, which encompasses, L.A., Orange, Riverside and San Bernar...