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Meningitis outbreak rises to 205 cases: CDC
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 15 12
Seven more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
CDC says one new death from meningitis; number of cases at 197
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 15 12
Another person has died from fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, bringing the death toll in an unprecedented outbreak…
Deadly meningitis outbreak increases to 91 cases
• Infections • • Public Health • Oct 08 12
U.S. health officials on Sunday reported an additional 27 cases in a fungal meningitis outbreak linked to steroid injections that has killed seven people…
Public health messages can influence infectious disease stigmas
• Infections • Oct 01 12
Crafting public health messages about a disease may create stigmas that influence how likely people are to endorse certain interventions, such as isolating infected…
WHO: New virus “not very contagious”
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 30 12
The World Health Organisation says a new mysterious respiratory virus, that has killed at least one person and left another in critical condition, does…
Animals suspected in spread of new virus
• Infections • Sep 28 12
Britain’s Health Protection Agency has published an early genetic sequence of the new respiratory virus related to SARS that shows it is most closely…
New virus not spreading easily between people: WHO
• Infections • Sep 28 12
A new and potentially fatal virus from the same family as SARS which was discovered in a patient in London last week appears…
New SARS-like virus found, man critically ill in UK
• Infections • Sep 25 12
A Qatari man struck down with a previously unknown virus related to the deadly SARS infection and the common cold is critically ill in…
Could viruses be used to treat acne?
• Infections • • Skin Care • Sep 24 12
Scientists have isolated and studied the genomes of 11 viruses, known as phage, that can infect and kill the acne-causing bacterium Propionibacterium acnes, potentially…
New ‘Sars-like’ coronavirus identified in the UK
• Infections • Sep 24 12
A new respiratory illness similar to the Sars virus that spread globally in 2002 and killed hundreds of people has been identified in a…
Researchers call for early diagnosis of flesh-eating infections
• Infections • Sep 17 12
Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index…
Yosemite extends hantavirus warning; 9th infection confirmed
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 14 12
Yosemite National Park expanded a warning about the deadly hantavirus to 230,000 more recent visitors and confirmed on Thursday that a ninth person had…
Yosemite deer mice being trapped, killed following virus outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 12 12
Yosemite National Park has begun trapping and killing deer mice whose growing numbers may have helped create the conditions that led to a hantavirus…
Colorado girl recovering from bubonic plague
• Infections • Sep 06 12
The parents of 7-year-old Sierra Jane Downing thought she had the flu when she felt sick days after camping in southwest Colorado.
It wasn’t…
Infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Mayo Clinic study finds way to pinpoint risk
• Arthritis • • Infections • • Rheumatic Diseases • Sep 05 12
Rheumatoid arthritis alone is painful and disabling, but it also puts patients at higher risk of death. The greater susceptibility to infections that accompanies…
Not all doctors want hand-washing reminders
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 05 12
Many doctors and nurses don’t like the idea of patients reminding them to clean their hands, a new study from Switzerland suggests.
So-called hand…
U.S. officials sound worldwide alert for Yosemite hantavirus risk
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 05 12
U.S. health officials have sent warnings to 39 other countries that their citizens who stayed in Yosemite National Park tent cabins this summer may…
How basking in the sunshine could help treat patients with TB
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Sep 04 12
Vitamin D can speed up recovery in tuberculosis (TB) patients, say researchers.
It suggests that the 19th century practice of sending patients to retreats…
Tattoo Inks Pose Health Risks
• Infections • • Skin Care • Aug 26 12
Tempted to get a tattoo? Today, people from all walks of life have tattoos, which might lead you to believe that tattoos are completely…
Tattoo infections linked to manufacturers’ ink
• Infections • Aug 23 12
Contaminated tattoo ink caused at least 22 skin and soft tissue infections last fall in four U.S. states, according to an analysis released on…
Melons cause of salmonella illness
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Aug 21 12
Mississippi is among the 20 states where people have become ill from salmonella in cantaloupe.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says…
5 Things You Need to Know About West Nile Virus
• Infections • Aug 21 12
As of last Tuesday, 693 cases of West Nile virus have been reported from 43 states to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
New approach of resistant tuberculosis
• Infections • • Tuberculosis • Aug 12 12
Scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine have breathed new life into a forgotten technique and so succeeded in detecting resistant tuberculosis in…
Oral steroid don’t clear up sinus infections
• Infections • Aug 07 12
The steroid prednisolone is no better at reducing the symptoms of a sinus infection than a placebo, according to a new study.
It’s possible…
Surgical patient safety program lowers SSIs by one-third following colorectal operations
• Infections • • Surgery • Jul 30 12
A surgical patient safety program that combines three components-accurate outcome measurement, support of hospital leadership, and engaged frontline providers-reduces surgical site infections (SSIs) by…