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New Hampshire hepatitis C outbreak triggers fears
• Infections • Jul 26 12
Hospitals in several U.S. states are scrambling to check if patients were exposed to the hepatitis C virus by an itinerant medical technician charged…
How a Common Fungus Knows When to Attack
• Infections • Jul 24 12
The opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans inconspicuously lives in our bodies until it senses that we are weak, when it quickly adapts to go…
Gene discovery helps explain how flu can cause severe infections
• Infections • Jun 28 12
Scientists have discovered a new gene in the influenza virus that helps the virus control the body’s response to infection.
Although this control is…
2009 swine flu outbreak was 15 times deadlier: study
• Flu • • Infections • Jun 26 12
The swine flu pandemic of 2009 killed an estimated 284,500 people, some 15 times the number confirmed by laboratory tests at the time, according…
Dole recalls salad in 6 U.S. states for listeria risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Infections • Jun 26 12
More than 1,000 bags of salad produced by Dole Foods Co have been recalled from stores in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee…
TV remotes among dirtiest items in hotels: study
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 18 12
The next time you stay in a hotel, you might want to bring some extra hand-sanitizer.
A study on contamination levels in hotel rooms…
Discovery helps mice beat urinary tract infections
• Infections • • Urine Problems • Jun 18 12
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found new clues to why some urinary tract infections recur persistently after multiple…
Researchers say hotel rooms are full of fecal matter
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 18 12
Picking up the remote control in a hotel room may also mean picking up fecal matter, a new study found.
Researchers from the University…
Canadian researchers thwart Ebola virus
• Infections • Jun 18 12
A team of Canadian researchers has developed one of the most effective cures yet for the Ebola virus. That’s big news both for treating…
4 more test positive in hepatitis investigation
• Infections • Jun 10 12
State health officials say four more cases of hepatitis C involving patients at Exeter Hospital have been identified in addition to the 10 who…
UNICEF targets deadly diarrhea, pneumonia in poor kids
• Infections • • Public Health • Jun 08 12
Concerted efforts to control diarrhea and pneumonia, the biggest killers of children under the age of five, could save the lives of up to…
Cambodian girl, 10, dies from bird flu: WHO
• Flu • • Infections • • Public Health • May 30 12
A 10-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, the country’s third fatality from the virulent disease this…
Fake drugs threaten gains made in war on malaria
• Drug Abuse • • Infections • May 21 12
Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against…
All baby boomers should get hepatitis C test -CDC
• Infections • • Public Health • May 18 12
All baby boomers should be tested at least once for the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, according to proposed guidelines from U.S. health officials released…
Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics
• Infections • • Urine Problems • May 18 12
Antibiotics are still better than probiotics at preventing urinary tract infections, but at least “good bacteria” don’t add to a person’s antibiotic resistance, a…
Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy
• Infections • May 15 12
Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg…
Insecticide resistance threatens malaria fight
• Infections • • Public Health • May 15 12
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts…
Deadly infection claims San Francisco VA lab worker
• Infections • May 04 12
State and federal health officials are investigating how a rare and virulent bacteria strain appears to have killed a young researcher at a VA…
Washington state on track for major pertussis epidemic
• Infections • May 04 12
Public health officials in Washington state have confirmed more than 1,100 cases of whooping cough so far this year in what is on track…
Mad cow disease found in California; no human threat seen
• Infections • Apr 25 12
Authorities reported the country’s first case of mad cow disease in six years on Tuesday, swiftly assuring consumers and global importers that there was…
PET/CT Helps Diagnose Cardiac Device Infection
• Heart • • Infections • Apr 24 12
PET/CT imaging can help distinguish between active infection of a cardiac electronic device and normal residual post-implant inflammation, a small study found.
In 42…
Treatment to benefit African infants at risk of endemic fever
• Infections • • Parasitic diseases • Apr 23 12
Thousands of pre-school children in Africa could benefit from access to treatment for an endemic disease, after tests showed infants to be at high…
Anti-bacterial pillow wins product innovation prize
• Infections • Apr 19 12
A specially designed pillow, designed for use in hospitals, has won a prestigious innovation prize. The pillow has special properties which protect the patient…
Schmallenberg spread a warning to Europe, scientists say
• Infections • Apr 17 12
The outbreak of a new livestock disease in western Europe last year, particularly harmful to offspring, could move further into areas surrounding the worst…
Haiti launches anti-cholera vaccination campaign
• Infections • • Public Health • Apr 16 12
The Haitian government along with international partners including the World Health Organization launched a vaccination campaign against cholera on Saturday targeting 100,000 people in…