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Gov’t acts on hepatitis report
• Infections • Aug 30 04
The federal government has agreed to spend $80.7 million to address issues raised in a report on hepatitis C and the blood supply.
The…
Cholera kills 40 people in first outbreak in five years
• Infections • Aug 30 04
A cholera outbreak in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, has killed 40 people so far this month, a senior government health official told…
Scientists fear new Ebola outbreak may explain sudden gorilla disappearance
• Infections • Aug 30 04
More than 20,000 Western lowland gorillas could die within months if outbreak confirmed
Scientists fear that emerging evidence may suggest a new outbreak…
Lactobacillus no help for yeast infections
• Infections • Aug 29 04
Taking lactobacillus by mouth or vaginally does not appear to prevent yeast infections in women when they take antibiotics, as frequently happens, according to…
No reason to panic over flu vaccine problem
• Infections • Aug 29 04
Contamination in a British factory that supplies flu vaccine to the United States is expected to cause some delays but no shortage of flu…
West Nile symptoms can last a year or more
• Infections • Aug 20 04
Convalescence after West Nile virus infection can be protracted, particularly for older adults, researchers in New York have found. Physical, cognitive and functional impairments…
Possible West Nile cases from dialysis - CDC
• Infections • Aug 19 04
In a new report, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Georgia Division of Public Health describe what may be…
Florida on guard for West Nile outbreak after Charley
• Infections • Aug 19 04
Floridians are being urged to drain standing pools of water to cut the risk of an outbreak of West Nile or other mosquito-borne disease…
U.S. asks Chiron to develop bird flu vaccine
• Infections • Aug 17 04
Chiron Corp. has won a contract to develop a human vaccine against a strain of bird flu that can infect people and “has the…
Vaccine patch protects against anthrax, in mice
• Infections • Aug 17 04
Immunization through the skin, using a patch, protects mice against normally lethal inhaled doses of anthrax bacteria, according to a new report.
Patch vaccination…
L.A. fights spread of West Nile virus
• Infections • Aug 12 04
The city of Los Angeles on Wednesday approved an emergency measure to curb the spread of the nation’s most deadly West Nile virus outbreak…
HK scientists sound alert on another bird flu virus
• Infections • Aug 10 04
A bird flu virus commonly found in chickens in Hong Kong’s markets could mutate and jump more easily to humans, possibly leading to the…
Nigeria Polio Could Be Halted by Year-End
• Infections • Aug 08 04
The United Nations said it was confident of stopping the spread of polio in Nigeria by the end of the year as it races…
High hepatitis B rates in prisons are preventable
• Infections • Aug 05 04
Rates of hepatitis B virus infection are high in state correctional facilities. However, most inmates appear to be willing to undergo vaccination, which would…
Chickenpox vaccination may not prevent infection
• Infections • Jul 30 04
During an outbreak of chickenpox in Minnesota in the fall of 2002, more than half the children who became infected had been immunized with…
Disease spreads death in flood-ravaged South Asia
• Infections • Jul 29 04
Rain fell on the flooded Bangladesh capital on Wednesday, compounding the misery of half a million people crammed into emergency shelters as waterborne diseases…
SE Asia urged to pull together against bird flu
• Infections • Jul 29 04
Southeast Asian bird flu experts met in Thailand Wednesday to work out how to prevent a second wave of the virus, which has already…
California death shows dramatic march of West Nile
• Infections • Jul 26 04
West Nile virus has claimed its first death in California, evidence of the disease’s unrelenting march across America since entering the country through…
Thai bird flu suspects cleared, more areas hit.
• Infections • Jul 26 04
Two Thai children suspected of contracting bird flu were cleared of having the H5N1 variant that can infect humans, Health Ministry spokeswoman Nitaya Chanruang…
More travelers should get typhoid shots, CDC says
• Infections • Jul 23 04
Travelers to high-risk areas should receive typhoid fever vaccinations even if they plan to stay for only a few weeks, according to a…
Thailand has two suspected human bird flu cases
• Infections • Jul 23 04
Thailand is testing two children for possible infection with bird flu, which has erupted again after devastating Asian poultry flocks earlier this year, officials…
Over 100 Tajiks feared to have typhoid - doctor
• Infections • Jul 21 04
Over 100 people are thought to have caught typhoid in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe after heavy rains cut water supplies to the city of 1…
Nigerian state to restart polio immunization
• Infections • Jul 20 04
Nigeria’s Muslim-run Kano state said it would restart polio immunizations on Tuesday after tests proved vaccines safe, ending fears its eight-month ban would allow…
WHO urges bird flu protections for humans
• Infections • Jul 19 04
Outbreaks of a deadly bird flu in Asia require tough precautions against the emergence of a new virus strain that could sweep through the…
Mutant syphilis strain resists common cure
• Infections • Jul 08 04
A fast-spreading mutant strain of syphilis has proved resistant to the antibiotic pills that are offered to some patients as an alternative to painful…