http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Four new forms of hantavirus, one of the most virulent pathogens transmitted from animals to humans, have been identified by international research contributed to by the University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-deadly-virus-species.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:00:01 EST news279528384 In a new essay, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and David Morens, M.D., reflect on what has been learned about emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in the two decades since a major report from the U.S. Institute of Medicine rekindled interest in this important topic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-nih-scientists-gains-emerging-infectious.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:06:38 EST news274453589 (AP)—Health officials are set to draw blood from hundreds of Yosemite National Park employees as part of a research project that aims to help scientists better understand a potentially deadly virus carried by deer mice that killed three park visitors and sickened six others this summer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-blood-yosemite-workers-advance.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:24:10 EST news269619838 As people head out to deer camps or cabins this fall, they may want to take some precautions to safeguard themselves against a potentially fatal virus that sickened nine and killed three in California's Yosemite National Park this past summer, warned an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-precautions-hantavirus-urged.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:12:47 EST news269075555 (AP)—Yosemite National Park officials plan to offer testing to all employees in the park to determine whether they've been infected with a deadly mouse-borne virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-yosemite-workers-hantavirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:52:03 EST news267983488 (AP)—A visitor to Yosemite National Park has recovered after becoming the ninth person diagnosed with a deadly rodent-borne illness blamed for three deaths among those who spent time at the park this summer, officials said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-yosemite-visitor-recovered-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:55:29 EST news266835324 As an investigation into the hantavirus cases traced to Yosemite National Park continues, public health authorities said they have learned more about the park's deer mouse population that could shed light on what prompted a recent outbreak of the rare rodent-borne disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-mouse-population-yosemite-yield-clues.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:53:36 EST news266684005 German scientists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Labor Berlin GmbH have succeeded in clarifying the molecular signature of the viruses that lead to an increasing size and number of hantavirus outbreaks in Germany. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-molecular-signature-hantavirus-infection-humans.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:00:02 EST news265887125 (Medical Xpress)—Hantavirus, a potentially fatal virus transmitted by rodents such as deer mice, is making news following an unusual outbreak at a popular tourist area of Yosemite National Park. The recent cases are a reminder for campers to be cautious, but not necessarily fearful, according to UCSF infectious diseases expert, Charles Chiu, MD, PhD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hantavirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:49:54 EST news265538980 (AP)—Yosemite officials told 1,700 past visitors on Tuesday they may have been exposed to a rodent-borne disease already blamed for the deaths of two people who stayed in cabins at the national park. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-yosemite-visitors-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:10:01 EST news265384012 (AP)—About 1,700 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park this summer were warned Tuesday they may have been exposed to a deadly rodent-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two campers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-2nd-yosemite-visitor-dies-rodent-borned.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:40:02 EST news265346664 Army scientists and industry collaborators have successfully protected laboratory animals from lethal hantavirus disease using a novel approach that combines DNA vaccines and duck eggs. The work appears in a recent edition of the online scientific journal PLoS ONE, published by the Public Library of Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-dna-vaccine-duck-eggs-hantavirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 23 May 2012 11:58:18 EST news256993040