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A measles outbreak has hit over 800 people in Britain, a country in which up to two million schoolchildren are believed to be unprotected due to a scare which linked the vaccine with autism, figures revealed Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-measles-outbreak-vulnerable-britain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:33:25 EST news285525197 The World Health Organisation on Saturday urged countries to be vigilant over the spread of a potentially fatal SARS-like virus after a new case in Britain brought the global number to 12. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-urges-vigilance-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:50:02 EST news280311475 (AP)—British officials say a mysterious virus related to SARS may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught it from a family member. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-sars-linked-virus-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:40:01 EST news279972824 A British resident has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal SARS-like virus, British health authorities said on Monday, in the 10th confirmed case worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-briton-10th-case-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:27:33 EST news279800837 A patient from Qatar has been confirmed with a new virus related to SARS, while health officials are investigating whether it may have spread between humans after close contact in Saudi Arabia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-german-lab-qatar-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:12:42 EST news272884350 (Medical Xpress)—Research by the University of Warwick indicates that vaccinating families could protect young babies against a common winter virus which can be fatal for infants under six months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-rsv-potential-vaccine-strategies-babies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:41:54 EST news272187699 Researchers, led by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, the Health Protection Agency in Birmingham and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, have pioneered the whole genome sequencing (WGS) method through a study of 254 TB cases in the Midlands. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-tuberculosis-genetic-family-tree-key.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:30:05 EST news272129666 A major three-year trial led by researchers at UCL, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown that giving one-to-one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use soap. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-personalized-feedback-healthcare-workers.html Other Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:20:04 EST news270225195 Mathematicians have developed a powerful tool to quantify the spread and infectiousness of viruses like the pandemic H1N1 flu strain, which can be used together with modern laboratory techniques to help the healthcare system plan its response to disease outbreaks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-flu-epidemics-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:00:01 EST news268913707 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 linked to bat viruses, and scientists say camels, sheep or goats might end up being implicated too. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-animals-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:34:07 EST news268025628 A new respiratory illness, similar to SARS, has been identified in a man who is being treated in the UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-viewpoint-patient-illness-similar-sars.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:25:31 EST news267949521 (AP)—Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a virus related to SARS but said there were no signs the disease was behaving like the respiratory syndrome that killed hundreds in 2003. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-virus-sars.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:32:27 EST news267946339 (HealthDay)—About 10 percent of U.K. women who undergo cesarean section develop a surgical site infection, with the odds significantly increased for overweight or obese women, according to a study published in the October issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-post-cesarean-infection-overweight-obese.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:55:08 EST news267886499 Five people in isolation in a Danish hospital are suffering from a typical influenza strain and not a new SARS-like respiratory illness as feared, the Odense University Hospital said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-patients-denmark-virus-hospital.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:35:51 EST news267878145 Five people have been isolated in a hospital in Denmark with symptoms of a new viral respiratory illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus, the hospital said on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-isolated-danish-hospital-sars-like-symptoms.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:58:30 EST news267861502 A Qatari man suffering from a mystery respiratory virus from the same family as the deadly disease SARS is on an artificial lung to keep him alive, a British hospital said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-qatari-sars-like-virus-artificial-lung.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:42:09 EST news267799268 Global health officials are closely monitoring a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left a Qatari citizen in critical condition in London. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-sars-like-virus-middle-east.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:24:36 EST news267675868 A more accurate, faster diagnostic test for Group B Streptococcal infection in babies has been reported in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. The new test could allow better treatment and management of the disease and reduce the risk of mortality among newborns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-accurate-diagnostic-deaths.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:00:03 EST news259944620 In a new study released today in New England Journal of Medicine, researchers demonstrate that whole genome sequencing can provide clinically relevant data on bacterial transmission within a timescale that can influence infection control and patient management. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-tracking-mrsa-real-highlights-benefits.html Genetics Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:00:01 EST news258811176 (Medical Xpress) -- A small but statistically significant link between risk of childhood leukaemia and the gamma rays we are all exposed to from our natural environment has been detected in a very large study led by Oxford University researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-gamma-rays-background-linked-childhood.html Cancer Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:41:38 EST news258712674 (AP) -- U.K. health officials are increasing their surveillance for any potential disease outbreaks that could disrupt the London Olympics this summer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-uk-boost-health-olympics.html Health Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:53:40 EST news252687213 The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is significantly increased in mothers postpartum, suggesting a potential new population to target for screening, according to a new UK-wide cohort study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-diagnosis-tuberculosis-postpartum-women.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:52:56 EST news242621478 Declaring the eradication of polio will be far more difficult than it was for smallpox, according to a review published in the Journal of General Virology. Further research into the complex virus - host interactions and how the vaccine is used in the final stages of the eradication programme is crucial to its success. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-polio-sight.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:13:12 EST news241852375 A study published in the October issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, uses a famous case of international intrigue and murder to shed new light on the risks health care workers face while treating patients with radiation poisoning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-polonium-poisoning-case-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:10:48 EST news235048239