Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Florida officials issue warning on Vibrio bacteria

(HealthDay)—Florida health officials are cautioning visitors to the state's beaches about the threat of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in warm seawater this summer.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC frees up drug that fights brain-eating amoeba

(HealthDay)—Miltefosine, a potentially life-saving experimental drug to treat people infected with a rare but deadly brain-eating amoeba, is now available to U.S. doctors directly from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Flu tightens its grip on U.S.

(HealthDay)—The 2013 flu season is living up to its advance billing as one of the worst in years.

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Shot US lawmaker speaks out in first interview

US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shot point-blank in the head during a January meeting with voters, has spoken out in her first interview since the attack, discussing her remarkable recovery.