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Study examines outbreak of spinal infections in Michigan

(HealthDay)—Factors such as increased case finding may explain why Michigan had half of the total spinal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone acetate in the recent fungal meningitis ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New global surveillance tool detectsmonitors public concerns about vaccines in real time

Scientists have developed a global media surveillance system that enables them to look for, and systematically monitor, up-to-the-minute public concerns and rumors about vaccines originating from 144 countries.

Medications created May 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bird flu expert working on vaccine that protects against multiple strains

(Medical Xpress)—As the bird flu outbreak in China worsens, a Purdue University expert is working on vaccines that offer broader protection against multiple strains of the virus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Deadly virus discovered in bats also jumps species

(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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New foot-and-mouth vaccine signals huge advance in global disease control

(Medical Xpress)—A new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease that is safer to produce and easier to store has been developed by scientists from the University of Oxford and The Pirbright Institute.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US health leader warns of human-to-human H7N9 bird flu

There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anxious British parents queue for vaccines as measles rages

Fears about the purported side effects once sent British parents running from vaccinations against measles. But now an outbreak of the potentially deadly disease in one city has brought them back in droves.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find two distinct strains in 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak

A new study by an international team of scientists led by researchers from the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome mapping may stop superbug deaths

Genome mapping could prove key in preventing superbugs in hospitals, an Australian researcher said Friday, urging its use to prevent countless deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

First polio case in Pakistan's Waziristan since Taliban ban

A child has contracted polio for the first time in Pakistan's militant-infested tribal belt since the Taliban banned vaccinations a year ago, a UN official said Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Saudi victims of SARS-like virus didn't travel

Five Saudis who died after contracting a new SARS-like virus last week had not travelled abroad, a health ministry doctor said on Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study recommends new tools to improve global mapping of infectious disease

Since the mid-nineteenth century, maps have helped elucidate the deadly mysteries of diseases like cholera and yellow fever. Yet today's global mapping of infectious diseases is considerably unreliable and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study explains puzzling Lyme disease patterns

(Medical Xpress)—In the U.S., most human cases of tick-borne Lyme disease occur in the Northeast—with a smaller cluster in the Midwest—even though the bacteria that cause it are equally common in ticks in both regions. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New approach needed to tackle emerging zoonotic diseases

(Medical Xpress)—A more coordinated approach to surveillance is required if emerging diseases which can spread from animals to humans are to be tackled, say scientists.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flu outbreaks modeled by new study of classroom schedules

Classroom rosters combined with human-networking theory may give a clearer picture of just how infectious diseases such as influenza can spread through a closed group of people, and even through populations ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast