Archive: 20/08/2015
UN fears 11 typhoid cases in Syria are 'tip of the iceberg'
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned Thursday that 11 typhoid cases among civilians from a besieged Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the Syrian capital may be just "the tip of the iceberg."
Aug 20, 2015
NYC names hotel as source of deadly Legionnaires' outbreak
A historic hotel's rooftop air-conditioning unit is the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has killed 12 people and sickened more than 100 in the Bronx, city Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said Thursday.
Aug 20, 2015
Long distance travelers likely contributing to antibiotic resistance's spread
Swedish exchange students who studied in India and in central Africa returned from their sojourns with an increased diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in their gut microbiomes. The research is published 10 August in ...
Aug 20, 2015
Researchers suggest approach to fight common virus in immunosuppressed patients
Using an animal model they developed, Saint Louis University and Utah State university researchers have identified a strategy that could keep a common group of viruses called adenoviruses from replicating and causing sickness ...
Aug 20, 2015