Medications

Antibiotic shortage is a problem, but not because of the flu

Throughout the past few weeks we have seen several headlines about the impact of the antibiotic shortage on flu and RSV treatments. Stories like these bring light to an important topic facing our medical community: the shortage ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Experimental Ebola treatment boosts survival in mice

The number of new Ebola cases is tapering off, but the search for new treatments continues. Now, one research team has found potential drug candidates that successfully treated up to 90 percent of mice exposed to the Ebola ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

7 dead in spreading US meningitis outbreak

At least seven people have died and 91 have fallen ill in the United States in a worsening meningitis outbreak tied to a contaminated drug, updated figures showed Sunday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientist develop gilded flu test

Researchers on the Norwich Research Park have patented a quick, simple dipstick flu test using sugar labelled with gold.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC urging flu vaccination, prompt use of antivirals

(HealthDay)—Thousands of people are being hospitalized and 26 children have died from influenza so far, Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a Friday press ...

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