Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Making hepatitis C care easier when treatment seems impossible

A health care team at Oregon Health & Science University is trying a different approach to caring for patients who have, or are at risk for, hepatitis C, helping overcome barriers that can otherwise make receiving testing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO concerned about bird flu after girl's father tests positive

The World Health Organization expressed concern about bird flu on Friday after the father of a 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died from the disease also tested positive, raising fears of human-to-human transmission.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A simpler way to track the spread of infectious diseases

When applied to social contact maps, a method recently developed by Gulbenkian scientists has proved useful to study how viruses spread in society and how we can stop them. Public health specialists are already taking advantage ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cambodian girl dies from bird flu

An eleven-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu, the country's first fatality from the virus in years, health authorities said.

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