Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Sick air travelers mostly likely to infect next row: study

People who fly on airplanes while contagious can indeed get other people sick, but the risk is mainly to those seated next to them or in the adjacent row, US researchers said Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Officials say India close to wiping out polio

(AP) -- Health officials say there has not been a case of polio in India for nine months, the longest the country has ever been polio free.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US official on virus: 'Every chance that we could be Italy'

The U.S. surgeon general said Monday that the United States is about where Italy was two weeks ago in the coronavirus struggle, a sign that infections are expected to rise in America as the government steps up testing and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO

Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the UN said Monday, as concern grows over the impact of anti-vaccination stigma.

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