Third U.S. Man Tests Positive for MERS Virus, CDC Reports
2014-05-17
He was business associate of health care worker diagnosed with the first U.S. case, but shows no signs of illnessContinue Reading
New Drug for Chagas Disease Disappoints in 1st Human Trial
2014-05-16
Older medication bested posaconazole, but combination of both might work well, study saysContinue Reading
Study Probes Link Between Early Antibiotic Use, Asthma
2014-05-15
Infants given these meds may have both poor immunity and genetic risk for asthma, findings suggestContinue Reading
CDC Urges Anti-HIV Pill for People at High Risk of Infection
2014-05-14
Targeted groups include people with an infected partner or those who don’t practice safe sex
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Hand Microbes Might Reflect Where, How You Live
2014-05-14
Finding suggests that studies in this area should include people from different regionsContinue Reading
MERS Not Yet a Public Health Emergency: WHO
2014-05-14
U.N. agency says the virus, concentrated in the Middle East, doesn’t seem to spread easily among peopleContinue Reading
2 Florida Hospital Workers Who Treated MERS Patient Fall Ill
2014-05-13
Testing for the potentially fatal respiratory infection is underway, officials sayContinue Reading
Pets Can Carry Same ‘Superbug’ Strains as Their Owners: Study
2014-05-13
But infection tends to originate in humans, so concern that your cat or dog has MRSA isn’t necessary, researchers sayContinue Reading
2nd MERS Case Identified in U.S.
2014-05-12
Like first patient, this patient had been health care worker in Saudi Arabia, epicenter of outbreakContinue Reading
Syphilis Cases Climbing Among Gay Men: CDC
2014-05-09
Rates have more than doubled since 2000, health officials reportContinue Reading
CDC Targets 5 Parasitic Infections
2014-05-08
Neglected but treatable infections impact millions of Americans unknowingly, agency notesContinue Reading
MERS Can Be Transmitted From Camel to Human, Study Confirms
2014-05-06
Vienna virologists report finding coronavirus almost identical in both from same regionContinue Reading
1st U.S. MERS Patient May Be Released From Hospital Soon
2014-05-05
He had recently been in Saudi Arabia, epicenter of outbreak that has sickened 400 people and killed more than 100Continue Reading
Disease Outbreaks May Not Change Minds of Vaccine Opponents
2014-05-05
Study of whooping cough epidemic in Washington state found no rise in immunization of babies
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