Infectious Diseases News

The World Health Organization has issued a blunt assessment of the coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging for the first time that there are concerns the virus may be spreading from person to person, at least in a limited way.

Hot or cold? Drought or floods? With the unpredictability of recent weather conditions across the country, it's hard to know what to expect from Mother Nature this summer.

Cholesterol, cancer, even infectious diseases: our blood can help doctors detect them all.

In two studies led by researchers in the UK and Switzerland, the new LAMP test was compared to existing methods in London laboratories that deal with imported cases of malaria to the UK, and to diagnostic methods used in the field in Uganda, where malaria is a leading cause of illness and death.

A new virus in the same family as SARS -- found for the first time in humans in recent months -- has infected 40 people, most of them in the Middle East.

A new virus in the same family as SARS -- found for the first time in humans in recent months -- has infected 40 people, most of them in the Middle East.

The Japanese goverment has awarded the Second Hideyo Noguchi Prize for Africa to Uganda's doctor , Alex Godwin Coutinho for his outstanding contributions in medical services.

Studies in the past several years have shed light on why some children develop allergies, and much of it has to do with exposure to certain bacteria or allergens at a young age.

A year ago, Lori Brownell was experiencing bizarre symptoms including seizures and fainting spells.

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry ; MRSA / Drug Resistance Article Date: 16 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Bacteria are life forms, which, like all other life forms, struggle for the best living conditions for themselves.

MMA News Now, May 16, 2013] More than 75 community, education, business and medical leaders attended the May 9 kick-off celebration of the Central Minnesota Community Immunization Campaign that intends to eliminate whooping cough in the St.

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Present address: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory is developing diagnostic tests for the new coronavirus infection that has sickened at least 40 people worldwide and caused at least 20 deaths.

DOHA: About 150 million people are chronically infected and at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and/or liver cancer, and more than 350,000 people die from Hepatitis C Virus related liver diseases every year, Dr Laith Abu-Raddad said last night at a community health forum in Doha.

Although the rise in cases of the H7N9 bird flu in China seems to have slowed, health officials are developing a vaccine against the virus, and will test it in a clinical trial, experts say.

By the year 2030, one-quarter of all people alive will be at least 60 years old.

Today we're going to talk about the Detroit's dirty little secret. No, I'm not discussing some celebrity gossip headline you might see on the E! channel.

Janssen Research & Development, LLC announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Priority Review to the New Drug Application for simeprevir , an investigational NS3/4A protease inhibitor administered as a 150 mg capsule once daily with pegylated interferon and ribavirin for the treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C ... (more)

Darden's new assignment is director of human resources for the Army Medical Department in the Washington-based Office of the Army Surgeon General.