As the world prepares for what may be the next pandemic strain of influenza virus, in the H7N9 bird flu, a new study reveals that the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was deadliest for people under the age of 65, while those 65 and over had greater...
Four people in Ghana were crushed to death in a church stampede to get "holy water" from evangelist TB Joshua, who claims to be able to heal AIDS via prayers and encourages HIV+ followers to stop taking their medications. Thousands of people flocked...
Infectious disease is the most hyperbolic of all medical fields, at least when the media gets ahold of such.
Right now we are to fear a new avian influenza virus. Previously there was another avian influenza strain whose outbreak threatened the...
A measles outbreak in the mining hub of Moranbah could spread nationwide, with authorities chasing 400 people potentially exposed to the virus who may have flown or driven out of the north Queensland community.
A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to human, according to a report to be published in the International Journal Data Mining and Bioinformatics. Chuang Ma...
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Biotech was up as much as 12% today after announcing a successful phase 2 metastatic melanoma trial for its cancer drug Reolysin, which is based on a common virus.
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The National Population and Planned Family Agency (BKKBN) of Bali Province stated that 45.9 percent of HIV/ AIDS patients on the island infected people in productive age, 20-29 years old, thus it becomes a dilemma on teenager problem in Bali.
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The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on Tuesday.
The number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million to 7.1 million over seven years, according to a United Nations report which documents the progress in the AIDS response in the world’s second...
We have heard of friendly gut bacteria that help us digest food and are thought to be essential for gut development, but now, in a new breakthrough study, scientists in the US suggest we also carry friendly viruses that shield us from infection by...
An increase in HIV infections among the Navajo people in Gallup, N.M. has the medical community concerned over a possible epidemic, the New York Times reported.
Among the reservation’s population, 47 new cases of HIV were diagnosed in 2012, which...
Scientists and economists say the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has cost that country's poultry industry $6.5 billion, as consumers shun chicken and health officials make gains in controlling the deadly virus.
The cost data, provided by China's...
(Credit: Navajo AIDS Network) A Navajo reservation on the Arizona-New Mexico border has seen its HIV diagnoses go up by 20 percent since 2011. Despite a concerted push by the federal Indian Health Service (IHS) and public health advocates to expand...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Report Backs Park Service Response to Yosemite Virus Outbreak A federal probe into a deadly viral outbreak last year among campers at Yosemite...
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RABAT, Morocco — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported.His sons were treated and have since...
A team from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, found that cold temperatures dampen natural defenses against a rhinovirus, the leading cause of seasonal colds, in mice and in human airway cells.
The vaccine based on Cytos' Virus-Like Particle technology may open the door to accelerated production of influenza vaccines in Singapore Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today...
(MedPage Today) -- There was no fanfare on May 20, 1983 when Science published what is undoubtedly among the most important medical papers of the 20th century.
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that incorporating a peer-referral program for HIV testing into emergency departments can reach new groups of high-risk patients and brings more patients into the hospital for testing....
