hiv aids October 27, 2015 Researchers create test to detect every virus that infects people, animals Researchers say they have created a test to detect any virus that infects people and animals, eliminating the need for doctors to perform multiple tests before confirming a diagnosis.
Outbreaks October 27, 2015 Cholera bacteria spear their prey to grab genes The bacteria that cause cholera grab genes from other organisms in a particularly predatory and precise way, new research finds: They spear neighboring cells with a kind of poison-tipped spike.
Superbugs October 27, 2015 Probe finds death of girl sent home from hospital three times likely preventable The investigation into the death of a 7-year-old girl who died within hours of leaving a third doctor’s office has ended with the corner concluding her death was likely preventable.
Superbugs October 27, 2015 Contact sports athletes more likely to carry MRSA College athletes who play football, soccer and other contact sports are more likely to harbor the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) than athletes who play non-contact sports, a new study suggests
Superbugs October 27, 2015 Man suffering memory loss after mosquito bite during vacation in Bali, report says An Australian man’s dream vacation in Asia turned into a nightmare after he got bit by a mosquito and contracted a potentially deadly virus that robbed him of his memory, news.com.au reported.
Outbreaks October 27, 2015 Superbug forecast: Infections will increase in US Infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria are projected to increase in the United States if no action is taken soon, but a national effort could prevent more than half a million infections in five years, a new study finds.
Outbreaks October 27, 2015 Drug-resistant malaria: the world's next big health crisis? Ka Lar Nar caught malaria for the sixth time when he was working away from home on his small farm in the jungle of south-eastern Myanmar but this time it was a lot harder to get rid of it.
Superbugs October 27, 2015 Poor diagnosis driving global multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, WHO warns Half a million people fell sick with dangerous superbug strains of tuberculosis (TB) in 2012, but fewer than one in four were diagnosed, putting the rest at risk of dying due to the wrong medicines or no treatment at all.
Medications October 27, 2015 New push to stop overuse of antibiotics in nursing homes A new front is emerging in the war on the overuse of antibiotics: the nursing home.
Superbugs October 27, 2015 Frozen giant virus still infectious after 30,000 years It's 30,000 years old and still ticking: A giant virus recently discovered deep in the Siberian permafrost reveals that huge ancient viruses are much more diverse than scientists had ever known.
Outbreaks October 26, 2015 Drug-resistant bacteria lurk in crowded Afghan war clinic A frontline hospital in Afghanistan already stretched by rising war casualties is facing another, invisible danger that is only beginning to come to light: highly contagious strains of drug-resistant bacteria which are making treatment harder.
