Tuberculosis :: TB traveler exposed fellow fliers to deadly tuberculosis
An American man placed under the first government-ordered quarantine because of a dangerous form of drug-resistant tuberculosis infection (XDR-TB).
Infection
Atherosclerosis :: Cytomegalovirus exacerbates atherosclerosis through an autoimmune mechanism
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Verona and the Institute G. Gaslini in Genova, Italy, confirms the pivotal role played by Cytomegalovirus infection in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
Contact Lens :: Advanced Medical Optics Complete MoisturePlus Contact Lens Solution
Advanced Medical Optics and FDA informed healthcare professionals and consumers who wear soft contact lenses of a recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution.
Bird Flu :: Blood of bird flu victims offers treatment
Using antibodies derived from immune cells from recent human survivors of H5N1 avian influenza to successfully treat H5N1-infected mice as well as protect them from an otherwise lethal dose of the virus, revealed by researchers.
Bird Flu :: Confirmation of Avian Influenza H7N2 Infection
The Health Protection Agency is providing expert support and advice to the National Public Health Service for Wales after an H7N2 avian influenza infection was found in birds on a small farm in north Wales. The Agency has carried out tests on specimens from nine people associated with the incident; seven are from Wales and two were from north west England.
Bird Flu :: Bird flu precautionary action at Ysgol Henllan, Denbighshire
As a precaution, pupils in Years 5 and 6 at Ysgol Henllan, Denbighshire, are offered tamiflu to protect them from the very slight risk of infection with the H7 virus.
Bird Flu :: Avian Flu cases in North Wales, UK
Cases of the H7 flu virus have been identified following the discovery of avian flu at a smallholding near Corwen in North Wales, UK. 12 avian flu contacts had been identified who have or have had symptoms of a flu like illness or conjunctivitis. No one is seriously ill.
MRSA :: Drug-resistant superbugs MRSA on rise
The incidence of antibiotic-resistant staph infections associated with being acquired in the community and not in health care institutions increased almost seven-fold in Chicago’s Cook County Hospital system between 2000 and 2005, according to a report in the May 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Epilepsy :: Human Herpes Virus 6B is associated with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
There is strong evidence that one particular type of epilepsy is associated with a viral infection, report researchers in PLoS Medicine this week.
Avian Flu :: Monoclonal neutralizing antibodies show promise against avian flu
Starting with blood of patients who survived a bout of avian flu (infection with the H5N1 strain), Cameron Simmons (of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) and colleagues generated neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies and show that they can halt viral growth in mice deliberately infected with H5N1 virus.