Articles in Infectious Disease
On Saturday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to grocers to remove from their shelves all cantaloupes shipped from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a melon-processing company located on the Pacific coast in southern …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning regarding consumption of cantaloupes from Honduras. According to the agency, cantaloupes originating from Agropecuaria Montelibano, Honduras-based grower and packer, appear to be linked to Salmonella …
Two incidents on two separate New York campuses point to bacterial meningitis, leading school and public health officials urging any students who might have come in contact with these students to seek immediate preventive antibiotic …
Schools in Hong Kong will be closed until March 28 in order to avert the further spread of influenza that has claimed the lives of four children thus far. The closings affect all nurseries, …
Seattle volunteers will be paid an estimated $2,000 or more to hold a paper cup containing mosquitoes infected with malaria against their arm, waiting for the insects to bite to test the effectiveness of new …
Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have agreed that vaccines administered to a 9-year old girl contributed to her condition. Hannah Poling of Athens, GA, and her family may be receiving …
The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently voted to extend its recommendations for annual flu shots for children. Current recommendations cover children aged 6 months to 5 years but the new recommendations urge vaccinations …
Another case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in Canada. This is the twelfth case of the disease in the country since its discovery in 2003.
In an effort to combat the spread of HIV, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have found an experimental anti-HIV gel is safe for …
The World Health Organization has just released findings regarding a large increase in the number of tuberculosis outbreaks in the former Soviet Union this week. This study is the first of its kind to be …
