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Millions of Dollars Donated for Malaria Drugs Stolen

LONDON -- A leading global health fund believes millions of dollars worth of its donated malaria drugs have been stolen in recent years - perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars worth - vastly exceeding levels of theft previously suspected, according to confidential documents obtained by The Associated Press. The internal...

Hawaii Investigates Dengue Fever Cases

Health officials in Hawaii are concerned about an outbreak of dengue fever after four cases were confirmed in Oahu. Three members of the same family and their neighbor in Pearl City became infected with the disease, according to Hawaii News Now. Dengue fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical and...

9 Dead After IV Infections at 6 Ala. Hospitals

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Nine Alabama hospital patients who were treated with intravenous feeding bags contaminated with bacteria have died and the maker has pulled the product off the market, state health officials said Tuesday. Ten others who got the nutrient treatments that are delivered directly from the plastic bags into...

The Week in Weird (Naked Pianist Edition)

Welcome back to a new week and a brand-new roundup of some of the strangest stories in circulation. This week's theme must be "one of these things doesn't belong" because we cover the odd world of public nudity, scratch-and-sniff latex underwear on a fetish model, and the bizarre delicacy of urine-boiled eggs. And...

A Promising New Approach to Cure AIDS [VIDEO]

In a bold new attempt to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to infection with the virus that causes the disease.

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05/28/12 Ga. woman battling flesh-eating bacteria speaks Source: CBS - KLAS 8 - Las Vegas NV A young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease could hardly believe it when she was able to speak Sunday for the first time since she was taken to an Augusta hospital more than three weeks ago, her father said Monday.
05/28/12 SF Pools Following New Fecal ... Source: CBS - KELO - Sioux Falls SD But there are new rules in place that could close them for up to 48 hours at a time.
05/28/12 Dog-bite woman has died of rabies Source: Herald and Post - Northampton - Northamtonshire - UK A woman being treated for rabies after being bitten by a dog in south Asia has died.
05/28/12 West Nile virus makes earliest Pa. appearance Source: The Morning Call If you are one of those people who worries that every itchy bug bite could signal the transmission of some exotic and debilitating infection, prepare for an anxious summer.
05/28/12 New ticks spread across Southeast; diseases rise Source: NBC - WXII 12 - Winston-Salem NC In the trees and grasses of the South, there are a growing number of ticks that at best are an itchy nuisance and at worst can carry debilitating diseases.

Background on Infections

An infection is the invasion of body tissues by disease-causing microorganisms, their multiplication and the reaction of body tissues to these microorganisms and the toxins that they produce.

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