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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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06/03/12 C-Diff Spreading Source: NBC - NBC 6 News WOWT - Omaha NE More than 300,000 people are hospitalized with C-Diff infections each year, and 14,000 die.
06/03/12 Condition of Boy Confirmed with Bird Flu in Hong Kong... Source: Saudi Press Agency Hong Kong's health authority said on Sunday that the two-year-old boy confirmed with Influenza A (H5N1) on Saturday is currently receiving isolated treatment at Princess Margaret Hospital and his condition remained serious.
06/03/12 'Treat drug users' to cut Hep C rates Source: Sky News - Australia The number of injecting drugs users with Hepatitis C in Australia could be halved if this group was included in treatment programs, health experts say.
06/03/12 Virus blamed for illness at Turks & Caicos resorts Source: NBC - KPNX TV 12 - Phoenix AZ Authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands say a highly contagious virus is what sickened tourists at several hotels on the main island of Providenciales.
06/03/12 Next stop: Ngunijini Source: Maitland Mercury The children of Iona Public School don't know what it's like to walk 10 kilometres to school everyday without food, to lose their parents to HIV or fall asleep from hunger.

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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