infectious diseases News

infectious diseases News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Marin Mad Cow-Related Illnesses: Two Reported Cases, One Fatal, Rattle Bay Area County (Video)

Two residents of bucolic Marin County, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, have been diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare brain disease often associated with mad cow disease.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

Entire School To Be Tested For Tuberculosis

After a student tested positive for tuberculosis at Longmont High School in Colorado last semester, officials there have been quick to point out the student is the only one so far with full-blown TB.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Scientists Don't Know Why Hospital Superbug Spreads

Only a quarter of hospital-related Clostridium difficile (C.diff) bugs are traced from symptomatic patients who already have the infection, leaving scientists baffled as to how the superbug spreads.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Man Claims He Was Infected With Malaria For Psychiatric Treatment

VIENNA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A Vienna hospital is searching for long-retired staff who might hold clues to a man's claim that he was deliberately infected with malaria when he was a psychiatric patient nearly half a century ago.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

Massive Stomach Bug Hits 3 Cruise Ships Over Weekend

A stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Seas" from New Orleans in one of three outbreaks of illness aboard U.S.-based cruise ships reported over the weekend.

infectious diseases News From the Web

02/10/12 Health Minister Excited About Year Ahead Source: AllAfrica Health Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has echoed President Jacob Zuma's call to accelerate the prevention of HIV and Aids, saying that stronger emphasis will be placed on combating the disease.
02/10/12 Scottish News: Rare dog abandoned on roadside Source: West Lothian Courier - Livingston - West Lothian - UK A "lovely" dog has been found abandoned at the roadside weighing half her recommended weight.
02/10/12 200 People Sick After Cheerleading Event Source: FOX - KDFW 4 - Dallas TX Nearly 200 people have reported falling sick after attending a weekend cheerleading competition in Washington state.
02/10/12 Lab test rules out connection to mad cow disease for... Source: Environmental Health News Laboratory tests have confirmed that at least one of the two cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosed recently in Marin is not the variety linked to mad cow disease.
02/10/12 Kenya to introduce new tuberculosis drug next year Source: Coast Week Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)said Tuesday it is doing research on a new tuberculosis (TB) drug that will reduce treatment period for those infected and should be on the market within a year.

Background on infectious diseases

Infectious diseases, also known as contagious diseases or transmissible diseases, and include communicable diseases,comprise clinically evident illness (i.e., characteristic medical signs and/or symptoms of disease) resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism.

more at wikipedia »