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College Kids Take Global Outlook to Class

Interest in public health leads to skyrocketing course enrollment

Washington Post Washington Post Sep 19, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In less than a generation, college students' international perspective has transformed many colleges' public health-related programs and courses. The AIDS epidemic served as a catalyst by opening young people’s eyes to the global character of disease, and the ease of worldwide travel and communication is spurring involvement abroad. The Washington Post looks at the transformation. More »

More about:  public health • college • UCLA • AIDS epidemic • epidemiology • SARS • internationalist

CDC Sharply Raises
Estimate of HIV Cases in US

New test indicates 40% more infected in US each year than reported

New York Times New York Times Aug 2, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lot more people in the US have HIV than previously thought. A new CDC study suggests that the US has undercounted by about 15,000 cases a year for 15 years or so, the New York Times reports. That would add 225,000 cases to the current estimate of about 1 million. The new figures are likely to have a big impact on decisions about AIDS policy in the US and fuel criticism about prevention measures, the Times notes. More »

More about:  scientific study • HIV/AIDS • CDC • Federal government • AIDS epidemic • epidemiology

Screening
Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

Researchers back more cost-effective, targeted testing to catch superbug

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Mar 12, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Widespread screening of hospital patients for the drug-resistant staph bacteria MRSA doesn’t appear to reduce the number of infections, a new study finds. Swiss researchers screened more than 10,000 patients for the superbug when they were admitted to the University of Geneva Hospitals. Another 10,000 weren’t tested. The rates of MRSA infections were similar for both groups, the Chicago Tribune reports.  More »

More about:  infection • epidemic • antibiotics • superbug • staph infections • MRSA • epidemiology • JAMA • drug-resistant bacteria

Drug-Proof Superbug
Turns Deadly

Antibiotic-resistant staph kills more Americans than AIDS

Washington Post Washington Post Oct 16, 07 11:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - An antibiotic-resistant strain of staph kills more Americans each year than HIV, accounting for almost 19,000 deaths annually, the first national stats on the superbug reveal. The super-staph is treatable but can quickly lead to dangerous "flesh-eating" infections. "We really need to be on guard against these emerging organisms," one epidemiologist tells the Washington Post. More »

More about:  medicine • infection • bacteria • antibiotics • superbug • staph infections • MRSA • drug resistant • epidemiology

Virus Causes Buzz in Bee Caper

Breakthrough may
help explain billions
of apian deaths

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 6, 07 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mysterious deaths of billions of honeybees now has a new leading suspect, scientists say: a newcomer to the US called Israeli acute paralysis virus. And as most stricken colonies test positive for the disease, the lead seems promising, the AP reports. The deaths have hit between 50% and 90% of all commercial American hives, potentially affecting some 90 crops pollinated by bees. More »

More about:  agriculture • virus • bees • honeybees • epidemiology • entomology

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