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  • September 2008

    • New HIV Study Shows Disease Accelerating

      New York Times  |  Sep 12, 08 7:58 AM CDT

      New HIV Study Shows Disease Accelerating

      (Newser) - A new CDC study of Americans with HIV conducted with new technology shows that the virus is spreading faster than previously thought, reports the New York Times . In 2006, more than 56,000 were newly infected with the virus that causes AIDS—40% more than anticipated. The study also showed that whites and blacks tend to contract the virus at different times in their lives. More »

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      public health  • AIDS  • HIV  • HIV/AIDS  • infection  • CDC  • African-Americans  • STD  • whites

  • August 2008

    • A Pill a Day Could Keep HIV Away

      New York Times  |  Aug 4, 08 7:24 AM CDT

      A Pill a Day Could Keep HIV Away

      (Newser) - With 2.7 million people contracting HIV every year, the race is on to test the efficacy of a daily pill meant to prevent the virus, the New York Times reports. After recent unimpressive results in tests of vaccines and microbicides, the PrEP drugs are now some scientists’ leading hope for stopping infection before it starts. More »

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      AIDS  • HIV  • infection  • AIDS prevention  • drug trials

  • May 2008

    • New Superbug Highlights Poor Hospital Hygiene

      MSNBC  |  May 2, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      New Superbug Highlights Poor Hospital Hygiene

      (Newser) - A deadly new superbug—beefed up by the over-prescription of antibiotics and spread by dirty hospitals and nursing homes—is raising concern in the medical community, MSNBC reports. The so-called C. diff is a mutated form of a benign bug typically transmitted in unsanitary medical facilities, especially bathrooms. Cases are on the rise, and the threat now rivals that of the headline-grabbing MRSA superbug, MSNBC notes. More »

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      hospitals  • infection  • antibiotics  • hygiene  • staph infections  • drug resistant

  • April 2008

    • Doctors Fear Flu-Superbug Combo

      ABC News  |  Apr 26, 08 6:51 PM CDT

      Doctors Fear Flu-Superbug Combo

      (Newser) - Doctors nationwide took notice yesterday when two Boston kids died of a combined flu and fatal superbug—an increasingly common mix, ABC News reports. The blend of influenza and the staph infection MRSA killed 22 people last year, a huge jump from three cases the year before. Now, doctors fear a wave of co-infections may be upon us. More »

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      infection  • flu  • influenza  • staph infections  • MRSA  • flu shot

  • March 2008

    • Screening Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 12, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Screening Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

      (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 »

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      infection  • epidemic  • antibiotics  • staph infections  • MRSA  • epidemiology  • JAMA  • drug-resistant bacteria

  • November 2007

    • Hospital-Bred Bacteria Kills Brits

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 18, 07 4:34 PM CST

      Hospital-Bred Bacteria Kills Brits

      (Newser) - An untreatable strand of hospital-bred bacteria is killing hundreds of patients each year in the UK, the Observer reports. Pseudomona cases have risen 41% over the past five years, reaching 3,663 in 2006. Like MRSA, the bug is resistant to traditional cleaning agents and antibiotics, and contaminates patients through hospital water present in IVs, breathing devices, and catheters. More »

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      hospitals  • infection  • bacteria  • hygiene  • MRSA

  • October 2007

    • Drug-Proof Superbug Turns Deadly

      Washington Post  |  Oct 16, 07 11:26 PM CDT

      Drug-Proof Superbug Turns Deadly

      (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 »

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

  • September 2007

    • Health Experts Don't Cotton to Dirty Lab Coats

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 17, 07 4:16 AM CDT

      Health Experts Don't Cotton to Dirty Lab Coats

      (Newser) - British doctors have been ordered to ditch their traditional lab coats because the National Health Service has determined that they're unwittingly spreading the superbug MRSA and other deadly hospital-acquired infections from patient to patient on the coats' cuffs. Doctors will now have to work with bare forearms and are banned from wearing watches and jewelry. More »

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      doctor  • hospitals  • infection  • hygiene  • MRSA  • superbug

    • Stomach Bug Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

      WebMD  |  Sep 14, 07 3:16 AM CDT

      Stomach Bug Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

      (Newser) - Researchers seeking the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome have linked a group of intestinal viruses to the disease, according to a new study. About 80% of patients with the syndrome showed signs of enterovirus gut infections, compared to only about 20% of otherwise healthy volunteers. "It opens up a new direction in the research for this elusive disease," said the study's author. More »

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      disease  • virus  • study  • infection  • chronic fatigue syndrome  • intestines  • stomach bug

  • August 2007

    • Syphilis Surges in Surprise Comeback

      New York Times  |  Aug 12, 07 9:22 AM CDT

      Syphilis Surges in Surprise Comeback

      (Newser) - Just two years after it was almost eradicated, syphilis is experiencing a stunning comeback across the nation, health officials report. Nearly twice as many cases were reported in New York City in the first three months of this year, compared to the same time last year, the New York Times reports. The rate more than doubled nationally in 2005, according to the most recent statistics available. More »

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      health  • sex  • disease  • women's health  • HIV  • infection  • condom  • STD  • syphilis

    • South African Prez Fires AIDS Crusader

      Mail & Guardian (South Africa)  |  Aug 10, 07 11:02 AM CDT

      South African Prez Fires AIDS Crusader

      (Newser) - South Africa's president has fired his government's leading HIV/AIDS crusader, the prime mover of a plan to offer free treatment to millions. Thabo Mbeki dismissed his deputy health minister, who has opposed his AIDS denialism for years, the Mail and Guardian reports.  Mbeki has drawn worldwide outrage for the move, which puts at risk her ambitious antiretroviral campaign. More »

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      health  • Africa  • South Africa  • AIDS  • Thabo Mbeki  • HIV  • infection  • illness

    • Foot-and-Mouth Turns Up at Second Farm

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 7, 07 4:46 AM CDT

      Foot-and-Mouth Turns Up at Second Farm

      (Newser) - England is culling a second herd of cattle feared to have foot-and-mouth disease. The animals were showing symptoms on an unidentified farm within a restricted zone around the area southwest of London where the first outbreak occurred. Investigators were considering the possibility that a flood in July may have spread the virus. More »

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      health  • United Kingdom  • England  • farming  • outbreak  • farmer  • infection  • cattle  • cows  • farms  • foot and mouth disease

  • July 2007