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 Sore Throat May 
 Have Axed T Rex 

Trichomonosis still affects modern birds and makes eating almost impossible

Sep 29, 09 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tyrannosaurus rex could have been laid low not by a planetwide dinosaur holocaust or vicious infighting, but by a parasite that still affects modern birds. Researchers have taken a close look at lesions on T. rex fossils once presumed to be battle scars and concluded that they are the work... More »

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birds • paleontology • starvation • infection • extinction • parasite • T. rex • Tyrannosaurus rex • feeding • trichomonosis

Dangerous Staph Germs Found at US Beaches

Bacteria cause nasty skin infections and pneumonia

Sep 12, 09 5:37 PM CDT
(AP) - Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem. The germ is MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—a hard-to-treat bug once rarely seen... More »

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beach • staph infections • infection • sand

Infections Quicken Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Patients

Ailments boost inflammatory protein which may speed decline

Sep 8, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Urinary tract, chest, and other infections may double the speed of memory loss among Alzheimer’s sufferers, researchers in Britain find. About half of subjects in a six-month study got infections outside the brain that prompted increased levels of an inflammatory protein; those who suffered such events, called SIEs, showed... More »

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cognitive decline • infection • protein • memory loss • Britain • health research • urinary tract infection • Alzheimer's Disease

Scientists Find First Human Infected With Gorilla HIV

Disease continues to evolve

Aug 3, 09 2:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A woman from Cameroon living in Paris is the first human discovered to be infected with a form of HIV found in gorillas, HealthDay reports. The finding is yet another indication that the disease continues to mutate and to be transmitted by primates. The woman, 62, has not developed symptoms... More »

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AIDS • HIV • Cameroon • research • infection • gorilla • virus

UK Issues Swine Flu Alert for Pregnant Women, Babies

UK docs release special precautions for most at risk

Jul 19, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid increasing concern that pregnant women and young children are most at risk from swine flu, experts in the UK are warning them to take extra precautions, the Telegraph reports. Doctors suggest avoiding unnecessary travel and crowds, particularly on trains and the London Underground. Most swine flu cases wouldn’t... More »

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United Kingdom • children • parents • infection • fetus • pregnant women • swine flu

(Newser) - The World Health Organization today instructed member nations to stop counting cases of the rapidly spreading swine flu pandemic and focus instead on the most serious, Reuters reports. “Trying to register and report every single case is a huge waste of resources,” a spokesman said. Authorities should continue... More »

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infection • virus • World Health Organization • pandemic • swine flu • WHO • H1N1 virus

Fears Mount as WHO Declares Swine Flu 'Unstoppable'

Agency orders worldwide vaccines

Jul 14, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Concerns continue to mount about swine flu in the wake of the World Health Organization's declaration that the illness is "unstoppable" and the deaths in Britain of two apparently strong individuals, a 6-year-old girl and a doctor. WHO officials are calling for worldwide vaccines to protect populations before they... More »

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public health • infection • World Health Organization • influenza • flu • pandemic • swine flu • WHO • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - The H1N1 virus can more easily infect the lungs than the common seasonal flu, a new study finds, making it more likely to cause pneumonia. What’s more, the present virus bears troubling resemblance to the 1918 strain that killed more than 40 million people worldwide. The study also shows... More »

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public health • infection • pneumonia • outbreak • 1918 pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus • lungs

 Sen. Byrd 
 Hospitalized 
 With 'Minor 
 Infection' 

91-year-old 'responding well' to antibiotics

May 18, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Robert Byrd, at 91 the Senate's oldest and longest-serving member, has been hospitalized with a temperature spike reportedly caused by a “minor infection,” his office said today. “He is being treated with antibiotics, responding well, and is expected to be released from the hospital in a... More »

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Congress • health • Senate • infection • hospitalization • Robert Byrd

(Newser) - With panic over the H1N1 flu virus on the wane, some Americans are pondering allowing themselves to become infected in hopes of building immunity against potentially more virulent strains, the New York Times reports. Doctors are split on the idea. "I think it's totally nuts," says a flu... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccine • infection • virus • infectious diseases • immunity • influenza • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - An administration staffer who worked at a dinner President Obama attended during his trip to Mexico likely contracted the H1N1 virus there, the Washington Post reports. The unnamed Energy Department security worker has since transmitted the flu to his wife, son, and nephew, though he has been cleared of the... More »

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Mexico • Washington DC • infection • Department of Energy • Obama administration • President Obama • Steven Chu • swine flu • H1N1 virus • suburban • contagious disease

 Mexico Fears 1st Fatality 
 Spread Flu Widely 

Census-taker visited hundreds of homes before falling ill

Apr 29, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican authorities fear that the first person known to have died from swine flu may have been a modern-day Typhoid Mary, the Independent reports. The woman, a government census-taker whose door-to-door home visits in late March and early April put her in contact with some 300 people when the flu... More »

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Mexico • infection • outbreak • influenza • swine flu

 Swine Flu Confirmed in UK 

Pair brings disease home from a trip to Mexico

Apr 27, 09 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two British citizens have contracted swine flu, the virus that has killed at least 149 people in Mexico and sickened 20 in the US, the Guardian reports. The pair returned from a trip to Mexico last week and fell ill, the Scottish health minister said today. Seven others who had... More »

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United Kingdom • United States • bacteria • infection • pig • virus • Britain • swine flu

8 NYC Students Have Swine Flu, CDC Says

Bloomberg confirms suspicions, awaits tests on more students

Apr 26, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(AP) - The CDC has confirmed that eight New York City schoolchildren were infected with swine flu, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today, stressing that the cases were mild and many are recovering. The city is awaiting the tests of additional samples to see if more students are infected. Some students at St.... More »

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New York City • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Michael Bloomberg • infection • virus • outbreak • students • swine flu

German Singer Arrested for Spreading HIV

Star accused of having unprotected sex while aware she had virus

Apr 15, 09 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A singer in Germany's biggest girl band has been arrested on suspicion of having unprotected sex while aware she was HIV-positive, the BBC reports. Prosecutors suspect that No Angels singer Nadja Benaissa had unsafe sex with three men after she knew she was infected, at least one of whom now... More »

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Germany • HIV • infection • singer • unprotected sex

 Oprah's Sick Puppy Hangs On 


Mar 19, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though Oprah Winfrey lost one of her new puppies to disease, a second is “holding steady for now,” a rep tells the Chicago Tribune. Ivan, one of the cocker spaniels Winfrey adopted earlier this month and showcased on her TV program, died of the highly contagious parvovirus. Littermate... More »

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disease • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • death • infection • puppy • dog • cocker spaniel

Infected Tattoo Linked to
Man's Death

He dies of blood clot
10 days after birthday present from lover

Mar 15, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - An infected tattoo has been linked to the death of a 35-year-old British man, a medical panel has determined. The man died of a blood clot in his lungs 10 days after receiving the tattoo, a birthday present from his girlfriend, on his right calf, reports the Telegraph. The lethal... More »

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blood clots • tattoos • death • infection • deep vein thrombosis • tattoo artists

 Jacko May Have 
 Flesh-Eating Bug 

King of Pop said to suffer from MRSA-style infection

Feb 12, 09 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Michael Jackson is suffering from a flesh-eating infection similar to MRSA, sources tell the Sun. In the past week Jackson has made two visits to a clinic in Beverly Hills, covering his face with a mask and his hair with a surgical cap. Doctors speculate that he may have contracted... More »

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plastic surgery • infection • MRSA • Michael Jackson

 Sepsis Strikes, Kills Quickly 

What starts as infection can turn deadly in a heartbeat

Jan 28, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The quick and seemingly inexplicable death of 20-year-old Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa brought the dangers of sepsis—the body's inflammatory reaction to an infection—into focus, CNN reports. It can start with something as simple as a skin wound or, as in da Costa's case, a urinary tract... More »

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Brazil • infection • Mayo Clinic • urinary tract infection • Jim Henson • Sepsis

UPDATED

Amputated Brazilian
Model Dies

Miss World finalist lost hands and feet after septicemia infection

Jan 24, 09 2:25 AM CST
(Newser) - A top Brazilian model who underwent the amputation of her hands and feet in an attempt to save her from a life-threatening infection died early this morning, CNN reports. Marianna Bridi di Costa was hospitalized in early January for septicemia triggered by a urinary tract infection. Doctors originally believed Bridi... More »

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Brazil • infection • illness • model • beauty queen • amputation

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