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Nationwide Salmonella outbreak potentially linked to salami

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Rhode Island Department of Health and several other agencies have been investigating an outbreak...

Majority of pregnancies worldwide in malaria zones

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In a study by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, researchers determined that at least 60% of pregnant women worldwide are from malaria endemic areas. In an effort to reduce the burden of malaria...

Parasite spreading between zookeepers and animals

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In a study led by Bruno Levecke, a parasitologist at Ghent University and collegues at the Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp show that zoo’s are a hot bed for interspecies transmission of certain parasites...

Testing of vaccine against Ebola and Marburg viruses to start in 2010

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In a press release issued by the Southwest Foundation for Biochemical Research, a contract with Dutch pharmaceutical company Crucell has been received to test a vaccine against two of the most dangerous...

Haiti: a country already plagued with infectious diseases can only get much worse post-disaster

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In a nation which even before the earthquake had health problems unimaginable for us in the United States, could turn out catastrophic in days to weeks to come. The country was already the poorest in the...

Wound botulism through heroin use in Washington State

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As reported in the Yakima Herald, there is one confirmed case and one suspected case of wound botulism in Yakima County. Both individuals are confirmed heroin users and are currently on ventilators at...

Another cougar dies of plague in Yellowstone area

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The fifth cougar to succumb to the plague in recent years was found at the southern end of Grand Teton National Park in recent days. The female cat was known in the area of Jackson, Wyoming for wandering...

New technology could increase speed of TB diagnosis

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A new diagnostic system coming out of South Africa could improve the speed and efficiency of the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the near future. The system called TBDx, developed by the Aurum Institute,...

With flu season upon us, CDC offers guidance on making a “sick room”

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With being in the midst of flu season and with H1N1 still looming, The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a plethora of information on things you can do if someone in your family gets...

Ireland seeing increases in Leptospirosis in recent years, one recent fatality

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The numbers of people infected with the potentially life threatening disease, leptospirosis, has increased over the past decade showing rates quite a bit higher than neighboring United Kingdom. In recent...