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Salmonella inquiry looks beyond tomatoes
The federal government has expanded its investigation into an outbreak of salmonella illness to include items commonly eaten with tomatoes
The federal government has expanded its investigation into an outbreak of salmonella illness to include items commonly eaten with tomatoes
Epidemiology
Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Jul 02, 2008, 9:21am
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Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Wednesday, Jul 02, 2008, 9:21am
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Animal study identifies new DNA weapon against avian flu 
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu. By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse, researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu. By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse, researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus.
Epidemiology
Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008, 2:37pm
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Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008, 2:37pm
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Predicting TB outbreaks based on the first 2 cases
Outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) may be able to be identified by looking at certain characteristics of the first two patients, according to new research. If the first two patients are diagnosed within three months of each other, live in urban areas, and if one or both are of sub-Saharan African origin, there is a 56 percent chance that the two cases will lead to a large outbreak of TB
Outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) may be able to be identified by looking at certain characteristics of the first two patients, according to new research. If the first two patients are diagnosed within three months of each other, live in urban areas, and if one or both are of sub-Saharan African origin, there is a 56 percent chance that the two cases will lead to a large outbreak of TB
Epidemiology
Source: American Thoracic Society
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008, 8:46am
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Source: American Thoracic Society
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008, 8:46am
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Bee disease a mystery
Scientists are one step closer to understanding the recent demise of billions of honey bees after making an important discovery about the transmission of a common bee virus. Deformed wing virus (DWV) is passed between adult bees and to their developing brood by a parasitic mite called Varroa destructor when it feeds.
Scientists are one step closer to understanding the recent demise of billions of honey bees after making an important discovery about the transmission of a common bee virus. Deformed wing virus (DWV) is passed between adult bees and to their developing brood by a parasitic mite called Varroa destructor when it feeds.
Epidemiology
Source: Society for General Microbiology
Posted on: Monday, Jun 30, 2008, 9:19am
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Source: Society for General Microbiology
Posted on: Monday, Jun 30, 2008, 9:19am
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Higher temperatures helped new strain of West Nile virus spread
Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of the journal PLoS Pathogens.
Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of the journal PLoS Pathogens.
Epidemiology
Source: University of California - Santa Cruz
Posted on: Friday, Jun 27, 2008, 10:31am
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Source: University of California - Santa Cruz
Posted on: Friday, Jun 27, 2008, 10:31am
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Faulty DNA repair could be a risk factor for lung cancer in nonsmokers
People who have never smoked but whose cells cannot efficiently repair environmental insults to DNA are at higher risk of developing lung cancer than those with effective genomic repair capability, according to researchers from the Department of Epidemiology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
People who have never smoked but whose cells cannot efficiently repair environmental insults to DNA are at higher risk of developing lung cancer than those with effective genomic repair capability, according to researchers from the Department of Epidemiology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Genetics
Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 26, 2008, 9:19am
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Source: American Association for Cancer Research
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 26, 2008, 9:19am
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African Lion-Killer Had Help
Virus conspired with tick-borne parasites and extreme droughts
Virus conspired with tick-borne parasites and extreme droughts
Epidemiology
Source: Science
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 26, 2008, 9:06am
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Source: Science
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 26, 2008, 9:06am
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Mosquito Outbreak to Follow Midwest Floods?
As floodwaters subside in parts of the Midwest, residents along the Mississippi River are urged to defend themselves against another hazard: mosquitoes bearing West Nile virus.
As floodwaters subside in parts of the Midwest, residents along the Mississippi River are urged to defend themselves against another hazard: mosquitoes bearing West Nile virus.
Epidemiology
Source: National Geographic
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 26, 2008, 9:05am
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Source: National Geographic
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 26, 2008, 9:05am
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Extreme weather events can unleash a 'perfect storm' of infectious diseases
An international research team, including University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer, has found the first clear example of how climate extremes, such as the increased frequency of droughts and floods expected with global warming, can create conditions in which diseases that are tolerated individually may converge and cause mass die-offs of livestock or wildlife.
An international research team, including University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer, has found the first clear example of how climate extremes, such as the increased frequency of droughts and floods expected with global warming, can create conditions in which diseases that are tolerated individually may converge and cause mass die-offs of livestock or wildlife.
Epidemiology
Source: University of Minnesota
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008, 9:05am
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Source: University of Minnesota
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008, 9:05am
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Diversity among bird populations found to reduce threat of West Nile virus
A biologist and undergraduate student have discovered that what's good for an area's bird population is also good for people living nearby.
A biologist and undergraduate student have discovered that what's good for an area's bird population is also good for people living nearby.
Epidemiology
Source: University of California - Santa Barbara
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008, 9:04am
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Source: University of California - Santa Barbara
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008, 9:04am
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Educational video in clinic waiting rooms reduces new sexually transmitted infections
A video-based waiting room intervention, Safe in the City, lowers STD incidence among STD clinic patients, new CDC data find. In a controlled trial, the Safe in the City research group found that patients who were exposed to a 23-minute HIV/STD prevention video had nearly a 10% reduction in new infections compared with those who were not exposed to the video.
A video-based waiting room intervention, Safe in the City, lowers STD incidence among STD clinic patients, new CDC data find. In a controlled trial, the Safe in the City research group found that patients who were exposed to a 23-minute HIV/STD prevention video had nearly a 10% reduction in new infections compared with those who were not exposed to the video.
Epidemiology
Source: Public Library of Science
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 24, 2008, 8:46am
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Source: Public Library of Science
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 24, 2008, 8:46am
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Experts use weather forecasts to fight diseases
A cyclone wrecks coastal Myanmar, spawning outbreaks of malaria, cholera and dengue fever. Flooding inundates Iowa, raising an array of public health concerns.
A cyclone wrecks coastal Myanmar, spawning outbreaks of malaria, cholera and dengue fever. Flooding inundates Iowa, raising an array of public health concerns.
Epidemiology
Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 19, 2008, 8:52am
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Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 19, 2008, 8:52am
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Infant play drives chimpanzee respiratory disease cycles
The signature boom-bust cycling of childhood respiratory diseases was long attributed to environmental cycling. However, the effect of school holidays on rates of social contact amongst children is increasingly seen as another major driver.
The signature boom-bust cycling of childhood respiratory diseases was long attributed to environmental cycling. However, the effect of school holidays on rates of social contact amongst children is increasingly seen as another major driver.
Epidemiology
Source: Public Library of Science
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008, 8:46am
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Source: Public Library of Science
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008, 8:46am
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Latrines trounce toilets
While Americans may consider flush-and-forget-it indoor plumbing to be the pinnacle of sanitary science, the lowly latrine could be a far better solution for many parts of the developing world, say researchers at Michigan Technological University.
While Americans may consider flush-and-forget-it indoor plumbing to be the pinnacle of sanitary science, the lowly latrine could be a far better solution for many parts of the developing world, say researchers at Michigan Technological University.
Epidemiology
Source: Michigan Technological University
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008, 6:43pm
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Source: Michigan Technological University
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008, 6:43pm
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Plasmodium vivax -- challenging the dogma of being 'benign'
Plasmodium. vivax can cause severe malaria associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, show two studies published in PLoS Medicine this week. These findings challenge the current dogma that P. falciparum can be severe and life-threatening whereas P. vivax tends to be mild
Plasmodium. vivax can cause severe malaria associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, show two studies published in PLoS Medicine this week. These findings challenge the current dogma that P. falciparum can be severe and life-threatening whereas P. vivax tends to be mild
Epidemiology
Source: Public Library of Science
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008, 8:57am
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Source: Public Library of Science
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008, 8:57am
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Why it takes so long to trace a bad tomato
Food and Drug Administration detectives had a hot lead, narrowing down on a grower who just might have supplied salmonella-tainted tomatoes. Then the patient changed her story: She'd eaten a round tomato, not a Roma one after all.
Food and Drug Administration detectives had a hot lead, narrowing down on a grower who just might have supplied salmonella-tainted tomatoes. Then the patient changed her story: She'd eaten a round tomato, not a Roma one after all.
Epidemiology
Source: US News
Posted on: Monday, Jun 16, 2008, 9:15am
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Source: US News
Posted on: Monday, Jun 16, 2008, 9:15am
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'New superbug' concerns overhyped
Warnings about the emergence of a "new superbug" have been overhyped, say infection control experts.
Warnings about the emergence of a "new superbug" have been overhyped, say infection control experts.
Epidemiology
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Friday, Jun 13, 2008, 10:04am
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Source: BBC News
Posted on: Friday, Jun 13, 2008, 10:04am
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Experts: New Bird Flu Vaccine Looks Promising
Scientists devise the most effective vaccine yet against the H5N1 virus.
Scientists devise the most effective vaccine yet against the H5N1 virus.
Epidemiology
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 12, 2008, 9:32am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 12, 2008, 9:32am
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Wet or dry, Montana still threatened by West Nile
West Nile virus is apparently here to stay despite Montana's cool, wet spring, says Montana State University entomologist Greg Johnson.
West Nile virus is apparently here to stay despite Montana's cool, wet spring, says Montana State University entomologist Greg Johnson.
Epidemiology
Source: Montana State University
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 12, 2008, 9:16am
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Source: Montana State University
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 12, 2008, 9:16am
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Variant HIV Subtypes on the Rise
An ongoing concern for public health authorities and infectious disease experts is the ability of deadly pathogens to adapt or mutate and become difficult to detect and treat. One of the more clever bugs is the HIV virus, which has numerous strains and subtypes that may elude detection. The problem has intensified as the world continues to shrink.
An ongoing concern for public health authorities and infectious disease experts is the ability of deadly pathogens to adapt or mutate and become difficult to detect and treat. One of the more clever bugs is the HIV virus, which has numerous strains and subtypes that may elude detection. The problem has intensified as the world continues to shrink.
Epidemiology
Source: Newswise
Posted on: Monday, Jun 09, 2008, 10:43am
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Source: Newswise
Posted on: Monday, Jun 09, 2008, 10:43am
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Bird flu detected in Hong Kong market
Hong Kong health workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry in a market Saturday after chickens were found to be carrying the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus, officials said.
Hong Kong health workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry in a market Saturday after chickens were found to be carrying the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus, officials said.
Epidemiology
Source: US News
Posted on: Monday, Jun 09, 2008, 8:49am
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Source: US News
Posted on: Monday, Jun 09, 2008, 8:49am
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Weather, Stomach Bugs and Climate Change: Refining the Model
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the University of Western Ontario introduce a model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks that takes into account weather and other factors. Accounting for these factors creates a more accurate model for forecasting infectious disease outbreaks and designing early warning systems.
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the University of Western Ontario introduce a model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks that takes into account weather and other factors. Accounting for these factors creates a more accurate model for forecasting infectious disease outbreaks and designing early warning systems.
Epidemiology
Source: Newswise
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 04, 2008, 9:05am
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Source: Newswise
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 04, 2008, 9:05am
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Researchers find human virus in chimpanzees
After studying chimpanzees in the wilds of Tanzania's Mahale Mountains National Park for the past year as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Virginia Tech researcher Dr. Taranjit Kaur and her team have produced powerful scientific evidence that chimpanzees are becoming sick from viral infectious diseases they have likely contracted from humans.
After studying chimpanzees in the wilds of Tanzania's Mahale Mountains National Park for the past year as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Virginia Tech researcher Dr. Taranjit Kaur and her team have produced powerful scientific evidence that chimpanzees are becoming sick from viral infectious diseases they have likely contracted from humans.
Epidemiology
Source: Virginia Tech
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 03, 2008, 4:32pm
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Source: Virginia Tech
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 03, 2008, 4:32pm
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US soldiers in high-tuberculosis areas face new epidemic: false positives
U.S. Army service members are increasingly deployed in regions of the world where tuberculosis (TB) is rampant, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and the military now faces a growing medical problem. But it is not TB itself that is on the rise
U.S. Army service members are increasingly deployed in regions of the world where tuberculosis (TB) is rampant, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and the military now faces a growing medical problem. But it is not TB itself that is on the rise
Epidemiology
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, May 30, 2008, 10:42am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, May 30, 2008, 10:42am
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Disease mongering is now part of the global health debate
Two years ago, Ray Moynihan and David Henry at the University of Newcastle in Australia helped organize the world’s first international conference on disease mongering, the process of widening the boundaries of illness in order to grow markets for those who sell and deliver treatments.
Two years ago, Ray Moynihan and David Henry at the University of Newcastle in Australia helped organize the world’s first international conference on disease mongering, the process of widening the boundaries of illness in order to grow markets for those who sell and deliver treatments.
Epidemiology
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 9:00am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 9:00am
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Battling bird flu by the numbers
A pair of Los Alamos National Laboratory theorists have developed a mathematical tool that could help health experts and crisis managers determine in real time whether an emerging infectious disease such as avian influenza H5N1 is poised to spread globally.
A pair of Los Alamos National Laboratory theorists have developed a mathematical tool that could help health experts and crisis managers determine in real time whether an emerging infectious disease such as avian influenza H5N1 is poised to spread globally.
Epidemiology
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 11:17am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 11:17am
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Bangladesh reports 1st human case of H5N1 bird flu
Bangladesh's Health Ministry says the nation's first human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected.
Bangladesh's Health Ministry says the nation's first human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected.
Epidemiology
Source: US News
Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 12:51pm
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Source: US News
Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 12:51pm
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Sterile mosquitoes near take-off
Malaysia is looking to battle dengue fever by releasing mosquitoes that have been genetically engineered to be sterile. Although these efforts have stirred public concern, the country's Academy of Sciences is likely to recommend the strategy to the government within a month.
Malaysia is looking to battle dengue fever by releasing mosquitoes that have been genetically engineered to be sterile. Although these efforts have stirred public concern, the country's Academy of Sciences is likely to recommend the strategy to the government within a month.
Epidemiology
Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 11:19am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 11:19am
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Foreclosure Fallout: Public Health Threat
California Using Fish to Fight the Spread of Mosquitoes in Abandoned Swimming Pools
California Using Fish to Fight the Spread of Mosquitoes in Abandoned Swimming Pools
Epidemiology
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 10:48am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 10:48am
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Listen: The Deadly Corpse Myth
Authorities in China and Myanmar are concerned that the bodies of victims of natural disasters could cause epidemics among survivors. But public health officials say the likelihood that dead bodies imperil the lives of survivors is remote. Alex Chadwick talks with Dr. Oliver Morgan, an epidemiologist who has studied the links between death and infection.
Authorities in China and Myanmar are concerned that the bodies of victims of natural disasters could cause epidemics among survivors. But public health officials say the likelihood that dead bodies imperil the lives of survivors is remote. Alex Chadwick talks with Dr. Oliver Morgan, an epidemiologist who has studied the links between death and infection.
Epidemiology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 12:47pm
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 12:47pm
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