Description:WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29 ? At least 170000 Americans die each year from infectious diseases, and that number could increase dramatically during a major disease outbreak. That dire news was delivered in a report, Germs Go Global: Why Emerging ......

Description:10 Wouldn?t the current director of the CDC, Julie Gerberding, who has both a medical degree (specialty in infectious diseases) and a master?s in public health, be a better choice than a surgeon/part-time academic/tv features reporter? ......

Description:... on the vaccination schedule,? Hammitt and colleagues write in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. They say the findings show that protective levels of anti-hepatitis A antibodies are retained for at least 10 years after vaccination. ......

Description:Doctors should be aware that resistant infections may arise at such centers, said Alan Taege, an infectious disease specialist at the Cleveland Clinic. ?In the past we hadn?t thought so much about pain centers and dialysis centers, ......

Description:Part 1: Infectious Diseases. Pulmonary Infections; Oral Infections; Systemic Infections; Ophthalmic Infections. Part 2: Oncology. Targeted Nanoparticle Systems for Cancer Therapy; Systemic Delivery of Anti-cancer Agents ......

Description:LONDON (Reuters) - A dangerous, drug-resistant bacterium normally found in soil and water is on the increase in hospitals worldwide, an infectious disease expert warned on Tuesday. Acinetobacter baumannii is more resistant than the MRSA ......

Description:This very infectious disease is transmitted by droplets from the nose or mouth. The incubation period is from seven to 10 days. It starts in the same way as a cold, but as it progresses, the spasms of coughing become more and more ......

Description:Their results are published in the January edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases. The blood samples Breitschwerdt and Maggi tested came from previously healthy women who were suffering from symptoms including muscle fatigue and ......

Description:Accidents, not just diseases, a major threat to children, UN warns. Canada.com, Canada - Dec 9, 2008. UNITED NATIONS - Part of a massive global investment aimed at saving children under five from infectious diseases risks being wasted ......

Description:When managing asylum seekers, there should be a high level of suspicion for dangerous infectious diseases. Conditions such as HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis can immediately threaten an individual?s health and also the wider community. ......