Infectious Diseases

Bacteria Not Flu Killed Most In 1918

A new study in Emerging Infectious Diseases concludes that bacteria not influenza killed most people in the 1918 flu epidemic. The lesson: stock up on antibiotics for the next flu pandemic—bird flu, horse flu, or otherwise. New Scientist reports that researchers sifted through first-hand accounts, medical records, and infection patterns from 1918 and 1919. They found that bacterial pneumonia piggybacked on surprisingly mild flu cases. And the victims didn't die fast. A supervirus would have l...

Ground-Breaking Lyme Disease Research Funded By EPA

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 03 Aug 2008 In the United States, Lyme disease is the most frequently reported disease that can be ...

Alleged Anthrax Attacker Commits Suicide

Bruce E. Ivins, an anthrax scientist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort...

Health Canada issues climate change warning

A major Health Canada report is warning of a jump in health problems across the country as the planet's climate changes, ranging from more heat-related illnesses and deaths to outbreaks of previously unknown infectious diseases.

Bacteria Going Away, Asthma on the Rise...

Helicobacter pylori, a bacteria that naturally exists in our stomachs, is on the decline in people, but now asthma is on the rise—are they related? Dr. Martin Blaser M.D., chairman of medicine and microbiology professor at New York University, thinks so. Via NPR: Several years ago, researchers proposed the provocative idea that bacteria living in the human stomach could be responsible for the development of some stomach ulcers — and the doctors found that treating those bacteria, H. pylori,...

Revised priorities for hiv vaccine research announced by niaid

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is reshaping its research enterprise to broaden HIV vaccine discovery activities. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

More Investment In International Surveillance Of Infectious Diseases Vital To Prevent Future Pandemics - Lords Committee...

An influential Lords Committee have today reported that a new and potentially deadly infectious disease emerges somewhere in the world every year and it is vital that there is more investment in inter ...

Possible Future Avian Influenza Pandemic May Be Eased By Booster Vaccination

MedicalNewsToday.com reports a study published in the August 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, on vaccination against H5N1 avian influenza, now available online. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115356.php

Possible Future Avian Influenza Pandemic May Be Eased By Booster ...

[Avian Influenza] MedicalNewsToday.com reports a study published in the August 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, on vaccination against H5N1 avian influenza, now available online. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115356.php.

Referral: H5N1 And The Long War

[Avian Flu Diary] Covering Avian Flu, Pandemic Preparedness, and other Emerging Infectious Diseases. All essays by Michael Coston EMT-II (Ret.) aka Fla_Medic.