What is antibiotic resistance and is it correct to describe it as a ‘looming global threat’? Antibiotic resistance is a consequence of antibiotic use. Bacteria adapt to the threat of antibiotics using mechanisms to overcome ...
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Scientists have pieced together sections of DNA from 12 individual cells to sequence the genome of a bacterium known to live in healthy human mouths. With this new data about a part of the body considered "biological dark matter," the ...
The Athens Alabama News Courier reported Sunday on the Alabama Department of Public Health Department’s Final Report on last fall’s Salmonella senftenberg linked to a church fundraiser. The Bean Day Athens-Limestone Foundation ...
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New detection methods could shorten the detection of sepsis from days down to only a few hours. Sepsis is a possibly mortal bacterial infection. It affects neonates and young infants more severely since their immune system is not fully ...
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Despite the fact that temperatures in Michigan are and have been frigid for at least 60 days, and we have not seen rain for quite awhile, some horses are still experiencing a condition commonly known as rain rot (or rain scald). A ...
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Common infections are associated with a significantly higher chance of stroke in children, but routine vaccinations may help decrease risk, according to preliminary research (abstract 39) presented at the American Stroke Association's ...
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Healthcare providers who work with young men who have sex with men should stress the urgency of getting HIV tested, U.S. researchers say. Study author Dr. Bill G. Kapogiannis, scientific director of the ...
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MONDAY Jan.27,2014,2014--The cold season is in full swing,with everyone swearing by their own methods for avoiding infection or treating themselves should they get sick. Now,a new review finds that some methods seem to work better than ...
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FRIDAY Jan. 31, 2014, 2014 -- Women who are victims of domestic violence are at increased risk for infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, new research finds. The study included women seen at an upstate New York public ...
Canadian firm Sobeys,Inc.,is recalling Compliments brand Stir-Fry Style Vegetables sold in Ontario from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. Consumers should not consume 12-oz.Stir-Fry Style Vegetables with a Best ...
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A large-scale human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) intervention/education effort aimed at helping South African men take a proactive role in the prevention of that disease has proven successful, an important development considering that ...
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DiaSorin, a biotechnology company, has received all the marketing approvals for hepatitis, retroviral and syphilis assays on its Liaison XL platform for the Chinese market. DiaSorin is now entering the hepatitis B, hepatitis C and ...
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US-based FOB Synthesis and AstraZeneca have entered into a research and development option and license agreement for the development of a novel antibiotic for the treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infections. The new antibiotics will ...
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The manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says early identification and timely response will be critical to containing the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea if the virus makes its way into Canada. Porcine Epidemic ...
THURSDAY Jan. 23, 2014, 2014 -- The case of a Texas woman who died after becoming infected in New Mexico with the mosquito-borne dengue virus highlights a need for U.S. doctors to recognize the disease early, experts say. Dengue fever is ...
Tags: CDC, West Nile virus, Fever, disease