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FUNGAL DISEASE COULD KILL OFF SNAKES AROUND THE WORLD
Although molting can resolve most cases, snakes can die from the infection... READ MORE›
UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY DAVITA PRIMARY CARE UNIT FOR $4.9 BILLION
DaVita's medical group had 4.11 billion in sales last year, or 30 percent of the total... READ MORE›
ENGLAND HIT BY 50-YEAR SPIKE IN BACTERIAL INFECTION
A new study says England is seeing a dramatic increase in cases of scarlet fever, an infectious disease that mostly affects children... READ MORE›
DISNEYLAND SHUTS DOWN COOLING TOWERS AFTER LEGIONNAIRES' CASES
A dozen cases of the bacterial lung infection were discovered about three weeks ago, the Orange County Health Care Agency announced Friday... READ MORE›
DON'T ASK GPS FOR ANTIBIOTICS, NEW HEALTH CAMPAIGN URGES
Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria change in such a way that the medication used to treat them - in this case antibiotics - becomes ineffective... READ MORE›
SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWICE WHILE WASHING YOUR HANDS, SAY PHARMACISTS
The RPS's president, Ash Soni, said We don't wash our hands often enough for long enough to get rid of the bacteria that can cause illnesses... READ MORE›
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UNTREATABLE GONORRHOEA 'SUPERBUG' SPREADING AROUND WORLD, WHO WARNS
World Health Organization tells of 'very serious situation' after confirming three known cases where all antibiotics were ineffective... READ MORE›
CUDDLING KITTENS CAN KILL YOU, WARN SCIENTISTS
Doctors from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US conducted a large-scale survey of the cat-borne bacterial disease cat scratch fever... READ MORE›
RURAL HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
The closings threaten to decimate a network of rural hospitals the federal government first established beginning in the late 1940s to ensure that no one would be without health care... READ MORE›
USE OF STRONGEST ANTIBIOTICS RISES TO RECORD LEVELS ON EUROPEAN FARMS
Use of some of the strongest antibiotics available to treat life-threatening infections has risen to record levels on European farms, new data shows... READ MORE›
MENINGITIS B VACCINE OFFERED TO ALL BABIES FROM SEPTEMBER
All newborn babies in England and Scotland are to be offered a vaccine to combat meningitis B from September... READ MORE›
WOMAN WHO RECEIVED WORLD'S 1ST FACE TRANSPLANT DIES AT 49
A French woman who received the worlds first partial face transplant after being mauled by her dog, died several months ago, at age 49.A... READ MORE›
ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP WITH TRICLOSAN 'NO BETTER AT KILLING GERMS' STUDY
Antibacterial hand soaps containing triclosan - a chemical flagged as potentially dangerous - are not much better at killing germs than regular soap, researchers have said... READ MORE›
ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GONORRHEA IS ON THE RISE
Antibiotic resistance is causing gonorrhea to become harder and sometimes impossible to treat, according to the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT HAS DISCOVERED CURE FOR AIDS, EBOLA, MERS AND SARS
The North's claim comes as rival South Korea fights an outbreak of Mers that has killed two dozen people and infected more than 160 since last month... READ MORE›
CALL TO PUNISH GPS OVER ANTIBIOTICS
The guidelines say doctors should tell patients when antibiotics are inappropriate and refuse to write prescriptions... READ MORE›
WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?
Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... READ MORE›
COULD ANTS BE THE SOLUTION TO ANTIBIOTIC CRISIS
They have found that some species - including leaf-cutter ants from the Amazon - use bacteria to defend their nests against invading fungi and microbes... READ MORE›
NHS 'WILL FAIL' THIS WINTER WITHOUT CASH INJECTION, DOCTORS TELL THERESA MAY
Hospital doctors have warned Theresa May that the NHS will fail this winter and patient care will suffer unless she provides an emergency cash injection... READ MORE›
AIR POLLUTION LEADS TO MORE DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA, STUDY FINDS
Our research could initiate an entirely new understanding of how air pollution affects human health... READ MORE›
WINNIPEG LAB EMPLOYEE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO EBOLA VIRUS
An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus... READ MORE›
HOSPITAL MISTAKES BLAMED FOR US TRANSMISSION
Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›
ALMOST UNTREATABLE CPE POSES SERIOUS THREAT TO PATIENTS DOCTORS WARN
In Manchester and London, dealing with CPE has cost NHS trusts almost ?10m... READ MORE›
UNTREATABLE GONORRHOEA 'SUPERBUG' IS SPREADING WORLDWIDE, WHO EXPERTS WARN
Manica Balasegaram, director of the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, said the situation was grim and there was a pressing need for new medicines... READ MORE›
CALL TO SNOOP ON ANTIBIOTIC SCRIPTS
The suggested rules say doctors should spend more time explaining why antibiotics are unsuitable for many patients... READ MORE›
HIV SPREADS LIKE COMPUTER WORMS, SAY SCIENTISTS
New model equates spread of worm across local networks and internet with progress of Aids virus through the body, suggesting early treatment is vital... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS POTENTIALLY HARMED BY UNDELIVERED NHS MAIL
Of the 1,788 patients who may have been harmed as a result, 333 have since died... READ MORE›
US REPORTS FIRST CASE OF BACTERIA RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTIC OF LAST RESORT
The woman had gone to a military clinic in Pennsylvania in April and was treated for a urinary tract infection... READ MORE›
DOCTORS RUDELY WARN PUBLIC NOT TO SNUGGLE KITTENS
Cat-scratch fever is caused by a bacteria found in fleas... READ MORE›
NORWEGIAN EBOLA PATIENT 'GIVEN LAST DOSE OF ZMAPP'
Please read our A Norwegian woman infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is to be given the last remaining dose of ZMapp in the world... READ MORE›
LYME DISEASE DOESN'T EXIST IN AUSTRALIA
Thousands of Australians claim to be suffering from tick-borne Lyme disease but a new report insists there is no evidence it exists in Australia... READ MORE›
THE DIRTIEST THINGS IN YOUR HOME IN DATA
The eight household items were then ranked based on how many of them were found to be clean... READ MORE›
LENGTHY WAITS TO SEE GPS MAY POSE SERIOUS RISK TO PATIENTS, SAYS TOP DOCTOR
People with non-urgent conditions may be neglected amid long waiting times, leading to acute problems, warns head of GPs' body... READ MORE›
AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE DISAPPEARING
One of the beneficiaries is Westchester Medical Center Health Network, which bought the former Kingston hospital in March... READ MORE›
BRAZIL EBOLA CASE TESTS NEGATIVE
Souleymane Bah went to a public health centre in the town of Cascavel in the southern state of Parana after suffering a fever... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | HOW WAR BROUGHT CHOLERA AND POLIO BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST
A child receives treatment at a hospital amid a serious cholera outbreak in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, on June 14... READ MORE›