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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›
WHY AREN'T WE CURING THE WORLD'S MOST CURABLE DISEASES?
As a whole, the world suffers - but how many neglected tropical diseases currently penetrate American borders?... READ MORE›
GEORGIA POLITICIAN BETTY PRICE ASKS IF PEOPLE WITH HIV CAN BE QUARANTINED
Project Q Atlanta, a website serving the city's gay community, was the first to report Price's comments... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Infectious Disease
'PATIENTS ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE'
Dr. Mark Wainberg, a Montreal-based trailblazer in HIV AIDS research and an internationally renowned scientist, died Tuesday after swimming in rough water in Bal Harbour, Fla... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN WORLD FIRST AS MALARIA VACCINE PASSES HUMAN TRIAL
In a world first a new malaria vaccine developed by Australian scientists has passed its first test in early human trials... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO A HUGE YELLOW FEVER OUTBREAK
BRASILIA -- A yellow fever outbreak is tearing through Brazil leaving thousands dead in its wake -- thousands of monkeys, that is... READ MORE›
30MN PEOPLE DEAD IN A YEAR
Gates said the link between health security and international security is underestimated adding that governments are not paying enough attention to this threat... 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›
FOUR CLOSE TO U.S. EBOLA PATIENT QUARANTINED IN DALLAS APARTMENT
None of those thought to have had contact with the patient were showing symptoms of Ebola, Dallas County officials said at a news conference... 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›
SOME 22,000 VIRUS RISK DENTIST PATIENTS RECALLED BY NHS
NHS England said the dentist failed to wash his hands and change gloves between patients... 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›
A DISFIGURING TROPICAL DISEASE IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
Hundreds of cases have also been reported in Turkey and Jordan... READ MORE›
CHILD TREATED FOR HIV AT BIRTH IS HEALTHY NINE YEARS ON WITHOUT FURTHER TREATMENT
Child treated for HIV at birth is healthy nine years on without further treatment... 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›
BIRD FLU FOUND ON BRITISH DUCK FARM NOT THE DEADLY H5N1 STRAIN
On the basis of what we know of the strain to date, Public Health England has said that this strain does not present a threat to public health."... READ MORE›
DOCTORS RUDELY WARN PUBLIC NOT TO SNUGGLE KITTENS
Cat-scratch fever is caused by a bacteria found in fleas... READ MORE›
TRUE SCALE OF INDIAS TUBERCULOSIS PROBLEM 28 MILLION NEW CASES
The organization's estimate of new global TB patients rose to 10.4 million, from 9.6 million a year earlier, in large part because of the revised numbers in India... READ MORE›
TESTS SHOW NEW EBOLA VACCINE IS 'HIGHLY EFFECTIVE'
Pharmaceutical companies only agreed to develop Ebola vaccines after the West African epidemic spiraled out of control last year, affecting thousands of people... READ MORE›
HIV VACCINE TEST HOPES FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN COMBAT AGAINST THE VIRUS
But researchers chasing the holy grail of a vaccine think they could have better success in South Africa, because of a number of modifications... 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›
TESTS BEGIN IN DENTIST VIRUS PROBE
Desmond D'Mello Low infection risk The death of a woman treated at the practice in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire is also being investigated by police... 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›
PAULINE CAFFERKEY THE BRITISH NURSE WHO CONTRACTED EBOLA WHILE VOLUNTEERING IN SIERRA LEONE HAS LEFT HOSPITAL AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE RECOVERY
Miss Cafferkey said she was happy to be alive and thanked staff at the Royal Free Hospital in London who she said had saved her life... READ MORE›
WHO DECLARES END OF ZIKA EMERGENCY BUT SAYS VIRUS REMAINS A THREAT
Officials on WHO's Emergency Committee made clear the Zika still constitutes a global public health threat... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA CLAIMS 'CURE' FOR MERS, AIDS AND EBOLA
According to the pro-North Korea website Minjok Tongshin, the drug was originally produced in 1996... READ MORE›
RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY
The six new infections in Liberia since June 21 include two deaths... READ MORE›
5 VANCOUVER CANUCKS SIDELINED DUE TO MUMPS
Five players with the Vancouver Canucks are sitting out Saturday's game because they have or are suspected to have the mumps, the team said Friday... READ MORE›
U.S. FDA KNEW DEVICES SPREAD FATAL 'SUPERBUG' BUT DOES NOT ORDER FIX
Last month, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle said a bacteria spread through contaminated scopes had infected 32 people over two years 11 died... READ MORE›
EBOLA EPIDEMIC FUELLED BY 'SUPER-SPREADERS': STUDY
Most of the people who were infected with Ebola in the 2014 West Africa epidemic contracted the viral disease through super-spreaders, researchers say... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ON HIGH ALERT AS YELLOW FEVER THREATENS MAJOR CITIES
What we have is an epidemic of disinformation about yellow fever ..... READ MORE›
AUSSIE DIAGNOSED WITH ZIKA AFTER BALI MONKEY BITE, EXPERTS WARN OF MISSED CASES
They had stumbled on a 27-year local man who contracted the disease despite having never travelled outside of Indonesia... READ MORE›
TYPHOID AND HEPATITIS IS SPREADING AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST AS SYRIAN REFUGEE FLEE
Syria crisis Typhoid and hepatitis spreads around region as refugees flee... READ MORE›