 | | | | Infectious Diseases Headlines | | | BEIJING (AP) -- China's capital reported Wednesday its first death from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across the country and killed at least 42 people.
BEIJING (AP) -- Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean officials said Monday they have killed all poultry in Seoul, the capital, to curb the spread of bird flu following a new outbreak of the disease in the city.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court.
BEIJING (AP) -- The United States is offering to help China in its fight against a viral infection that has killed 34 children, including two reported Friday, and sickened thousands of others.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Flu vaccine manufacturers expect to make a record number of doses for next flu season despite concerns that demand may drop because this year's vaccine was largely ineffective.
BEIJING (AP) -- The death toll from a viral illness that is striking children across China has risen by two to 30, health officials said Thursday, as the number of reported cases jumped to nearly 20,000.
BEIJING (AP) -- China has made it mandatory for health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has sickened thousands of young children across the country, as the death toll rose Wednesday to 28.
GENEVA (AP) -- The world still faces a substantial threat of a flu pandemic and countries need to speed up preparations for a global outbreak, health experts said Tuesday.
BEIJING (AP) -- New outbreaks in three Chinese provinces and Beijing put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 12,000 and the death toll has risen to at least 26, China reported Tuesday.
ALBANY, N.Y. (The New York Times News Service) -- A discovery by Albany Medical College researchers here may finally explain why people sometimes get a strain of influenza that seems to last forever.
DENVER (The New York Times News Service) -- A sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer has been linked to cancers of the tonsil and tongue in men -- diseases that have been on the rise in men for the last 30 years, according to a study by a Colorado Springs doctor and researcher.
(The Associated Press) -- Disease outbreaks spread by mosquitoes, dirty water and poor sanitation were among the World Health Organization's biggest concerns after a devastating cyclone hit Myanmar, home to one of the world's shoddiest health care systems.
BEIJING (AP) -- China reported a jump Monday in the number of children sickened with hand, foot and mouth disease, saying more than 9,700 cases have been reported.
BEIJING (AP) -- China on Sunday raised the death toll to 24 following the outbreak of a virus in another province a day after the Health Ministry ordered heightened efforts to stem the spread of infectious diseases.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to review its guidelines, which say there's no evidence long-term antibiotics can cure "chronic Lyme" disease -- or even that such a condition exists.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Measles outbreaks in several states have led to more than 70 cases so far this year, the worst in six years, health officials said Thursday.
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