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RSSThe genetic analysis of Clostridium difficile, the most deadly of hospital superbugs and its close relatives is under way at the University of Nottingham; undertaken by Professor Nigel Minton and his team in the Centre for Healthcare Associated...
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Philadelphia school district officials say a high school football player has died of a drug-resistant staph infection.
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AP, Buenos Aires
Two intensive-care patients contracted HIV after receiving blood transfusions at public hospitals in the Argentine province of Cordoba, a newspaper reported Friday.
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Ergonomically designed to neatly wrap around your wrist, Infection is a new wristwatch from Tokyoflash. Twenty-seven multi-colored LEDs pulsate and move around on the...
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Your computer keyboard could be dirtier than your toilet.
A study from Which? Computing in England has found some keyboards contained more bacteria than the average...
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AP, St. Petersburg
A woman arrested for allegedly stealing a $9 sandwich from a grocery store appeared in good health when she was booked into the Pinellas County Jail. She was dead two...
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Pneumonia is respiratory disease caused by inflammation of lungs because of infection. In a latest research from WHO the scientists advice that children’s...
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Health officials were searching Monday for dozens of airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of...
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A 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis is recovering at a Bay Area hospital, as health officials search for dozens of international air...
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AP, Rockville
A public school teacher died of complications from a drug-resistant form of staph infection, school officials said.Herbert Hoover Middle School Principal Billie-Jean...
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AP, Rockville
A public school teacher has died due to complications from a drug-resistant form of staph infection, school officials said.Herbert Hoover Middle School Principal...
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AP, Atlanta
Tests of hundreds of airline passengers show that no one caught tuberculosis while flying earlier this year with an infected man who caused an international health...
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More than half a billion infants world over suffer from HIV infection for their umbilical connection with their mother. HIV infected pregnant women pass on the same to...
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Recent studies have shown that childhood brain infections may considerable affects on a person in adulthood. The results were presented at the World Congress of...
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If your otherwise healthy toddler is falling sick and is sneezing and coughing frequently ever since you put her in the day care, it’s time to check if your...
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Drug-resistant bacteria are transmitting to more people in community settings such as hospitals, prisons and public housing. Such “super bugs” can run...
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The next time you head to kiss your baby, make sure it is not immediately after having food containing peanuts or you can expose your baby to ‘Nut Allergy.’...
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1. Gestational Hypertension:
About 5% of women have hypertension before they become pregnant. This is called chronic hypertension. Another 5% or so develop...
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Not only adults but also overweight kids are susceptible to surgical risk. The University of Michigan Health System researchers have claimed it. Earlier, it was known...
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Visiting hospitals is also not safe, as an estimate exhibits that about 10,000 people are killed by infections, which they get from hospitals where they visit in a hope...
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No doubt, U.S is unconquerable if seen from war point of view but its condition may turn quite vulnerable if seen through the eyes of a pandemic, a new report from the...
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A powerful immune system is the pre-requisite for a healthy body. Our immune system is considered as the guard which fights with the negative bodies that tend to make...
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Visiting hospitals is also not safe, as an estimate exhibits that about 10,000 people are killed by infections, which they get from hospitals where they visit in a hope...
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Philadelphia veterinary hospital claimed that the animals treated in there were infected with a very difficult to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...
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