Scientists, collecting yellow-shouldered bats from Guatemala for rabies research; discovered something completely unexpected: genetic traces of influenza A in the bats’ intestines. While the
Author: Anna Tomasulo
Alaskan public health officials were shocked as they produced the reports of HIV and syphilis cases from this past year. Susan Jones, Alaska’s HIV/STD program
According to The Bay Area Reporter and to preliminary data from the Department of Public Health’s STD Prevention and Control Section, cases of gonorrhea in
The southern African nation of Zimbabwe has been dealing with an outbreak of typhoid since early November 2011. With reportedly 30 to 50 new cases
On Tuesday, Jan. 24, a horse at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. was euthanized due to complications from equine herpes virus-1. An additional
At the recent Canadian University Press national conference in Victoria, Canada, more than one third of the 370 attendees were struck with norovirus. According to
Two red squirrels have been fatally infected with squirrel pox virus (SQPV) in Wicklow County, Ireland. The second case was confirmed by the National Parks
In mid December of 2011, four infants were diagnosed with a rare bacterial infection. Two died. The infecting agent was Cronobacter sakazakii, formerly known as
As much of the world was celebrating the beginning of the year 2012, Shenzhen, a major city to the north of Hong Kong, was reacting
While people suffering from sinus infections are reaching for their neti pots, hoping for unobstructed nasal passageways, the Louisiana Department of Health reminds residents to