LONDON – Rates of death from malaria have plunged by 60 percent in the past 15 years, meaning more than…
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Imperfect test fuels alternative treatments for Lyme disease
WASHINGTON – Lyme disease conjures memories of checking for ticks at camp and fretting over bug bites after hikes in…
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Officials investigating after Minnesota teen dies from suspected brain-eating amoeba from lake
A teenage boy who developed a rare brain infection after swimming in a western Minnesota lake has died. In a…
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Flu vaccine and narcolepsy: New findings may explain link
An unusual increase in narcolepsy cases in Europe was linked to a new flu vaccine used there, and now researchers…
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Superbug threat prompts West to revisit Soviet-era virus therapy
LONDON – Alarmed by rising resistance to antibiotics scientists and governments are taking a fresh look at bacteria-chomping viruses first…
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South Korea hospitals to monitor emergency room visitors in battle on MERS
SEOUL – South Korea has ordered hospitals to track all emergency ward visitors, after a large outbreak of Middle East…
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New AMA policy favors ending nonmedical vaccine exemptions
The American Medical Association has adopted policies against nonmedical vaccine refusals and for transgender people in the military. The nation’s…
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WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis
A joint South Korean-World Health Organization mission studying an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) recommended on Wednesday that…
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Canada salmonella outbreak leaves 34 people sick after poultry contact
Canadian health authorities are investigating after 34 people became sick with salmonella infections after contact with live baby poultry, the…
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Canada confirms case of mad cow disease, first since 2011
Canada confirmed on Friday that it had found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow…
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