Category Archives: Infectious Disease

The New Malaria Vaccine

August 16, 2013 no comments
A novel approach to finding an effective malaria vaccine is showing promise against the disease, a team of government, academic, and private researchers reported in a study published Thursday in the ...

HIV Infections Lowered in Children

August 6, 2013 no comments
According to the Joint U.N. Programme on HIV/AIDS, the number of children with HIV is decreasing in parts of the world that consist of the most new infections. This shows that “The Global Plan ...

West Nile Outbreak Anticipated

August 5, 2013 no comments
Due to warmer and longer mosquito seasons and a decrease in disease-control funding, experts anticipate a West Nile outbreak. After the year 2003, with nearly 10, 000 cases and 264 dead, a West Nile ...

20 Million New STIs Each Year

July 26, 2013 no comments
Each year there are about 20 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States that end up costing at least $16 million in direct medical costs, according to the Centers for Dis...

Flesh Eating Maggots Were Inside Her Head

July 20, 2013 no comments
When she returned from her holiday in Peru, a British woman kept hearing scratching noises inside her head. After she got checked by a doctor, she was told that the noises inside her head were flesh-...