Infectious Diseases - The Gaea News

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat." - Albert Einstein

HEALTHBEAT: More aggressive care for sepsis urged as scientists find new clue to what fuels it

1 in 5 gay, bisexual men has AIDS virus and many don’t know it, says CDC study of 21 cities

New gene that turns any bacteria into drug-resistant superbugs is found in 3 states, Canada

Scientists find drugs, antiseptics that may help fight fungus that’s wiping out bats

Experts disagree on whether big farms are riskier, but agree egg recall shows potential danger

Expert says bird flu still a pandemic danger, warns against complacency after swine flu fizzle

Federal agents descend on egg farms at center of recall for second time

Rodents, bugs, other unsanitary conditions found at 2 Iowa farms where eggs have been recalled

Rodents, bugs, other violations found at 2 Iowa farms where eggs have been recalled

AP Enterprise: Egg farm owner was able to expand business despite being a ‘habitual violator’

Hamburg: Massive egg recall dramatizes need for agency to have greater regulatory authority

UK doctors warn new superbug gene found in patients from India, Pakistan could spread widely

AIDS breakthrough: African study offers hope to women by helping prevent HIV, herpes

In US cities, AIDS virus is linked more to poverty than race, study finds

Poor people more often infected by AIDS virus than those with more money, study finds

Flu shot in the mail? Microneedles may make that possible, or just buy it at a drug store

Treating HIV helps prevent spread of the AIDS virus to others, Canadian study finds

INSIDE WASHINGTON: After years of outbreaks, FDA steps up oversight of produce safety

Study: Fast Tamiflu treatment saved many pregnant swine flu victims in US

Bulgarian authorities say dead bird tests positive for H5N1 virus

FDA says don’t use Glaxo diarrhea vaccine, citing no safety risk but puzzling contamination

AP Enterprise: Cruise line, NASA got swine flu shots early on; CDC says system worked well

AIDS virus avoids drugs by hiding in bone marrow; finding could point way to better treatment

Pneumonia outbreak kills more than 400 bighorn sheep in several Western states

Nevada wildlife officials fear bighorn sheep die-off near Elko will worsen

No flight, no bite: Genetic researchers say wingless female mosquitoes could curb fatal fever

Researchers say aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might help derail the spread of AIDS

DNA studies reveal a frail King Tut who died at 19 from a broken leg complicated by malaria

New kind of gene sleuthing blurs line between MRSA superbug spread in hospitals or elsewhere

GlaxoSmithKline offers outside scientists labs, data to fight malaria, other tropical diseases

Ex-Mo. official says he directed delaying E. coli results to get context, develop cleanup plan

Swine flu is not as contagious as other pandemic strains except for kids, new study suggests

WHO chief says too early to say if swine flu pandemic has peaked everywhere

Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture; animals fed 70 percent of US antibiotics

Swine flu and your pet: Doctors say wash hands, don’t panic and see a vet if animal gets sick

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