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Hong Kong reports first H7N9 case of the year
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong health authorities on Wednesday confirmed the territory's third human case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, the city's first of 2014. A 65-year-old man ha...
H1N1 flu claims five lives in Canada's Alberta province
Jan 03, 2014 (AFP)
An H1N1 flu outbreak in Alberta has sickened nearly 1,000 people and killed five, the Canadian province's health minister said Friday, urging everyone to get va...
Hundreds monitored in Taiwan after bird flu case
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwanese authorities are monitoring hundreds of people who may have had contact with a mainland Chinese tourist infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu, offi...
Bird flu subtype re-emerges in Hong Kong: official
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
An elderly man has contracted a mild form of bird flu in the first case of its type for four years, Hong Kong officials said on Monday. "We are now investigatin...
Hong Kong reports first H7N9 death
Dec 26, 2013 (AFP)
A Hong Kong man infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu died on Thursday, the first such death in the city since the virus emerged there this month. The 80-ye...
Vaccine fears in China after hepatitis B scare
Dec 25, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese state-run media and Internet users demanded action Wednesday after the deaths of at least seven babies since November following their vaccinations again...
Flu vaccine more effective for women than men: study
Dec 23, 2013 (AFP)
The flu vaccine is generally less effective for men than for women, scientists said in a study Monday, tracing the effect to higher levels of testosterone that ...
Malaria drug target raises hopes for new treatments
Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists have taken an important step towards new malaria treatments by identifying a way to stop malaria parasites from multiplying. In a study published in ...
China confirms human death from new bird flu type
Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)
A 73-year-old Chinese woman has died of a type of bird flu new in humans, health officials say, but experts believe the risk of it spreading between people is l...
'Superbugs' found breeding in sewage plants
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
Tests at two wastewater treatment plants in northern China revealed antibiotic-resistant bacteria were not only escaping purification but also breeding and spre...
Stanford researchers take a step toward developing a 'universal' flu vaccine
Dec 17, 2013 (SPX)
Every year the approach of flu season sets off a medical guessing game with life or death consequences. There are many different strains of flu and they vary fr...
Plague 'epidemic' kills 39 in Madagascar: government
Dec 12, 2013 (AFP)
An outbreak of plague even more vicious than the bubonic strain dubbed the black death has killed 39 people in Madagascar, the government said Thursday. A gover...
Resistant flu virus keeps contagiousness
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
A mutant form of the H7N9 flu virus that is resistant to frontline drugs is just as contagious as its non-resistant counterpart, according to a lab test reporte...
Spanish hospital to trial new HIV treatment
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
Researchers at a Spanish hospital announced Monday they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV, the virus that c...
First real-time flu forecast successful
Dec 09, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists were able to reliably predict the timing of the 2012-2013 influenza season up to nine weeks in advance of its peak. The first large-scale demonstrati...
Hong Kong quarantines 19 people over second bird flu case
Dec 07, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong on Saturday quarantined an additional 19 people after the city confirmed its second human case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, less than five days after ...
HIV cure hopes dashed for two US cancer patients
Dec 06, 2013 (AFP)
The latest hopes of curing AIDS were dashed Friday when US researchers said HIV returned in two men who briefly eradicated the virus after bone marrow transplan...
Mandela the AIDS activist
Dec 05, 2013 (AFP)
Nelson Mandela was one of the first public figures to break the taboo over AIDS in South Africa, a disease that hit close to home when it claimed the life of hi...
Hong Kong steps up border health checks over bird flu
Dec 05, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong authorities have stepped up border health checks after the city reported its first human case of the potentially deadly H7N9 bird flu, officials said ...
A New Weapon in the War Against Superbugs
Dec 03, 2013 (SPX)
In the arms race between bacteria and modern medicine, bacteria have gained an edge. In recent decades, bacterial resistance to antibiotics has developed faster...
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