Tracking the disease
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In five years, West Nile virus has crawled and leaped and exploded across the country&#39;s landscape, killing more than 600 people.
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Authors of a public-health article in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1984) are calling for urgent international action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS
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Millions have the disease but few discuss it, limiting options for care and research.
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Scientists say a system is needed to monitor the spread of a potentially fatal form of drug-resistant E.coli.
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As technologically advanced as our country is today, it&#39;s both frustrating and heartbreaking that millions of Americans of all ages and across all social, cultural and ethnic groups are still battling life-threatening and debilitating diseases.
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There is another election this week. The issues are not war, taxes, morals or international credibility. They are microbes, diseases, data and international credibility.
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The key genes which lead the body's fight against HIV infection have been pinpointed by scientists.
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The World Health Organization has warned that by 2020, heart disease and stroke will become the leading cause of both death and disability worldwide, with the number of fatalities projected to increase to over 20 million a year and by 2030 to over 24
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IBM is releasing software that can predict the spread of infectious diseases among countries.
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How widespread is this year&#39;s flu, anyhow? We offer a site that shows the latest virus map, another that proves how hard it is to get the vaccine, and sites for tracking the political polls and starting your own blog.
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Using a novel research technique, Hong Kong scientists find new ways to attack a deadly disease
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Science & environment: Project will give unprecedented insight into why some people are more susceptible to disease than others
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CAMPAIGNERS hope that shocking statistics on the global epidemic of heart disease and strokes will prompt countries to take action to reduce risks to health.
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Robert B. Saper, MD, MPH ; Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH ; Janet Paquin, PhD ; Michael J. Burns, MD ; David M. Eisenberg, MD ; Roger B. Davis, ScD ; Russell S. Phillips, MD.
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Designed to help doctors detect precancerous cells, a pill-sized camera may someday help diagnose diseases in parts of the body that are hard to reach by conventional means.
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
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Northwestern University structural biologist Wayne Anderson plans to scan 20 pathogens and upload their images to an open-access database. In exposing the pathogens, researches will look for ways to wipe them out.