Want to stop disease from spreading? Open a window
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Preventing the spread of disease in a hospital may be as simple as opening a window, an international team of researchers reported on Monday.
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Do yourself and your community a favor this cold or flu season: Don&#39;t search for a doctor who will give you antibiotics. That&#39;s the message from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
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Asia faces an outbreak of unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza, which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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WASHINGTON - Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will take months to brew a vaccine, say government preparations for the next pandemic.    Specialists say it's only a matter of time before the next one strikes, and concern is rising that the recurring bird flu in Asia could be the trigger since it is mutating in a way that lets it spread easily among people...
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For doctors, searching out disease before it appears can also carry risks.
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Scientists believe they may have found a new way to fight a potentially dangerous stomach infection.
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It&#39;s encouraging that a conference on AIDS was held in Indianapolis last week. The pandemic has infected 38 million people. The Indiana University School of Medicine has partnered with a Kenyan university
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Blocking a specific enzyme may be enough to check the spread of cancer in the body, researchers believe.
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The World Health Organization says that Asia faces a Bird Flu (avian flu) pandemic if things do not change soon. The WHO said that detection and prevention methods need a complete overhaul.
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Scientists say they are developing an entirely new way of providing instant protection against flu.
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Asia faces an outbreak of  unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza,  which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a  pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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There are chilling warnings in Asia that an inevitable global influenza pandemic could kill millions. This warning comes after the fight against SARS and bird flu left many countries weary.
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Simply inhaling a saltwater spray could help prevent the spread of diseases including flu and tuberculosis, U.S. and German researchers reported on Monday.
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The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness.
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Climate change is exacerbating the spread of  infectious diseases, new research suggests.
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Hackers are close to finding a way to spread harmful computer viruses just by getting people to open an e-mail message or visiting an infected Web site, computer security experts warned yesterday.
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Scientists have found the first real evidence that restricting air travel can delay flu's spread &#151; a finding that could influence government plans for battling the next influenza pandemic.