The FDA announced yesterday that it has approved Truvada, the first pill that prevents infection with HIV after sexual exposure. The drug is to be
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In last week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC revealed, in 2011, La Crosse Virus (LACV) surpassed West Nile Virus (WNV) as the leading
UNICEF released a statement this week warning of the fast-growing cholera outbreak in the Sahel region of west and central Africa. So far this year,
Update: South Dakota just reported its first WNV case of the season. The case was detected in a blood donor who was not sick. Over the past
Wednesday, July 11, Mass. health officials announced finding four mosquitoes infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Catherine Brown, State Public Health Veterinarian, stated that they
A new case of vCJD, or variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease has been reported in France. The French press is not yet reporting the location of the
An outbreak of tuberculosis has infected eight percent of the people in the small Northern Quebec community of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik. Officials believe the outbreak stems
Tuberculosis, the disease once known as consumption, has remained a global source of concern for centuries. And in Florida, the public-health issue has gained yet
Cholera has reportedly struck Cuba for the first time in 130 years, causing three deaths and at least 85 illnesses. The outbreak is centered in
Doctors from the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh, Cambodia announced on Sunday, July 8, that the mystery illness is Hand, Foot and Mouth disease, a