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Infectious Disease News
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May 21 2013
New death from SARS-like virus reported in Saudi Arabia
Since September 2012, the WHO has been informed of 41 confirmed cases of the virus...
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May 17 2013
May 18 is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
Canadian meeting of HIV vaccine developers highlights the importance of industry engagement ...
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Apr 25 2013
Antibiotic progress on superbugs called 'alarmingly slow'
McMaster University's Gerry Wright is on the hunt for potential antibiotics...
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Apr 25 2013
World's in 'new territory' with challenging new flu virus, WHO expert says
The virus has sickened at least 43 people in eastern China. Most of the infections have involved severe illness and 11 of the cases have died...
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Apr 25 2013
Research shows HIV-positive women face more barriers, sub-par treatment
Researchers discovered nearly half of women with HIV-AIDS weren't tested see if they'd be resistant to the drugs used to combat the illness. ...
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Apr 10 2013
Dirty hospital rooms a top concern for Canadians
One-third of respondents to CBC survey say patient room, bathroom not clean...
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Apr 10 2013
China's bird flu death toll rises to 8
Number infected with new H7N9 strain still at 24...
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Mar 7 2013
Scientists working feverishly to decipher Coronavirus
“What we know really concerns me, but what we don’t know really scares me,”...
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Mar 4 2013
US HIV baby 'cured' by early drug treatment
A baby girl in the US born with HIV appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, doctors say...
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Feb 19 2013
‘Totally drug-resistant’ tuberculosis
‘Totally drug-resistant’ tuberculosis spreads in South Africa as researchers warn global outbreak would be ‘untreatable’...