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• Louisiana Reports First West Nile Cases in 2015

  

  Louisiana has confirmed the first cases of West Nile Virus this year. Out of the three confirmed cases, two were of the neuroinvasive type, which is the more... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The Daily Bhaskar Post: A Symptom of a Deeper Illness

  So in the past couple of days I have been reading a lot about a “reputed” Daily having spouted a venomous piece about how patients should protect themselves... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Tick Borne Encephalitis Attributed to Powassan Virus in Canada

  Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH), in a media release, has reported that there is a suspected case of tick-borne encephalitis under investigation at... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Madagascar Reports 8 cVDPV1 Cases

  The Global Polio Eradication Initiative website has revealed that this year there has been a sharp rise in the number of cVDPV associated cases, which have... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Zika Virus Hits Brazil

  A case of Zika virus infection, caused by a virus which is a member of the flaviviridae family, has been reported from Brazil, making it the first reported... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• A Response to Anandabazar’s Indictment of Doctors-in-Training: Attitude Vs...

  

  So, I have been meaning to blog for a while now, but as all my online blog-ey friends know, I have been suffering from a massive attack of Bloggers’ Block. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Derry City Football Team Hit by Mumps: Points to A Deeper Problem

  The Derry Journal has reported that several players in the Derry City football team has come down with Mumps. The team boss has said something, according to... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Reemergence of Murine Typhus in Galveston, Texas, USA

  A study published in the CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal has pointed to the fact that there is a possibility that murine typhus, a disease caused by... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria Threatens India

  

  According to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the dangerous, artemisinin-resistant malaria is clawing at the borders of India and Myanmar. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Utah Speaker Succumbs to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

  Becky Lockhart, the first female speaker of the House of Representatives of Utah, succumbed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in January 2015. She was a trailblazer... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Probable Case of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Hong Kong

  A 65 year old man has reportedly succumbed to what is being stated to be sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease according to a report in Outbreak News Today. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• An Oslerphile’s Dream Gift

  

  I received a wonderful gift yesterday, one that has had me hooked ever since. I hope to write more details on the surprise party where I got the gift in an... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Fatal Botulism Outbreak in Azerbaijan Linked to Home Made Pickles

  Acidic food stuffs like tomatoes have traditionally been thought of as safe as far as the risk of botulism was concerned. However, an outbreak of six cases,... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• New Cases Threaten Control of Yellow Fever in Urban Brazil

  Alto Paraiso de Goias, a municipality in North Eastern Goias, Brazil, has seen its second case of yellow fever in 2015. The first case was that of a foreigner... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Living a Healthy Life

  

  This is a guest post by Nick Stokes.Nowadays, it is hard to do a job and remain healthy in the process. As the world changes, most of the people are starting... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The Health Professionals of Crime Scene Clean-ups

  Written by Kevin Fullerton.You’ve seen it on the streets, blocked by police tape reading, “POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS”. Crowds gather around. Blue lights flicker... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Aerosol Transmission of CCHF Virus in a Nosocomial Cluster

  

  This has got to be scary stuff right there. In a paper published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, authors contend that it is possible that... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• #50for2015: 1. Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

  

  I am on a reading project this year, where I try and attempt to read fifty books in the course of the year (more details here) and although I am slightly late i... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Exotic Pets: Emerging Risk Factor for Salmonellosis in Children

  

  A paper in the Archives of Disease in Childhood [1] has identified that having exotic pets, specifically reptiles, is associated with almost a quarter of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Bourbon Virus: A Novel Tick Borne Virus Discovered After Kansas Fatality

  

  In the summer of 2014, a resident of Kansas succumbed to what was thought to be a disease similar to a tick borne disease though the laboratory investigations... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 HEALTH, MEDICINE