Aug 28 Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana parish drinking water By Justin Scuiletti A deadly ameoba known to fatally infect human brains has been discovered within a water system in Louisiana. Continue reading
Aug 05 Second American Ebola patient arrives in U.S. By Sam Lane The second American aid worker stricken with the Ebola virus has arrived in the United States. Continue reading
Aug 04 Ebola vaccine could be ready by July, says top health official By Associated Press Fauci tells "CBS This Morning" that human trials with volunteers will commence in September, and by July it should be ready. Continue reading
Jul 30 If there’s an Ebola vaccine that works on monkeys, then what about humans? By Anna Christiansen Tuesday's death of Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor at the front lines of Sierra Leone’s battle against the worst Ebola outbreak in history, marks the latest person killed by the contagious, incurable disease that has devastated communities in Guinea, Liberia… Continue reading
Jul 11 Following anthrax, bird flu incidents, CDC reviews lab safety protocol By Diane Jeanty The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are calling for a change in the safety culture at the agency after multiple incidents regarding the mishandling of dangerous biological materials. Continue reading
Jun 22 Lawmakers concerned chocolate e-cigarettes may lure teens By Vic Pasquantonio As of January of this year, there were more than 460 e-cigarette brands available for purchase online, and around 7,700 flavors, including Swedish fish, roasted marshmallow and vanilla cupcake. Continue reading
Jun 18 Thousands of Lyme disease tests unproven and possibly inaccurate, NECIR reports By Colleen Shalby Roughly $492 million is spent on more than 3.4 million Lyme tests in the U.S. each year. But according to the New England Center of Investigative Reporting in a report released Tuesday, that number doesn’t include the thousands of… Continue reading
May 12 Second U.S. case of deadly MERS virus identified in Florida By Jaywon Choe U.S. health officials have confirmed that a second case of the deadly MERS virus has reached American shores – this time in Florida. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Dramatically Revised Lyme Disease Statistics Raise New Questions About Risk Dramatically Revised Lyme Disease Statistics Raise New Questions About Risk… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch HPV Vaccine Dramatically Cuts Number of Infections in Teen Girls HPV Vaccine Cuts Number of Infections in Teen Girls by Half… Continue watching