Swine Flu - H1N1 - Nitric Oxide

The Genosys, Inc. Nitric Oxide system is being researched for the treatment of Swine Influenza (Flu) Influenza A, Rhinovirus, Avian Flu Virus and Tuberculosis.

Swine Flu - H1N1 - Nitric Oxide

he Genosys, Inc. Nitric Oxide system is being researched for the treatment of Swine Influenza (Flu) Influenza A, Rhinovirus, Avian Flu Virus and Tuberculosis.

Will Liberals Stand for Isolation and Quarantine?

Experts at the Centers for Disease Control address the subject of voluntary or involuntary placement of individuals in isolation or quarantine this way: "To contain the spread of a contagious illness, public health authorities rely on many strategies. Two of these strategies...

Critical reforms of IMF policies demanded

Critical reforms of IMF policies demanded Earlier this month the Group of Twenty (G-20) leaders had announced a USD 1.1 trillion booster-dose into the world economy by the end of 2010 through multilateral institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Health...

Chicago Hospital Worker May have Exposed Hundreds to TB

A resident doctor-in-training working at three Chicago hospitals has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, potentially exposing hundreds of patients and staff. Officials are contacting all who might have been exposed at...

Exotic Diseases in the U.S. May Rise

We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....

Top Ten Humanitarian Crises List Released by MSF

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released its 11th annual top-ten humanitarian crises list highlighting what the organization sees as the 10 worst humanitarian crises in the world for...

Are Diabetes and Tuberculosis Linked?

Researchers at University of Texas School of Public Health have found evidence that patients with Type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk of contracting tuberculosis. The cause is compromised immune systems, leading to difficult to treat lung infections.

Climate Change could spread disease

Climate change could be responsible for the spread of a deadly dozen of diseases, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.Because these diseases are caused by an organism or virus that spreads quicker in...

Public Health Report Quietly Released in Canada

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. David Butler-Jones, released his first annual Report on the State of Public Health in Canada a few weeks ago. There’s been little to no commentary about the report...

Please Bono, for the love of God, retire from public life

Some do-gooders at ThePoint.com, a site that enables people to mobilize (and hopefully fund) activism campaigns, have started a petition asking Bono to stop being the world's most annoying philanthropist.As it...

Amy Winehouse 'may have TB'

Another sad bad blow for the young gifted but flawed Amy Winehouse. The news that she might have TB is worrying and highlights the rise in TB infections in the UK and USA mainly amongst the very poor, homeless...

Return to Zambia - HIV & Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention in Sub-Saharan...

The American Society for Microbiology is helping African nations foster a scientific community that is better able to address the current and future problems that threaten not only the local population, but the...

Most TB cases found in India

Three million people develop tuberculosis in the Southeast Asian region every year, India reporting 22 per cent of these, and over half a million die of the disease, says the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) report released on Monday. The 11 countries of the region...

Inhalable Tuberculosis Vaccine Developed

"""Imagine a world where vaccines are no longer injected - and can be used effectively in the battle to prevent tuberculosis infection. Imagine a world, where vaccines can be transported without worrying that it will be destroyed by heat. Imagine a world, where virtually...

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