Health News
Health News
Study: Lesser-known bug a bigger hospital threat (AP)
AP - As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests.
Sat Mar 20 08:12:59 -0500 2010
Testing overseas may explain big drop in TB cases (AP)

A lab assistant performs an experiment during an inauguration visit of a new P3 level research laboratory against tuberculosis at the School of Life Sciences of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne in Ecublens near Lausanne March 17, 2010. Financed by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Swiss Government, the lab is open to researchers from EPFL and nearby universities in order to study in vivo strains of Bacillus anthracis, the air-borne pathogen causing tuberculosis. There are around 500 cases of tuberculosis each year in Switzerland alone. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: HEALTH SCI TECH)AP - An unexpected big drop in new U.S. tuberculosis cases is probably because of stepped up screening and treatment of immigrants before they leave their native countries, health officials say.


Fri Mar 19 18:28:59 -0500 2010