Researchers have discovered how the cold sore virus hides in the body, which may be the key to a permanent cure
A three-year initiative will seek to give HIV tests to everyone in the Bronx from age 18 to 64, the New York City Department of Health announced Thursday.
A federal advisory panel has endorsed a second vaccine to combat a common and potentially fatal virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting in children
A top U.S. health official says the threat of a flu pandemic remains high. And while the world has made great strides to prepare, it's not enough
Doctors thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk. But a new study found the assumption may have been wrong
She burst on the music scene as one-third of Destiny's Child, the highest-selling female group of all time.
Merck's drug against HPV has been a boon to the company but is facing growing grass-roots opposition
In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria
Five years ago, Kathye Petters-Armitage's first child received the exact vaccinations on the exact schedule recommended by her pediatrician.
Researchers have discovered how the cold sore virus hides in the body, which may be the key to a permanent cure
A three-year initiative will seek to give HIV tests to everyone in the Bronx from age 18 to 64, the New York City Department of Health announced Thursday.
A federal advisory panel has endorsed a second vaccine to combat a common and potentially fatal virus that causes diarrhea and vomiting in children
A top U.S. health official says the threat of a flu pandemic remains high. And while the world has made great strides to prepare, it's not enough
Doctors thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk. But a new study found the assumption may have been wrong
She burst on the music scene as one-third of Destiny's Child, the highest-selling female group of all time.
Merck's drug against HPV has been a boon to the company but is facing growing grass-roots opposition
In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria
Five years ago, Kathye Petters-Armitage's first child received the exact vaccinations on the exact schedule recommended by her pediatrician.
Younger gay men have stopped talking about AIDS and that's not a good -- and certainly not a safe -- thing. Now public health officials are fighting back
The first experimental bird flu vaccine made from lab-grown cells instead of chicken eggs shows promise in blocking the highly lethal virus, scientists report
Hong Kong officials say they plan to slaughter all live poultry in the territory's street markets after detecting the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.
I was born in 1981, about the same time as the first cases of AIDS were diagnosed. In this limited amount of time, AIDS has grown into the worst public health crisis in human history.
A city Health Department study finds that more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with the virus that causes genital herpes
South Africa's health minister said Thursday that HIV infection rates among pregnant women declined for the second straight year and claimed it was proof of the success of government policies
A woman who spent nearly 60 years of her life in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died Wednesday after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing, her family said
In Klong Toey, a Bangkok district between a highway and the Chao Phraya River, families of four share motorbikes, street vendors sell residents pouches of food, and doors of homes are open to the outside. A salesman on a bike cart sells broomsticks, while motorcycle taxi drivers, dressed in orange vests, wait at a corner.
A woman whose child carried the virus back from Europe urges education about vaccination
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Testimony resumed Monday in a long-running case involving thousands of children with autism that their parents contend was triggered by an early childhood vaccination.
Attorneys will attempt to show that vaccines with the thimerosal preservative triggers symptoms of autism
South Korean officials said Monday they have killed all poultry in Seoul, the capital, to curb the spread of bird flu following a new outbreak of the disease in the city
The United Nations and the Red Cross began distributing relief supplies Tuesday to people affected by the devastating cyclone that killed at least 22,000 people in Myanmar on Friday.
Three months before she gave birth last year, Diana Simpson, a dental hygienist in Davison, Michigan, started coughing uncontrollably. The pain in her throat and chest was unbearable.
As the room echoes with R&B music, students from Clark Atlanta, Morehouse and Spelman colleges laugh, talk and work on brightly colored pieces of cloth on long tables.
Sixty-four cases of measles have been diagnosed in the United States this year, the most in seven years, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Merck & Co. to correct numerous manufacturing deficiencies at its main vaccine plant, the latest in a string of setbacks for the drugmaker
Polio cases have nearly doubled this year in the West African nation of Nigeria as officials struggle to fight various natural strains of the virus as well as an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine itself three years ago
This year's flu season has shaped up to be the worst in three years, partly because the vaccine didn't work well against the viruses that made most people sick
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
Climate change means more than warming at the poles. It can intensify disease and famine and endanger human health
In light of the recent Hannah Poling decision, in which the federal court conceded that vaccines could have contributed to her autism, we think the tide is finally turning in the direction of parents like us who have been shouting concerns from our rooftops for years.
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
At 13, Michelle Cedillo can't speak, wears a diaper and requires round-the-clock monitoring in case she has a seizure. While her peers go to school or the mall or spend time with friends, the Yuma, Arizona, teenager remains at home, where she entertains herself with picture books and "Sesame Street" and "Blue's Clues" DVDs.
The House voted 308-116 Wednesday to more than triple, to $50 billion a year over the next five years, the money available for a program fighting AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other stricken areas of the world
The parents of a 9-year-old girl with autism said Thursday that their assertion that her illness was caused by childhood vaccines has been vindicated by the federal government's decision to compensate them.
A Florida-based company's artificial immune system promises to make testing of new vaccines faster, cheaper and safer
The World Health Organization claims polio transmission has been stopped in Somalia, leaving only a dozen other countries with the deadly disease
The common flu has hit Hong Kong hard this year, leading to a massive school shutdown, overcrowding in hospitals -- and memories of SARS
For millions of frustrated smokers, drugmakers promise to help them quit with a little pill. But studies from the companies themselves don't show very promising results.
What does the case of 9-year-old Hannah Poling tell us about a link between vaccines and autism?
I'm the mother of two daughters, a teen and a tween. So every day, I tiptoe through hormonally laced minefields hoping to avoid emotional carnage in response to any of my random comments or actions.
Argentinians planning to travel to the northern part of the country, Brazil and Paraguay were lining up for vaccinations Tuesday, because of a yellow fever breakout that has killed at least 21 people in the region.
Charles Kimando, a doctor in Kenya, has long been frustrated with his limited arsenal of drugs to treat malaria. The parasitic disease makes its appearance after heavy rains in Embu, the central Kenyan town where he is based. Kimando has access to a drug called Arsucam, but it treats malaria with two different pills, one of which tastes terrible and sometimes has side effects. "It can be hard to get people to take the available drugs," he says.
When I heard that high schools were closing and teenagers were dying because of the MRSA superbug, I felt lucky. Since the middle of 2006, I've had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus six times and somehow managed to avoid the worst: I've never been hospitalized and don't fear for my life. But, please, take my advice and do everything you can to avoid this dangerous infection.
The World Health Organization plans to send 2 million vaccines to Paraguay by Sunday after yellow fever emerged there for the first time in 34 years.
On his trip, the President highlights his success in fighting AIDS -- but avoids hot spots where his legacy is more vexed
President George W. Bush focused on a low-tech way to save the lives of African children Monday as he and first lady Laura Bush toured a Tanzanian clinic.
Smaller biotechnology companies are ready to take the lead away from big pharma in developing antibiotics that can take on a new generation of deadly "superbugs."
House Republican leader John Boehner and other Republicans warned on Thursday that a successful program to combat AIDS in Africa would be in jeopardy if Democrats move ahead with plans to make changes that he said would support abortions
Swiss researchers have suggested that some people with HIV can safely have unprotected sex. Why AIDS experts say that's an irresponsible, high-risk statement
New research finds Tamiflu-resistant strains of the most common flu virus popping up all over the world
Despite a lack of conclusive scientific evidence, some people are already using antiretrovirals as preventives, hoping to halt HIV transmission during risky sex
A CDC survey finds that American adults are failing to get themselves immunized, putting themselves at unnecessary risk for disease
A research team in Texas used a common antiretroviral drug to halt the transmission of HIV in lab mice engineered to behave like humans
Tablets of the drug etravirine were approved Friday by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of HIV infection in adults who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals.
An experimental vaccine may help cocaine addicts break the cycle of dependency. Other addiction vaccines could follow
Eight cases of bird flu among people have been confirmed in Pakistan, the first such cases in the country, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
A routine childhood vaccine is being recalled, sparking a shortage -- but no real health risks. Alice Park explains the recall
The recall of a routine vaccine for babies due to contamination risks could trigger a shortage and likely will alarm parents, but officials said there is no known health threat
The drugmaker Merck & Co. said Tuesday that it will seek federal approval for two new experimental drugs next year, adding that it's on track to meet its sales targets.
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee refused to retract a statement he made in 1992 calling for the isolation of AIDS patients.
Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could "pose a dangerous public health risk."
Some major US airports are offering flu shots to travelers as they pass through security checkpoints
Federal health officials are revising their estimate of how many people are infected by HIV each year, and advocacy groups say the number could rise by 35 percent or more
Surrounded by some of the biggest names in music, former South African President Nelson Mandela sounded another call to arms Saturday in the battle against HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has seen HIV and AIDS evolve from a mystery disease of the 1980s to an international health catastrophe to a disease that many consider a chronic but manageable condition.
U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday stressed the role of faith-based groups in the fight against AIDS, calling the struggle one of conscience and morals on the eve of World AIDS Day.
Sen. Hillary Clinton would make a major change to President Bush's AIDS program if she were in the White House, she said this week in announcing her global strategy to combat AIDS.
Students will learn about the history of the AIDS pandemic and the status of AIDS in the United States. Students will create ways to inform various demographic groups in the U.S. about the risk of HIV/AIDS.
World AIDS Day is observed around the globe on December 1. Since the first World AIDS Day in 1988, governments, organizations and charities have worked to raise awareness of the global AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. Use the information in this One-Sheet to provide students with an overview about HIV and AIDS.
Cholera deaths at a Baghdad orphanage and deteriorating water and sewage systems are spurring fears of a larger outbreak of the killer disease, the United Nations children's agency said.
Actress Ashley Judd proudly declares that her most meaningful professional role hasn't been on screen or stage -- it's been her work as the "global ambassador" for YouthAIDS, a worldwide HIV/AIDS education and prevention effort.
FDA panelists this week will scrutinize the safety of certain drugs approved for children - including anti-viral and anti-asthma drugs from Glaxo, Roche and Novartis - in meetings that could have wider implications for the industry.
The number of people around the world living with the virus that causes AIDS is actually nearly seven million fewer than previous estimates, according to the United Nations.
The market for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is mutating as rapidly as the virus itself, and drug industry heavyweight GlaxoSmithKline could find its lead position in jeopardy.
A crowd of frustrated parents gathered on a chilly Saturday morning outside Prince George's County Circuit Court to comply with an order from the school system to have their children vaccinated -- or else.
A mutated version of a common cold virus has caused 10 deaths in the last 18 months, U.S. health officials said Thursday
A global survey about people's perception of AIDS reveals there's still a lot of confusion and misinformation about the disease
A new study shows that immunizations have prevented a record number of deaths in the U.S. So, what's the fuss over vaccines?
The virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed as the source of a bird flu outbreak on an English farm
An outbreak of bird flu detected on a poultry farm in eastern England is the highly virulent H5N1 strain of the virus, British officials said Tuesday.
An outbreak of bird flu has been detected on a poultry farm in eastern England, British officials said Monday.
Merck's promising AIDS vaccine candidate turned out to be an absolute failure in trials, but it may still pave the way for future success
Nobody wants to get the flu this year. The dreaded, head-pounding, body-aching, feverish, nauseating, cough-fest packs equal parts misery and inconvenience.
With cold and flu season comes time-honored traditions for relief and prevention: Feed a fever, starve a cold. Wear warm clothes. Eat chicken soup.
Researchers are working on new, faster ways to diagnosis bird flu and other dangerous influenza strains before they can erupt into a full-fledged pandemic.
The family of a Brooklyn boy who died this month from an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus infection plans to file a $25 million lawsuit against the city of New York, the family's attorney said Tuesday.
Just days before his death, the Brooklyn, New York, middle-school student who died from an antibiotic-resistant staph infection had visited a hospital with skin lesions and was treated with allergy medicine, according to the family's lawyer, Paul Weitz.
The death of a 12-year-old student in Brooklyn from the staph infection MRSA has prompted fear among parents and students throughout the New York City school system, forcing officials to respond.
A middle school student from Brooklyn died Thursday, probably from the staph infection MRSA, according to the New York City Health Department.
The polio eradication campaign has made remarkable strides in Nigeria. But a recent outbreak -- caused by the vaccine itself -- threatens to derail it
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first of a new class of HIV drugs that attacks the virus in a different way.
A 40-year-old woman who lived in the southern Baghdad outskirts has died of cholera, the 12th death in Iraq from a recent outbreak of the disease, an Iraqi Health Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Merck's cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil now faces direct competition from Glaxo's Cervarix, which was approved by European health authorities, said the vaccine's maker GlaxoSmithKline on Monday.
A promising experimental vaccine to prevent the AIDS virus has failed in a crucial experiment, with volunteers becoming infected with HIV anyway, leading the drug developer to halt the study.
After years of shortages and confusion, this fall promises plenty of flu vaccine to go around -- up to 132 million doses, more than the nation has ever produced
ImClone Systems' stock surged more than 20 percent Tuesday after a report of strong test results for the drug Erbitux and its ability to treat lung cancer, which might help the biotech take market share from Genentech.
FDA advisors voted unanimously in support of an experimental HIV drug from Merck, according to the company and the government agency.
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