Early this morning, MSNBC released a report on the post 9/11 influx of foreign insects into the United States and the impact of this flood
One hundred and thirty countries submitted reports of leprosy to the World Health Organization (WHO) at start of 2011, with 228,474 new cases
This past Monday, the Nobel Foundation announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine. The winners have been honored for their discoveries in immunology
Yesterday, Oct. 5 2011, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported three guests at an Ocean City, Md. hotel were hospitalized and
Ten years later, the fall of the World Trade Center may have slowly dissipated into a distant memory for some Americans, but for many individuals,
On 27 Sept, the GAVI Alliance announced approval for 37 more countries to receive vaccines against childhood diarrhea and pneumonia. The vaccination campaigns are
As the lights dimmed, the sound of African drums filled the room. The audience was faced with the image of people fetching what appeared to
In the average year, anywhere from five- to twenty-percent of the U.S. population will get the flu. The most effective way to decrease that percentage
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 72 cases and 13 deaths due to listeriosis. Health officials are investigating three more deaths that
Shortly after the WHO press release concerning the rapid spread of multidrug resistant tuberculosis across Europe, tuberculosis testing in an impoverished suburb of Paris, France