The United States Get a “D” for Preterm Births
The United States Get a “D” for Preterm Births

The premature birth rates in the United States reach a “D” grade and 18 other states like District of Columbia and Puerto Rico get only failing grades. No states received an “A,” and only Vermont got a “B.” 23 other states were ranked at “D” grade during the first annual “Premature Birth Report Card” of March of Dimes, which was released on...

The United States Get a “D” for Preterm Births
 
 

West Nile Virus Still Spreading
According to William K. Reisen, PhD, of the Center for Vectorborne Diseases at the University of California, Davis, the number of people infected with the West Nile virus is getting three times bigger this season. Reisen and his colleagues stated that "a dramatic increase in home foreclosures and abandoned homes [has] produced urban...

West Nile Virus Still Spreading

Report: Southern Hospitals Ranked to Be the Worst
According to a new report which checked all the hospitals in the U.S., the southern part of the country is worst regarding its hospitals and its medical care. The new report is part of a program which focuses on the quality of life of the patients and not on the cures for diseases. Organized by the Center to Advance Palliative Care and...

Report: Southern Hospitals Ranked to Be the Worst

Almost 100 Students from Georgetown Fell Ill
Georgetown University’s main dining hall sickened almost 100 students yesterday. They were treated for stomach illness and a health investigation has started to track the cause of the outbreak. The students were taken to Georgetown University Hospital where more of them came complaining of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.  Leo J. O'Donovan...

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month all October
The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month lasts all October. This is the only celebration which helps bringing people together to raise awareness about the terrible type of cancer because of which so many women die annually. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States, as the Centers for Disease Control and...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month all October

Cholera outbreak claims 11 in Zimbabwe slum
The death toll in a cholera outbreak in a crowded township in crisis-hit Zimbabwe has risen to 11 since the beginning of the month, state media reported Thursday. The state-controlled daily Herald newspaper quoted Health Minister David Parirenyatwa as confirming the death toll and saying that 10 more people were sick in hospital with...

Cholera outbreak claims 11 in Zimbabwe slum

Tuberculosis Patient Forced to Isolation
A tuberculosis patient from San Bernardino was forced by the county authorities into medical isolation on Thursday because after he had received the diagnose of his disease, he didn’t take the medication properly and still continued to go to work, endangering other people to get the virus.Jim Lindley, County Public Health Director, and...

Tuberculosis Patient Forced to Isolation

Many Hospital Patients Could Be Evacuated
Because of the damages caused by Hurricane Gustav and the power outages hundreds of hospital patients could be transported out of the hospitals together with the medical facilities. Officials fear that the patients can’t survive without air conditioning.The patients were seriously ill and a few of them came from burn units, as Alan...

Many Hospital Patients Could Be Evacuated

More and More People Infected with the West Nile Virus
The first human case of West Nile virus in Nevada this year was reported in Lyon County earlier this month. The man is less than 50 years old and he was hospitalized with a milder form of the virus. In 2007, at least 12 cases of West Nile were reported in Nevada. The virus has three effects on humans and they are all different. The first...

More and More People Infected with the West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victim; Dead 72-Year-Old Woman
West Nile virus is found in tropical and temperate regions and it commonly infects birds, but it can also infect humans, dogs, bats, horses and rabbits. Humans are mainly infected with the virus through the bite of an infected mosquito. The genetic material of the West Nile Virus is a single strand of RNA which has between 11,000 and...

West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victim; Dead 72-Year-Old Woman

New Warnings about the Mosquitoes
Residents in Norristown are now in danger of getting infected with the West Nile virus brought by the mosquitoes in the area. The virus is really brought by some birds but after these birds die, the mosquitoes collect their blood and then infect the people.The Montgomery County health department issued on Friday a report asking the...

New Warnings about the Mosquitoes
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