A nurse in Italy who had worked in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola. A patient was admitted to a hospital in Connecticut for possible Ebola infection after recently arriving from Liberia.
Consumption of alcohol has gone down in wealthier, developed countries in the last 20 years, but dangerous binge drinking among young people has gone up.
A new version of typhoid bacteria is showing up in Asia and Africa that is resistant to several antibiotics. These antibiotic-resistant strains are pushing out the strains that can be treated with antibiotics
Two babies died and 29 others became ill in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. They received vaccines against tuberculosis, rotovirus, and hepatitis B.
The FDA will hold a two-day Science Forum that is open to the public. Even if you can’t make it, you don’t have to miss it. The FDA will be recording the presentations and posting them online afterward
Past studies have shown that the chance of having twins with different fathers is only one in 13,000. However, a paternity case in New Jersey has gained international attention as DNA test revealed that a twin have different fathers.