Medical News and Advisory

World Health Organization

WHO urges countries to take measures to combat antimicrobial resistance - Fri, 20 Aug 2010
20 August 2010 -- WHO suggests that countries should be prepared to implement hospital infection control measures to limit the spread of multi-drug resistant strains and to reinforce national policy on prudent use of antibiotics, reducing the generation of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

H1N1 in post-pandemic period - Tue, 10 Aug 2010
10 August 2010 -- The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course and the world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert, but in the post-pandemic period.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Climate Change: Communicating Complexity - Fri, 06 Nov 2009
  The influence of weather on infectious diseases has been recognized for centuries. In our own experience, we know that some diseases like influenza are more common in the winter or others thrive better in the tropics. The effects of climate – weather over long periods of time - on infectious diseases have been getting a [...]

Advanced Lab Techniques Help Pinpoint the Source of Outbreaks - Tue, 15 Sep 2009
When CDC is working on an outbreak of foodborne illness, it’s our goal to pinpoint the source as quickly and precisely as possible so we can prevent any further threat to public health. For several years now, the PulseNet Methods Development and Reference Unit (PMDRU) has been developing and validating new methods to complement pulsed-field [...]