Web 2.0 announcer feed for infection http://infection.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for infection en Thu, 31 May 2007 19:16:50 GMT Rachel Maddow On TB Scare: Weapons Of Mass Infection http://web2announcer.com/go/2020208 unknown@Netscape.com On Wednesday night's "Countdown," Air America Radio talk show host Rachel Maddow discuss the recent TB scare. Maddow points out that the CDC literally had no plan in place for this kind of dangerous situation and the abysmal way they dealt with it. Thu, 31 May 2007 19:16:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020208CDCtbhealthinfectionNews CDC Warns About Contact Lens Solution http://web2announcer.com/go/2010371 unknown@Netscape.com The warning concerns AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution, used for cleaning and storing soft contact lenses, said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The solution seems to be a factor cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis, a painful eye infection that can lead to permanent vision loss or blindness. Sat, 26 May 2007 06:04:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010371contactlensessolutioneyesightinfectionacanthaamoebakeratitisNews E. Coli Cases on the Rise http://web2announcer.com/go/1425197 unknown@Netscape.com A new government report on foodborne illnesses shows that the number of E. coli infections in the United States has inched upwards in the past two years. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:29:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1425197healthE.ColiBacteriainfectionfoodborneillnessNews Woman Sues After Flesh-Eating Infection http://web2announcer.com/go/1277856 unknown@Netscape.com A woman who contracted a flesh-eating bacteria and had to have all four limbs amputated sued a hospital for medical malpractice Monday. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:52:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1277856womansuesAfterflesheatinginfectionNews Sweat May Spread Hepatitis B in Contact Sports http://web2announcer.com/go/809112 unknown@Netscape.com Sweat may be another way to pass hepatitis B infection during contact sports, suggests research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:34:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/809112healthhepatitisbcontactSportsinfectionNews Maryland boy, 12, dies after bacteria from tooth spread to his brain http://web2announcer.com/go/783735 unknown@Netscape.com Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday. A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him. If his mother had been insured. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:58:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/783735toothacheinfectionBacteriasadhealthNews U.S. herpes infection rate falls http://web2announcer.com/go/6308 unknown@Netscape.com Nearly 25 years after a news magazine declared that an epidemic of genital herpes threatened to undo the sexual revolution, a new study finds an encouraging decline in the percentage of people infected with the herpes virus. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:40:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6308Health & FitnessherpesinfectionfallsNews Utah Reports 6 Fold Increase In West Nile Virus Infections http://web2announcer.com/go/3543 unknown@Netscape.com The sometimes deadly disease infected its first Utahns weeks earlier than last season, which was the state's worst brush with West Nile to date, with 52 human cases and one death. State health officials so far this year have reported 18 human cases compared with just three for the same time last year. Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:35:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3543Health & Fitnessutahwest nilevirusinfectionhealthNews Sneaky Parasite Filmed While Infecting Blood Cells http://web2announcer.com/go/2359 unknown@Netscape.com Treating malaria and other diseases caused by parasites requires a good understanding of the parasite. A new video of the malaria parasite at work should help researchers develop better treatments. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:19:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2359Health & FitnessparasiteinfectionVideomalariamedical newsNews