Read more infection stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4762/infection.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:30:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70553/sore-throat-may-have-axed-t-rex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTyrannosaurus rex could have been laid low not by a planetwide dinosaur holocaust or vicious infighting, but by a parasite that still affects modern birds. Researchers have taken a close look at lesions on T. rex fossils once presumed to be battle scars and concluded that they are the work...http://www.newser.com/story/70553/sore-throat-may-have-axed-t-rex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 12:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69259/dangerous-staph-germs-found-at-us-beaches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem. The germ is MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—a hard-to-treat bug once rarely seen...http://www.newser.com/story/69259/dangerous-staph-germs-found-at-us-beaches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 17:37:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68836/infections-quicken-memory-loss-in-alzheimers-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUrinary tract, chest, and other infections may double the speed of memory loss among Alzheimer’s sufferers, researchers in Britain find. About half of subjects in a six-month study got infections outside the brain that prompted increased levels of an inflammatory protein; those who suffered such events, called SIEs, showed twice...http://www.newser.com/story/68836/infections-quicken-memory-loss-in-alzheimers-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 10:22:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65926/scientists-find-first-human-infected-with-gorilla-hiv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA woman from Cameroon living in Paris is the first human discovered to be infected with a form of HIV found in gorillas, HealthDay reports. The finding is yet another indication that the disease continues to mutate and to be transmitted by primates. The woman, 62, has not developed symptoms...http://www.newser.com/story/65926/scientists-find-first-human-infected-with-gorilla-hiv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 2:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64758/uk-issues-swine-flu-alert-for-pregnant-women-babies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid increasing concern that pregnant women and young children are most at risk from swine flu, experts in the UK are warning them to take extra precautions, the Telegraph reports. Doctors suggest avoiding unnecessary travel and crowds, particularly on trains and the London Underground. Most swine flu cases wouldn’t harm...http://www.newser.com/story/64758/uk-issues-swine-flu-alert-for-pregnant-women-babies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 10:51:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64565/who-gives-up-on-counting-swine-flu-cases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe World Health Organization today instructed member nations to stop counting cases of the rapidly spreading swine flu pandemic and focus instead on the most serious, Reuters reports. “Trying to register and report every single case is a huge waste of resources,” a spokesman said. Authorities should continue to report...http://www.newser.com/story/64565/who-gives-up-on-counting-swine-flu-cases.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 13:51:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64329/fears-mount-as-who-declares-swine-flu-unstoppable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConcerns continue to mount about swine flu in the wake of the World Health Organization's declaration that the illness is "unstoppable" and the deaths in Britain of two apparently strong individuals, a 6-year-old girl and a doctor. WHO officials are calling for worldwide vaccines to protect populations before they contract...http://www.newser.com/story/64329/fears-mount-as-who-declares-swine-flu-unstoppable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 5:37:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64277/swine-flu-related-to-1918-strain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe H1N1 virus can more easily infect the lungs than the common seasonal flu, a new study finds, making it more likely to cause pneumonia. What’s more, the present virus bears troubling resemblance to the 1918 strain that killed more than 40 million people worldwide. The study also shows that...http://www.newser.com/story/64277/swine-flu-related-to-1918-strain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 15:36:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59368/sen-byrd-hospitalized-with-minor-infection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. Robert Byrd, at 91 the Senate's oldest and longest-serving member, has been hospitalized with a temperature spike reportedly caused by a “minor infection,” his office said today. “He is being treated with antibiotics, responding well, and is expected to be released from the hospital in a few days." Byrd...http://www.newser.com/story/59368/sen-byrd-hospitalized-with-minor-infection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 11:46:50 CDT