Saturday, December 1st, 2007
An outbreak of Ebola has been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the African nation of Uganda. Ebola is a virus causing hemorrhagic fever. Afflicted patients develop high fever, red eyes, sore throat, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea and ultimately internal and external bleeding. To date there is no ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that simple policies such as regular hand-washing and wearing masks, gloves and gowns, may be more effective than drugs to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses such as influenza and SARS. This is of interest since in Britain, there is an ...
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