Epidemiology News

A preliminary progress report from the Tick Borne-Disease Action Committee may already be filed as of Wednesday.

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology announces the election of its 2010 officers and directors.

Projects to monitor antibodies seek true extent of H1N1 infection. Declan Butler Antibody analysis of blood samples is the only way to accurately track the evolving flu pandemic.

On Friday, a 51-year old man who was suspected of having the A H1N1 , died at the reanimation department of the "Nork" infection hospital, as reported to "A1+" by chief epidemiologist, chief doctor of the "Nork" infection hospital, Ara Asoyan.

Seniors who take certain medications like antidepressants and sleeping pills that have a sedating effect are at greater risk of falling, say researchers, suggesting that doctors need to take more care in prescribing such drugs.

While nearly every young adult who contracts H1N1 flu sheds the virus without major complications, a handful have gotten seriously ill or died - shocking their friends and families.

Madison County has received its first report of a death caused by the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as swine flu.

"I am optimistic that we are on the downswing of our second wave," said Dr. Ruth Lynfield, state epidemiologist.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has released its most recent weekly report on the impact of influenza-like illness in Kansas.

The good news is that a new report shows the percentage of American adults with high LDL cholesterol, the "bad" kind that clogs arteries, decreased by about one-third between 1999 and 2006.

Centrifugal devices with ultrafiltration membrane can solve common problems researchers face when working with proteins.

Now that students in elementary and middle schools are getting the swine flu shots, the first shipments of the vaccine are arriving at University of Hawaii clinics, the state Department of Health said.

Most people know that healthy cholesterol levels can help protect your heart. But new research suggests another potential benefit: a lower risk of developing some types of cancer.

More than half the Hawaii health care providers who ordered the H1N1 vaccine have not received a single dose yet, over a month after the vaccinations began arriving in the islands, state health officials said.

Environmentalists have spent the last few years declaring that Fort Chipewyan, a town of about 900 located near Alberta's Athabasca oilsands, is an example of how industrialism can run amok and poison innocents.

About 4,000 Americans - rather than about 1,200 - have died of swine flu since the disease emerged in April, according to new figures being calculated by epidemiologists for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Long-term use of cholesterol-lowering statins appears to reduce the incidence of gallstones and the need for surgery to prevent the excruciating pain they cause, a new study indicates.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. Swine flu is still rampant across Florida, but signs show the virus might be easing up, and the worst of it may even be over.

NBC's "Biggest Loser" health and motivational expert, Bob Harper came close to packing the former Middle School's auditorium Saturday night.

A Douglas County health official hopes the H1N1 flu is easing off in the Omaha area after hitting a peak in October.