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Identification of infection in a common African fruit bat...
Original title: “CDC Researchers find possible animal source for Marburg virus”
School closures and other community strategies designed to reduce the possibility of spreading disease between people during an epidemic can save lives, particularly when the measures are used in combination and implemented soon after an outbreak begins in a community...
Original title: “Community Measures Prevent Deaths During Pandemic, New Study Finds”
Women Should Talk with Their Doctors about Risks and Benefits
Original title: “New Study Finds Few Risks of Birth Defects from Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today new safety data on a recently licensed rotavirus vaccine given to infants that indicate the vaccine does not pose an elevated risk for intussusception...
Original title: “CDC Releases Safety Data on Rotavirus Vaccine Reported Intussusception Cases Fall Within Expected Range”
Small Changes in 1918 Pandemic Virus Knocks Out Transmission Research Provides Clues for Assessing Pandemic Potential of New Influenza Viruses...
Original title: “Small Changes in 1918 Pandemic Virus Knocks Out Transmission”
Binge drinking is common among high school students in the United States and is strongly associated with sexual activity, violence, and other risky behaviors, according to a new study...
Original title: “New Studies Shed Light on Circumstances Associated with Violent Deaths”
A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations finds that Americans' risk of dying from cancer continues to drop, maintaining a trend that began in the early 1990s. However, the rate of new cancers remains stable. The "Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2003, Featuring Cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino Populations" is published in the October 15, 2006, issue of Cancer
Original title: “Annual Report to the Nation Finds Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop;Lower Cancer Rates Observed in U.S. Latino Populations”
Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a microchip-based test that may allow more labs to diagnose influenza infections and learn more about the viruses causing illness.
Original title: “Quick Diagnosis of Flu Strains Possible with New Microchip Test”
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released genetic blueprints for over 650 genes of influenza viruses into a database accessible to researchers worldwide.
Original title: “CDC and APHL Make Influenza Virus Sequence Data Publicly Accessible”
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) may experience a 13-month delay before they are diagnosed. A study in the April autism supplement of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics released today, found that children diagnosed in metropolitan Atlanta were initially evaluated at an average of 4 years of age but were not diagnosed with an ASD until an average of 5 years 1 month.
Original title: “Thirteen Month Delay Between Evaluation and Autism Diagnosis in Children”