Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chicken pox vaccine saving children's lives

The widespread introduction of a chicken pox vaccine in Australia in 2006 has prevented thousands of children from being hospitalised with severe chicken pox and saved lives, according to new research.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Another meningitis scare emerges, targeting NYC's gay men

(HealthDay)—As a nationwide outbreak of steroid-linked meningitis grabs headlines, health officials in New York City say a separate, unrelated outbreak is hitting gay and bisexual men.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Indian experts probing 'untreatable' TB cases

The Indian government on Tuesday dispatched a team of medical experts to the financial capital, Mumbai, to assess reports of a handful of cases of apparently untreatable tuberculosis.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

India reports new TB strain resistant to all drugs

Indian doctors have reported the country's first cases of "totally drug-resistant tuberculosis," a long-feared and virtually untreatable form of the killer lung disease.

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