Doctor’s Nightmare: Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Found In U.S. For First Time
A 49-year-old woman has become the first person in the US to be infected with a superbug, an alarming new development in the spread of...
Scientists Claim More Research is Needed to Prevent ‘Zombie Apocalypse’
If fears of a zombie apocalypse keep you up at night, then it’s good you’ve taken the initiative to prepare: stockpiled water and food; invested...
Researchers Discover New, Crippling Tick-Borne Disease
Ticks, best known for carrying Lyme disease, are now getting renewed attention over a newly published study. Researchers from China and the University of Maryland...
6 Common Conditions That Can Make Your New Kitten Really Sick
Congratulations on acquiring a new kitty. It's understandable if you're a bit nervous, after all kittens can be fragile. Knowledge is power so being aware of...
Anti-Vaccine Crowd Helping Create Highly Infectious Measles Outbreak
[caption id="attachment_110524" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Anti-vaxxers Jenny McCarthy, Kristin Cavallari, Jim Carrey (Credit: Reuters/Fred Prouser/AP/Charles Sykes/Paul A. Hebert)[/caption] Public health officials may have been premature three...
FaceBook: Princeton To Lose 50% of Students In 4 Years
[caption id="attachment_108937" align="aligncenter" width="512"] In this Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, a sign with Facebook's "Like" logo is posted at Facebook headquarters.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)[/caption]...
The Great Antibiotics Crisis
I have a tooth infection, and I've been taking antibiotics for weeks, about 4 weeks to be precise, and I confess I'm concerned about that...
American Southwest Host to Mysterious Valley Fever
When she was just 6, Emily Gorospe became very tired and sick. The spunky girl, now 8, developed a fever that wouldn’t go away, and red blotches appeared across her body.
Can My Dog Get the Flu?
With all of this sickness going around, I wonder about my dogs. Can they get the flu?
Insect Borne Chagas Disease New AIDS
[caption id="attachment_85313" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="Triatoma infestans or the “Kissing Bug”, “Assassin Bug”, or “Cone-Nose Bug”, is a vector for Chagas' Disease. Chagas Disease is caused...
Critter Talk: A New Link between Pets and Human Health
[caption id="attachment_84734" align="aligncenter" width="524" caption="Pic courtesy: http://www.chicagonow.com/steve-dales-pet-world/2011/09/"][/caption] Part of the veterinary oath states that a veterinarian does "solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and...
Contagion: Drug resistant TB could kill tens of thousands
Ominous news from WHO: Incredibly drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis are coursing through Europe, and will kill tens of thousands unless health officials intervene.
Can sleeping with your pet kill you?
I’ve slept with dogs for years, the four legged kind of course, and to my knowledge I haven’t gotten sick, but you never know do you? Enjoy this story.
Critter talk: The scary truth about rendered pet foods
As a society, we no longer think it’s acceptable for our pets to eat other pets (especially of the same species). Our animal companions are too close to us, emotionally, to consider them cannibalistic.