The most infectious of all infectious diseases
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/05/health/frieden-measles/
(CNN) -- My first investigation as a new Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer with the Centers for Disease Control was of a large outbreak of measles, mostly among Hispanic children, many under a year old, and many who became infected when they ...
Diseases on the move because of climate change
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/04/climate-change-disease/2623863/
"I felt like I was living a quarter-second in the past," he says of the onset of Valley Fever, a disease caused by a soil fungus. It took months for his doctor to finally suggest that might be the cause of Chavez's episodes of "getting stupid," as his ...
Climate change spreading diseases to new areas
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/192172-climate-change-spreading-diseases-to-new-areas
Valley Fever, which is growing in California's Central Valley, is one of the diseases experts say are spreading in part due to climate change. USA Today will write a year-long series that takes a look at the regions and ways that climate change affects ...
Preventing, diagnosing and managing diseases in conifers
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/preventing_diagnosing_and_managing_diseases_in_conifers
Needlecast diseases, caused by fungi, affect many species of conifers. Some examples of needlecast diseases include Rhizosphaera and Dothistroma. Sphaeropsis, also known as Diplodia tip blight, is another common disease in conifers. Steps should be ...
Surry Community offers grape pests, diseases and disorders class
http://www.mtairynews.com/news/news/2820700/Surry-Community-offers-grape-pests-diseases-and-disorders-class
DOBSON ? Beginning and experienced viticulturists may benefit from a 16-week course at Surry Community College entitled ?Grape Pests, Diseases and Disorders? which is set to begin Jan. 13 and runs until May 12. The 16-week course will meet Monday ...
Research & Development For Diseases Of The Poor: A 10-Year Analysis Of ...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113021056/research-development-for-diseases-of-the-poor-a-10-year-analysis-of-impact-of-the-dndi-model/
Today, at a scientific meeting at Institut Pasteur, France, entitled 'Best Science for the Most Neglected: Where Do We Stand Ten Years On?', co-organized with Institut Pasteur and MSF and in collaboration with PLOS, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases ...
Medicines for rare diseases may be effectively valued using multi-criteria ...
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131205/Medicines-for-rare-diseases-may-be-effectively-valued-using-multi-criteria-decision-analysis.aspx
A study just published by the Office of Health Economics (OHE) and its collaborators demonstrates how medicines for rare disease may be effectively valued using an innovative approach -- multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) -- that can include all ...
Weak research capacity holds back progress on diseases
http://www.trust.org/item/20131205113741-aiwr3/?source=hppartner
Threats to strengthening the capacity of health research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as a lack of researchinfrastructure and overdependence on donor funding, need more action, as research holds a key to tackling neglected disease ...
