Travel and socialization patterns give greater insight into spread of new ...
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140502/Travel-and-socialization-patterns-give-greater-insight-into-spread-of-new-diseases-in-humans.aspx
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown how the travel and socialisation patterns of people in Southern China can give greater insight into how new diseases such as bird flu may spread between populations. Southern China is one of the most ...
Egypt warns against travel to Saudi Arabia due to MERS
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/135312/egypt-warns-against-travel-to-saudi-arabia-due-to-mers
Egypt's Health Ministry issued a warning on Friday against children, elderly people and anyone suffering from chronic heart and chest diseases travelling to Saudi Arabia due to an outbreak there of a deadly new virus. Saudi Arabia said on Thursday the ...
Study says fans headed to Brazil risk getting infectious diseases
http://www.canada.com/health/Study+says+fans+headed+Brazil+risk+getting+infectious+diseases/9871017/story.html
To gauge what kind of disease threats foreigners face, researchers headed by Mary Wilson of Harvard University's School of Public Health looked at data from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, a sampling of travel-medicine clinics on six continents.
Camel flu warning for travellers to Middle East
http://www.travelweekly.com.au/news/camel-flu-warning-issued-to-travellers
Travellers to the Middle East could be at risk from a potentially fatal illness originating from dromedary camels. Known commonly as ?camel flu?, Middle East Respiratory Sydney Conavirus (MERS-CoV) was first reported by the World Health Organisation in ...
Auburn researchers say harmful bacteria can survive several days in airliner ...
http://www.oanow.com/news/auburnuniversity/article_0e8a2310-e109-11e3-8e3d-0017a43b2370.html
Disease- causing bacteria can linger on surfaces in commercial airplane cabins for up to a week, according to an Auburn University study presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. ... The organization's vision ...
Logan travelers warned about MERS virus
http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2014/05/12/logan-travelers-warned-they-might-have-been-exposed-deadly-mers-virus/LnNSCdiXIjKlfVRpWLqAOK/story.html
?The risk to the US general public from MERS still remains very low,? Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, said in a statement. The agency is not recommending that Americans alter their ...
Dementia is a modern plague that will be eradicated, leading academic says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10855527/Dementia-is-a-modern-plague-that-will-be-eradicated-leading-academic-says.html
Recent viruses such as avian and swine flu have given rise to fears of novel and highly contagious forms of such diseases that are beyond the control of medical science. The growth of international travel has also speeded up the transmission of ...
Germs can live for days in airline cabins
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/10083838/Germs-can-live-for-days-in-airline-cabins
Government studies have debunked the long-held myth that air circulated in commercial planes is jam-packed with disease-causing germs. Now comes a study that raises fears about germs on cabin surfaces. Microbiologists and engineers at Auburn ...
