HIV rate skyrockets in Aboriginal communities
ABC Online, Australia - 6 hours ago The rate of HIV infection in Aboriginal communities has more than doubled in recent years. The chairman of the federal ministerial

Hong Kong Reports 11th Human Infection From Pig-Borne Disease
Bloomberg - Aug 23, 2005 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Hong Kong government reported an 11th human infection from a pig-borne illness that has killed dozens of people and infected hundreds in

Doctors fight killer disease
News Shopper, UK - 18 hours ago illness. Health inspectors are now combing the borough and other parts of south London for sites where the infection may have started.

New Hope for HIV/Aids Cure
AllAfrica.com, Africa - 8 hours ago The study showed a 75 percent average decline in HIV infection of CD4 + T cells. CD4+ T cells are white blood cells that boost the immune response.

Doctors see uptick in Lyme diagnoses
Boston Herald, United States - Aug 23, 2005 Compared to last summer, nearly three times as many cases of the tick-borne infection is being diagnosed in some regions from the woods to the Cape.

Doctor kills himself after patient dies from infection
Times Online, UK - 17 hours ago An inquest into her death, which opened on August 12, was told that the cause of death was severe abdominal infection, puerperal sepsis, which can affect women