More Parasitic Disease News

• Injectable Antibiotic Protects Against Lyme Disease in Mice

  April 4 (HealthDay News) -- One injection of a long-acting version of the antibiotic doxycycline ...

• Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial

  Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- A new malaria vaccine looked strong in a small trial ...

• Raw Seafood Poses Digestive Risks

  Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Eating raw or undercooked seafood -- such as sushi and ...

• Scientists Map Intestinal Bug's Genome

  Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have sequenced the genome of the intestinal parasite Giardia ...

• Scientists Map Elephantiasis Parasite's Genome

  Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- An international team of scientists says they've documented the genetic ...

• No Proof Long-Term Antibiotics Fight Nervous System Lyme Disease

  June 11 (HealthDay News) -- A few weeks of antibiotics as recommended are highly effective ...

• Nurses' Working Conditions Tied to Patient Infections

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly intensive care unit patients have less risk of infection ...

• Antibiotic Combinations Could Fight Resistant Germs

  April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Using two competing antibiotics against a bacterium -- even when ...

• Cellular 'Fingerprint' IDs Infectious Disease

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- American researchers have found a way to use disease "fingerprints" ...

• FDA Approves Swift New Meningitis Test

  March 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new test that rapidly detects viral meningitis was approved ...

• Pets Can Bring Parasite Dangers

  March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Fluffy and Fido need petting, of course, but they can ...

• Don't Wait Till School Starts to Vaccinate Against Meningitis

  Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) --The bad news, according to health experts, is that bacterial meningococcal ...

• Common STD May Increase Women's HIV Risk

  Feb. 12 (iVillage Total Health) -- Women who contract a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) ...

• Antibiotic Overuse Does Make Microbes Resistant

  February 9 (HealthDay News) -- While scientists have believed for years that excessive antibiotic use ...

• New Drug Fights Deadly Fungal Infections

  Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Two studies have found that a new drug, Noxafil, prevents ...

• Parasite Infection Might Ease Multiple Sclerosis

  Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Parasitic infections may actually benefit people with multiple sclerosis (MS), ...

• Prion Infectivity Removed From Animal Blood

  Dec. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A method of removing prion infectivity from scrapie-infected animal blood ...

• Antibiotics Mostly Useless for Sinusitis

  MONDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- If you develop a mild sinus infection this winter ...

• FDA Panel Hits Antibiotic For Bronchitis, Sinusitis

  FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended ...