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	<title>Infection Protection &#38; Control</title>
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	<description>The latest news on infection control, infectious disease &#38; infection protection</description>
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		<title>Parasitic worm infection may foreshadow HIV/AIDS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patients infected with schistosomes, a parasitic worm, may be more likely to become infected with HIV than persons without worm infections, according to a new government study.
Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School found that the infectious dose of an HIV-like virus necessary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Nile Virus outbreak earlier than usual in California</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven patients have been diagnosed by doctors with the West Nile Virus in California so far this year. The latest victim &#8212; a 24-year-old San Diego man. The man was hospitalized with encephalitis, inflammation of the brain, according to county health officials.
West Nile Virus is transmitted by a bite from an infected mosquito. County health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors near a possible cure for Ebola virus infections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered the secret to the fatal Ebola virus &#8212; a single protein that resides on the surface of the microorganism. The research opens the possibility of new therapies, stopping a virus that, though somewhat rare, can kill up to 90 percent of the people it infects.
The so-called Ebola virus glycoprotein was first discerned years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equine encephalitis killing horses, threatening people in Florida</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 50 horses have died in Florida this year from the most devastating outbreak in recent years of an infection spread by mosquitos called Eastern equine encephalitis, according to media reports.Thus far, no humans have been infected, but the state confirmed 56 cases of Eastern equine encephalitis in horses as of this month. 
Animals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.care-mates.com/blog/?p=374</link>
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		<title>Killer bat virus infecting humans, media reports indicate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors are testing 50 people in Australia for the potentially deadly Hendra virus, a microorganism spread by bats to horses and then humans, according to reports in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Queensland Health is taking blood samples from staff at a Brisbane bayside veterinary clinic and from people who came into contact with three horses which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.care-mates.com/blog/?p=373</link>
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		<title>Senate votes to remove ban on AIDS-infected travelers, immigrants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bi-partisan bill that would lift the law prohibiting HIV-positive visitors or immigrants from coming to the U.S. has been passed by the Senate.
The ban first enforced 20 years ago required foreigners with HIV to apply for special waivers to enter the U.S.
The travel ban law was repealed as part of an amendment to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experimental vaccine under development for Chlamydia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is giving a grant of $1 million to researchers who are developing a vaccine for Chlamydia, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the world.  Chlamydia infects more than 92 million people around the world every year, and is linked to 60,000 maternal deaths per year due [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.care-mates.com/blog/?p=371</link>
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		<title>National Cancer Institute funding private research for cancer vaccine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Cancer Institute is collaborating with a private firm, GlobeImmune, Inc., to develop vaccines to treat an array of cancers. GlobeImmune will utilize its proprietary Tarmogen technology to develop multiple immunotherapy products expressing various cancer antigens provided by the NCI. NCI will conduct and fund preclinical and early clinical development of the product candidates.
Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outbreak of the fatal Legionnaires&#8217; disease reported in New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another patient has been infected with the potentially deadly Legionnaires&#8217; disease in upstate New York,  and public health officials there are saying that the bacteria which causes the deadly respiratory ailment has been found at a second site, a Syracuse nursing home.
Scientists searching for the source of the outbreak discovered the &#8220;Legionella bacteria that causes the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.care-mates.com/blog/?p=369</link>
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		<title>CDC says more than 1,000 Americans infected with Salmonella during last three months</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers say that Salmonella has been the cause of illnesses and infections for more than 1,000 people in more than 40 states since April.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the lethal bacteria is present in some raw tomatoes, chili peppers, and the coriander used to make salsa.
The epidemic is the worst outbreak of [...]]]></description>
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