Novel Arenavirus Causes Mystery Illness in Zambia and South Africa
An active, young Zambian safari guide fell ill last month with an unexplained illness that rapidly progressed to her death after medical evacuation to South Africa. Three additional people who had close contact with her or her body fluids, a paramedic, a nurse and a hospital worker, also shortly became ill — and despite [...]
Oxycodone effective against shingles
The painkiller oxycodone is effective at treating the acute pain of shingles, an illness that often causes severe pain which can become long-lasting and sometimes even permanent.
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Voyager Pipettors
Introducing the most cost effective, intuitive, hand-held pipettors for automated fluid transfer between different labware formats: Viaflo’s Voyager 8-Channel and 12-Channel Adjustable Spacing Pipettors.
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New non-antibiotic drugs
Lack of an adequate amount of the mineral phosphate can turn a common bacterium into a killer, according to research soon to be published.
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Snails, Slugs, and Semi-slugs: A Parasitic Disease in Paradise
…CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases was contacted by the Hawaii Department of Health for advice regarding three cases of presumed Angiostrongylus cantonensis (AC) infection. AC, commonly called the rat lungworm, is a parasitic worm and the most common infectious cause of eosinophilic (a type of white cell) meningitis in humans worldwide…
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