http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. An outbreak of salmonella poisoning in salad sprouts has sickened 21 people in the United States but is not connected to the German E. coli outbreak, health authorities said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news228489862.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:24:38 EST news228489862 Scarlet fever has revealed unusual high infect rate in Hong Kong this year. So far, 466 children were infected and 2 of them dead. Scarlet fever is caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a gram-positive pathogen that can be transmitted via skin wound and airborne droplet. http://phys.org/news227953786.html Biology Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:30:30 EST news227953786 A new study shows one in four high school students drink soda every day - a sign fewer teens are downing the sugary drinks. http://phys.org/news227463432.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:17:43 EST news227463432 (AP) -- U.S. births apparently have declined for a third year in a row, probably because of the weak economy. http://phys.org/news227360141.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:35:50 EST news227360141 (AP) -- Health officials say 39 people have been sickened from a salmonella outbreak spread through handling baby chicks or ducklings. http://phys.org/news226895622.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:33:51 EST news226895622 (AP) -- More Americans got food poisoning last year, with salmonella cases driving the increase, the government reported Tuesday. http://phys.org/news226675505.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:25:25 EST news226675505 (AP) -- "Zombie apocalypse." That blog posting headline is all it took for a behind-the-scenes public health doctor to set off an Internet frenzy over tired old advice about keeping water and flashlights on hand in case of a hurricane. http://phys.org/news225116861.html Technology Fri, 20 May 2011 13:40:01 EST news225116861 (AP) -- The first national estimates of swimmer's ear say it causes about 2.4 million trips to doctors and hospitals in a year. http://phys.org/news225034074.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 May 2011 14:28:11 EST news225034074 New guidelines, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) outline steps to eliminate bloodstream infections in patients with intravenous catheters, which are among the most deadly and costly healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). http://phys.org/news220881333.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:56:08 EST news220881333 Routine, jail-based HIV testing of inmates can successfully identify a substantial proportion of people unknowingly infected with HIV and could play a critical role in preventing the spread of the disease, according to a new report in this week's U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. http://phys.org/news196611378.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:19:47 EST news196611378 (AP) -- Health officials say their count of U.S. swine flu cases has surpassed 40,000, and deaths have risen to 263. http://phys.org/news167051968.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:19:49 EST news167051968 (AP) -- A fourth person in Arizona and six more in Mexico have died from complications of swine flu - pushing the world's death toll to 108. http://phys.org/news162707244.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 05:27:53 EST news162707244 Traffic to the website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soared in April as Americans searched the Internet for information about swine flu, research firm comScore said Thursday. http://phys.org/news161544349.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 18:26:16 EST news161544349 (AP) -- A U.S. health official says now only about 10 percent of the Americans who got swine flu had traveled to Mexico and likely picked up the infection there. Most got the bug at home. http://phys.org/news160926248.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 14:44:23 EST news160926248