News tagged with bugs
Pandemic, or just a bad bug? (w/Webcast)
(PhysOrg.com) -- International alarm about swine flu is ebbing as the virus has proven far less virulent than was feared. But important questions and concerns remain about the new flu strain and its potential ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 08, 2009 |
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Control, treatment of bed bugs challenging
A review of previously published articles indicates there is little evidence supporting an effective treatment of bites from bed bugs, that these insects do not appear to transmit disease, and control and eradication of bed ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Google software bug shared private online documents
Google has confirmed that a software bug exposed documents thought to be privately stored in the Internet giant's online Docs application service.
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Genetically distinct carriers of Chagas disease-causing parasite live together
Researchers have found living together the known carrier species for the Chagas disease-causing parasite Triatoma dimidiata (also known as "kissing bugs") and a cryptic species that looks the same — but is genetically distin ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Spring breakers should keep an eye out for bed bugs during travels
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past three to four years, the instances of bed bug infestations have increased at an alarming rate at motels and hotels around the world. Instances of bed bug infestations have been reported at ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Call to action: Running out of options to fight ever-changing 'super bugs'
People are dying from "super bugs" because our antibiotic arsenal has run dry, leaving the world without sufficient weapons to fight ever-changing bacteria, warn infectious disease researchers at The University of Texas Medical ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2009 |
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How Bed Bugs Outsmart the Chemicals Designed to Control Them
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain ...
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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New infant formula safety advice could prevent infant suffering
Wheat-based infant follow-on formulas are better reconstituted with fruit juice and should be stored in the fridge at 4°C to prevent growth of meningitis bacteria, according to recent research.
Jan 06, 2009 |
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