Annals of Internal Medicine has a new issue out and there is a pretty good article about the revisions to the adult immunizationn schedule. I like this article because it gives some good information on the schedule and indications for a lot of “basic” vaccines for adults.
Very Informative!
Iraq and Vietnam seem to have the unfortunate position of “top cholera hotspots” according to ProMed’s new diarrheal and cholera…
www.ExplorersWeb.com is a website I have been subscribing to for a while now. If you have never been there, it…
In the wake of flooding from Tropical Storm Noel, last month, there is a outbreak of leptospirosis in the Dominican…
The Taipei Times has a story about a woman from Peru undergoing an operation to treat her elephantiasis. This is…
A very good article on Pet Related Infections can be found at the American Family Physician website (Am Fam Physician…
There is a pretty good blog that tracks dengue activity in the carribean, over at WoodShedEnvironment. They are looking at…
It appears that recent flooding in Nicaragua has caused an increase in reported/diagnosed cases of leptospirosis. Managua and the cities…
Brazzaville, Congo is having some railway problems, due to recent flooding. This is a problem for those looking to use…
A great new conference is on the horizon. The American Academy of Family Physicians annual resident and medical student conference,…
I ran accross a good question about someone concerned with DEET use in pregnancy. This is a very good question…
A very good article, over at Outdoors Magic, discusses what one should carry when hiking during winter months. The article…
The makers of one of the Hib (Heamophilus Influenza) vaccines, Merck, have initiated a voluntary recall of certain batches of…
I grew up in Southern Arizona, the center of the Sonoran Desert. For people not used to the heat down…
An Indian newpaper, http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1139181, ran a story about some new cases of trypanosomiasis reported in parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai….
St. Louis, Missouri is the subject of FDA interest due to a recent outbreak of Ciguatera Poisoning. The article, from…