INFECTION

A single patient infected with the increasingly common superbug known as MRSA can cost a hospital $60,000, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.

A study involving 128 South African families has identified genetic traits that may protect some people from tuberculosis in a finding that could help lead to a new TB vaccine, scientists said on Saturday.

Half of all patients in intensive care units around the world have infections, and more than 70 percent are being given antibiotics -- a trend that could help more drug-resistant superbugs emerge, researchers reported on Tuesday.

The hepatitis B vaccine - given to protect against infection by a virus that can cause severe liver damage and cancer - may protect for more than two decades, according to a new study.

The Italian Health Ministry reported Friday a likely case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human form of mad cow disease.

Many people who have died of H1N1 swine flu in the United States have also had bacterial infections, health officials reported on Wednesday.

An HIV vaccine showed modest results for the first time contradicting past thoughts that a vaccine for HIV was not possible, researchers found.

Think you need antibiotics to fight that cough or cold? Numerous Web sites are willing to sell them to you without a doctor's prescription -- a loophole, researchers say, that could undermine efforts to curb the problem of bacteria that shrug off powerful antibiotics.

Centuries have passed of speculations on what killed famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 35 and a study from the University of Amsterdam suggests today that Mozart died from a throat infection.

Fifty million women in Asia are at risk of being infected with HIV because of the risky sexual behavior of their husbands or boyfriends, leading health experts said in a report on Tuesday.

Global airlines, still reeling from the recent flu-virus scare, have stepped up efforts to protect passengers from health risks on international flights.

Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) announced on May 27, the results of a national Harris Interactive, Inc. survey indicating that the vast majority of oncologists and infectious disease (ID) specialists are highly concerned about the negative impact infection may have on treatment outcomes in chemotherapy patients, as well as emerging antibiotic resistance.

A report says that Asia and Latin America's Computer networks are the most hit by a fast-spreading computer virus.

Miss world Finalist Mariana Bridi da Costa whose feet and hands were amputated due to an infection has died Saturday after struggling for weeks against the illness.