Rapid Flu Test: Knowledge is Power
    Rapid Flu Test: Knowledge is Power

    Usually the flu is diagnosed based on the signs and symptoms, and the lack of lab evidence for other types of infections. Viral cultures to prove the diagnosis are costly and slow ? the child may be w…

    What is hMPV?
    What is hMPV?

    Most parents have never heard of it ? yet. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a respiratory virus first discovered by scientists in the Netherlands in 2001. It can cause pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and-flu…

    Monkeypox 3: Spreads From Person to Person?
    Monkeypox 3: Spreads From Person to Person?

    The state of Wisconsin has reported suspected monkeypox in two healthcare workers who had no known animal exposure but who had been caring for earlier monkeypox patients on May 22. The symptoms are st…

    Monkeypox 2: Containment
    Monkeypox 2: Containment

    On June 11, 2003 the federal government authorized the use of its stores of smallpox vaccine to help contain the U.S. monkeypox outbreak. Meanwhile, the outbreak investigation continues to spread, fro…

    Monkeypox
    Monkeypox

    For the first time in history, monkeypox has been found in people in the Western Hemisphere. On June 7, there were six known people with probable monkeypox, on June 8, twenty eight, and on June 9, for…

    Asthma and SARS
    Asthma and SARS

    There has never been a better time to be sure your asthma is under control. With a proper treatment plan, most asthma symptoms can be prevented or minimized. Uncontrolled, the linings of the airways i…

    SARS and Allergies
    SARS and Allergies

    Is it SARS or allergies? Dr. Greene explores... Allergy season brings with it sneezing, wheezing, coughing, and runny noses ? some of the same symptoms found in SARS. The linings of our noses contain …

    Disease – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
    Disease – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

    Definition: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a serious form of pneumonia, resulting in acute respiratory distress and sometimes death. It is a dramatic example of how quickly world travel c…

    Preventing SARS
    Preventing SARS

    As SARS continues to slowly spread around the globe, parents want to know what they can do to reduce the risk of their kids getting it. But here is the problem: we know that people diagnosed with SARS…

    Strong Prevention
    Strong Prevention

    Respiratory infections are the number one reason that young children in the United States are hospitalized. More than 1 in 20 babies are hospitalized for a respiratory infection before their first bir…

    SARS – School’s Out
    SARS – School’s Out

    All primary schools, preschools, daycares, high schools, and junior colleges throughout the nation of Singapore have been closed until at least April 6, 2003 in an attempt to stop the spread of SARS i…

    Stop Respiratory Infections
    Stop Respiratory Infections

    At the same time the world is learning about a new respiratory infection that may prove to be a relative of the common cold, researchers have published further evidence that breastfeeding can signific…

    SARS Kids
    SARS Kids

    The number of countries reporting SARS cases continues to climb gradually, with new cases confirmed in Germany, Italy, and the Republic of Ireland. Brunei officials have said that the recent traveler …

    SARS Hotel
    SARS Hotel

    It's almost like a detective movie. With any outbreak ? whether of food poisoning or of a contagious disease ? epidemiology investigators follow the clues to try to find something that the affected pe…

    SARS Update
    SARS Update

    SARS has now been identified in Spain, and 11 cases are under investigation in the U.S. All of these people recently traveled from Asia. Our jet-linked world creates the possibility for contagious dis…

    SARS – A Worldwide Threat
    SARS – A Worldwide Threat

    The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have begun issuing alerts about the outbreak of a contagious, virulent pneumonia now named SARS (Severe Acute Resp…

    AIDS Leaves Orphans
    AIDS Leaves Orphans

    We are facing the largest orphan crisis in human history, according to Carol Bellamy, the Executive Director of UNICEF. Her remarks at a conference in Namibia on orphans and vulnerable children were r…

    Cold Season, Alcohol, and Clean Hands
    Cold Season, Alcohol, and Clean Hands

    Many of the most common and most dangerous infections spread via germs on the hands that make their way into the mouth, nose, or eyes. How best to keep our children's hands clean? The Centers for Dise…

    Sleep and Immunity
    Sleep and Immunity

    Evidence continues to mount that your mother was right all along ? not enough sleep leads to more colds and flus. Here's one piece of that puzzle: not having enough sleep measurably blunts how well th…

    Flu Vaccine Recommendations for Children Under Four
    Flu Vaccine Recommendations for Children Under Four

    Each year the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) makes recommendations about who should get the influenza vaccine. The focus of the flu shot campaign among healthy people has been on people aged 6…