Drinking cups with the logo from Starbucks Coffee.Photo: Stephen Chernin (Getty Images) New Jersey health authorities are fighting to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A after a Starbucks employee reportedly tested positive for the virus last week. The place where the employee worked was temporarily … Read More

A close-up of the scolex or head of a fully mature swine tapeworm. Interestingly, cysticercosis is what happens when the tapeworms do not get the chance to grow up.Picture: Roberto J. Galindo / Wikimedia Commons Coming down with seizures would be a scary experience no … Read More

Photo: China pictures (Getty Images) Researchers in Massachusetts say they have discovered another patient who appears to have completely defeated an HIV infection without the help of antiviral treatments or a bone marrow transplant. The case of the Esperanza patient, as the woman is now … Read More

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The World Health Organization has approved the firstever vaccine for the prevention of malaria, one of the oldest known and deadliest infectious diseases, killing about 500,000 people a year, about half of whom are children in Africa. What do you think? “Finally something I would … Read More

NEW YORK – Admitting she’s experiencing a slight tremor even after all these months, wife of NYPD officer Mark Cady told reporters Tuesday that she still fears one day getting a phone call that her husband has been vaccinated. “Of course, Mark has promised me … Read More