North Korea has greatly reduced malaria infections at home but mosquitoes carrying the disease are crossing the heavily armed border and infecting hundreds each year in the South, a provincial governor said on Tuesday. Reuters Health Information
In screening for cervical cancer, a negative human papillomavirus (HPV) test predicts a very low risk of high-grade lesions for at least 6 years, much longer than the 3-year predictive value of a conventional cytology test, new research shows. Reuters Health Information
Fluoroquinolones are highly effective in eradicating nonencapsulated and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) infections in cell culture and mouse models of infection, according to a report in the February 7th BMC Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information
Human parechoviruses are an important viral cause of sepsis-like illness and meningitis in young children, according to Dutch researchers. Reuters Health Information
The authors review the current treatment of chronic hepatitis B, with a focus on diagnosis and management of resistance and active management of suboptimal responses. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
The US Preventive Services Task Force has issued a reaffirmation recommendation statement about screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults; nonpregnant women and men do not need screening. Medscape Medical News
