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Rate of Alzheimer’s Deaths Is on the Rise The rate of death from Alzheimer’s disease in the United States increased by more than 50 percent in the past 15 years, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In part, it is because Americans are living Read More

MRSA May Spread Through Tainted Poultry A new form of the dangerous “superbug” methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may spread to humans through contaminated poultry that they handle or eat, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Clinical Read More

Viruses Can Spread When Jack Frost Nips A cure for the common cold isn’t in the crystal ball of an infectious diseases researcher and physician at St. Louis University’s Center for Vaccine Development. “There’s not likely to be a vaccine or cure developed because colds don’t kill Read More