Tag Archives: CDC

On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern after the rapid increase of microencephaly cases in newborn babies, which is strongly believed to be linked to women with an infectious history of the Zika virus (ZIKV) during pregnancy. http://www.cdc.gov/zika/index.html ZIKV recently emerged as an epidemic in Latin America, particularly in Brazil.... Read Full Article >

In the recent independent evaluation conducted in South America, CTK Dengue Rapid Test outperforms the market leading competitor kit and has better correlation with a confirmatory ELISA test.  Please click here for CTK’s Case Report detailing this external evaluation.

Each year, the Office of Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services celebrates National Women’s Health Week by urging women to make their health a priority and schedule a visit with a doctor.  This year’s campaign focus was on prevention and encouraged women to speak with their health care provider to learn more about what screening exams are.... Read Full Article >

Influenza is an illness caused by RNA viruses that infect the respiratory tract of many animals, birds, and humans.  Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza infection can cause a more severe illness or even death.  Influenza viruses are divided into three types, designated A, B, and C. Influenza types A and B, which are.... Read Full Article >

Diseases that follow natural disasters cause more deaths than the catastrophe itself with water supplies quickly becoming contaminated by human and animal excrement.  Thailand has recently experienced historical flooding after months of monsoon rain, which has left two out of the three landfills submerged, thereby causing contamination of water supplies and rice fields as garbage floats through the streets.  This.... Read Full Article >

H.pylori is a spiral shaped bacterium, found in the gastric mucous layer or epithelial lining of the stomach, and is associated with 90% of duodenal and 80% of gastric ulcers which double a person’s risk of gastric cancer, the second most common cancer worldwide. Two thirds of the world’s population is infected with H.pylori which is characterized by a burning.... Read Full Article >

Global cholera outbreaks, due to water or food contaminated with Vibrio cholerae, affect 3-5 million people each year with an estimated  100,000-130,000 deaths.  Cholera outbreaks are increasing, particularly in Haiti where more than 320,000 cases have been reported, resulting in 5,000 deaths since October 2010. Prior to the devastating earthquake, Haiti had been free of this debilitating disease for more than 100.... Read Full Article >

The 2009 STD surveillance data has been published by the CDC.  There has been positive progress in several areas including: The lowest national Gonorrhea rate ever The increase in Chlamydia screening The fact that the national rate for Syphilis has not increased among women for the first time in 5 years! There are still several things that need to be.... Read Full Article >

The CDC announced that they have updated their Malaria information on their website. The information includes areas where malaria is prevalent, the type of malaria, if the types of malaria are drug resistant,  and the recommended chemoprophylaxis. The report covers all parts of the world.  For more information click here