Stomach virus sickens passengers on 3 U.S. cruise ships
A stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship quot;Voyager of the Seasquot; from New Orleans in one of three outbreaks of illness aboard U.S.-based cruise ships reported over the weekend. (Source: CTV Health)
Best Treatment For TB Patients Could Be Determined By 'Goldilocks' Gene
'Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King's College London, Vietnam and the USA. This is one of the first examples in infectious disease of where an individual's genetic profile can determine which drug will work best for them - the idea of personalised medicine that is gradually becoming familiar in cancer medicine... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
