Viral Diseases and Infections

Employees assume bosses track their work computers, survey finds

2013-05-23 06:00:00

Workers spend more than half an hour each day shopping for new clothing, exchanging instant messages with friends and taking care of other personal matters on their work computers. � That was one of the findings of a survey of 300 full-time workers by...

H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find

2013-05-23 14:53:00

Scientists are gaining a better understanding of the H7N9 bird flu that has sickened more than 130 people -- and killed more than 30 -- in China and Taiwan since February. The latest research into the virus, which before this year had never been...

Feet welcome multitude of fungi

2013-05-22 16:53:00

Here's a scientific finding that may knock you off your feet: At least 80 types of fungi reside on a typical person's heel, along with 60 between the toes and 40 on the toenail. Altogether, the feet are home to more than 100 types of fungus, more than...

Scientists find more than 100 types of fungi living on our feet

2013-05-22 13:07:00

It's time to face the fungal foot facts: On average, each one of us is currently walking around with 100 types of fungi living on the soles of our feet, in between our toes, and on our toenails, according to a new study. It may sound gross, but that...

Dan Brown's 'Inferno' has heat but no warmth

2013-05-18 08:00:00

Some years ago, I was on a book reviewing panel when someone in the audience asked what we, the panelists, thought of "The Bridges of Madison County," which was then a fixture on bestseller lists. We hemmed and hawed, tried to talk around the question,...

Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells

2013-05-15 17:43:00

For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...

‘Iron Man 3′: Guy Pearce transforms himself for role (spoilers)

2013-05-06 07:03:34

Bill would regulate 'biosimilar' drugs

2013-05-12 20:00:00

SACRAMENTO — Two of the nation's largest biotech companies — Amgen Inc. of Thousand Oaks and Genentech Inc. of South San Francisco — are fighting in Sacramento to keep a tight grip on some of their most lucrative drugs. At stake is a...

Goldberg: Sci-fi worthy of Malthus

2013-04-30 00:00:00

In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...

SEC accuses city of Victorville, officials of fraud

2013-04-29 12:54:00

Federal securities regulators have�accused the city of Victorville, an official, the airport authority and municipal bond underwriters�of fraud stemming from a 2008 offering. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday�accused the parties�of...

Government shuts down HIV/AIDS vaccine trial

2013-04-25 20:15:00

In another major setback for efforts to develop a vaccine to boost immunity to the human immunodeficiency�virus, known as HIV, a key clinical trial was ordered shut down this week after an independent panel of safety experts found that participants...

Bird flu more difficult to detect this time around

2013-04-26 04:00:00

China has suffered outbreaks of bird flu before, but the virus that has now infected more than 100 people across eastern China and Taiwan is different in several important ways, according to scientists and researchers. The new virus is H7N9, a different...

Dan Cornforth, general manager of Camp Curry in Yosemite, examines the work on the rebuilt tent cabins.

2013-05-24 15:26:54

In Florida, this species of mosquito (Culex nigripalpus) plays a major role in the transmission of disease-causing viruses.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Women wear face masks as they visit the historic Bund in Shanghai. Experts from the UN's health agency arrived in China on a weeklong mission in Beijing and Shanghai to examine whether the H7N9 bird flu virus is spreading among humans after a cluster of cases among relatives but downplayed fears

2013-04-19 00:00:00