Conference attendees to focus attention on new and emerging public health disease problems OMAHA, Neb., June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over 1,000 disease detectives

It was assumed that H5N1 bird flu is a rare disease that kills roughly 59 percent of the people it infects, but a new US study published in the journal Science suggests it may be more common and less deadly than previously believed.

Americans lining up for their annual flu shot might want to consider that the vaccines may be far less effective than thought, according to a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 20, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, Dr.

PORTLAND, Ore., June 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) 2010 Annual Conference will be held June 6-10 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.