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The cholera strain that has claimed more than 4,500 lives in Haiti closely resembles strains currently circulating in South Asia, a UN investigation finds.

(American Society for Microbiology) New clinical strains of cholera appear to have evolved a distinctly different mechanism to cause the same disease according to research published in the current issue of the online journal mBio.

VIENNA (MedPage Today) -- A quadrivalent vaccine against four strains of human papillomavirus was highly effective at reducing external genital lesions in men, a researcher said here.

(University of Chicago Medical Center) In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will double and spending on diabetes will triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion.

This will add to the existing strains on an overburdened health care system.

A sharp increase in community-associated strains of a drug-resistant pathogen among outpatients is driving the rise of resistance within hospitals, researchers said.

PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- A rare strain of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is about five times more deadly than other strains, a researcher said here.

The widespread use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics may be creating strains of tuberculosis resistant to the drugs, researchers said.

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- In a finding that could revolutionize the way we fight flu, researchers have isolated broadly neutralizing antibodies against a large group of influenza A strains.

A single shot that could block most strains is closer than ever

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have unraveled the genetic code of the common cold - all 99 known strains of it, to be exact.

But don't expect the feat to lead to a cure for the sniffling any time soon. It turns out that rhinoviruses are even more complicated than researchers originally thought....