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Audits show lapses NIH and CDC 07/16/2014 07:40am • WASHINGTON -- The recent scare involving smallpox at the National Institutes of Health is indicative of a larger problem, according to audits obtained by USA TODAY. Among other things, the audits show there have been repeated lapses at high-level labs under control of the federal government, spe Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus detected in D.C. area 07/15/2014 06:52am • WASHINGTON -- The 2014 West Nile virus season is underway in the D.C. region, and mosquitoes carrying the virus have been detected in Woodbridge, Virginia. Prince William County's Mosquito Control Program has "performed intensive treatment in the vicinity of the positive mosquito pools to kill ad Ebola crisis in West Africa deepens; 500+ dead 07/15/2014 04:32am • KRISTA LARSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Deep in the forests of southern Guinea, the first victims fell ill with high fevers. People assumed it was the perennial killer malaria and had no reason to fear touching the bodies, as is the custom in traditional funerals.Some desperate relativ Anthrax scare reveals more CDC lab safety problems 07/14/2014 03:40pm • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Citing an anthrax scare and other safety problems, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said it shut down two research labs and stopped shipping highly dangerous germs to other labs.An incident at one of the closed Atlanta labs could Price wins 4th straight start, Rays top Jays 3-0 07/13/2014 05:40pm • MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Not even a stomach virus could derail David Price's surge.The All-Star left-hander scattered five hits in eight-plus innings to win his fourth consecutive start and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Sunday.Price (9-7), who WHO: Basic hygiene can help prevent MERS spread 07/11/2014 07:30pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A World Health Organization official on Thursday urged millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise basic hygiene as mass gatherings pose risks of spreading the Middle East respiratory syndrome.The U.N. agency has recorded 827 cases of MER Girl hoped to have been cured of HIV has relapsed 07/11/2014 04:20pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV -- and therefore is not cured. The news is a setback to hopes that very early treatment with powerful Girl hoped to have been cured of HIV has relapsed 07/11/2014 04:20pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV -- and therefore is not cured. The news is a setback to hopes that very early treatment with powerful Girl hoped to have been cured of HIV has relapsed 07/11/2014 04:20pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV -- and therefore is not cured. The news is a setback to hopes that very early treatment with powerful Girl hoped to have been cured of HIV has relapsed 07/11/2014 04:20pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV -- and therefore is not cured. The news is a setback to hopes that very early treatment with powerful Girl hoped to have been cured of HIV has relapsed 07/11/2014 04:20pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV -- and therefore is not cured. The news is a setback to hopes that very early treatment with powerful Forgotten vials of smallpox found in storage room 07/11/2014 02:18am • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) -- A government scientist cleaning out an old storage room at a research center near Washington made a startling discovery last week -- decades-old vials of smallpox packed away and forgotten in a cardboard box.The six glass vials were intact and sealed, an Review: No monkey business in 'Planet of the Apes' 07/10/2014 10:22am • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Digital characters have by now long populated our movies like unwanted house guests. Some of these CGI inventions, like Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings," have been pleasant, even precious company. But most have disrupted our movie worlds -- and not just as monsters tearing NIH workers upset they weren't told about smallpox 07/10/2014 07:39am • BETHESDA, Md. -- Some workers at the National Institutes of Health's Bethesda campus are upset they were not kept in the loop about the deadly smallpox virus found there last week. Decades-old vials containing the smallpox virus were found in an NIH storage room on July 1. They were sent to t Nicaragua confirms first chikungunya virus cases 07/09/2014 11:10pm • MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- The Nicaraguan government has confirmed the country's first two cases of people infected with a mosquito-borne virus that has spread quickly through the Caribbean region this year.Government spokeswoman Rosario Murrillo said Wednesday a woman and her 4 year-old daughter co