Via Twitter: Razib at ScienceBlogs reports on cannibals, kuru, and microevolution. 127V is extremely efficacious against fatality due to kuru. Looking through the pedigrees in a region of very high kuru exposure the researchers found that of the...

Via ProMED-mail: the Charleston Daily Mail reports on a pediatrician who came down with swine flu twice. Parsons says she's spoken with CDC representatives about the results, and they said the double infection isn't all that unbelievable. "They...

Via Twitter: The Globe and Mail reports on a researcher's personal obsession that led to an unexpected treatment for multiple sclerosis. Fighting for his wife's health, Dr. Zamboni looked for answers in the medical literature. He found repeated...

Via ProMED-mail: the Boston Globe reports on another BU researcher who accidentally brought his work home with him. The genetic tests, conducted at the state laboratory in Jamaica Plain, compared a blood sample from the researcher with bacterial...

Via ProMED-mail: the CDC reports on a case of vaccinia infection in an immunocompromised woman who handled rabies vaccine bait, in which a genetically modified version of variola's little sister is used. There's much more on the story and the history...