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Medical researchers have said that another experimental vaccine, derived from a virus that causes an AIDS-like disease in monkeys, can apparently protect animals against a form of AIDS

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that over the last decade, the number of hepatitis B cases each year has increased to about 300,000, from 200,000, instead of dropping sharply as would be expected after the introduction of a vaccine. 'It is difficult to conceive of any strategy short of routine immunization of children or adolescents that could bring about control of hepatitis B infection in the United States,' said Dr. Mark A. Kane, an expert in the epidemiology of hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. The remaining third suffer a mild flu-like illness without jaundice, making diagnosis of hepatitis unlikely. But even those who have mild cases can become carriers, perpetuating the infection

Cat Scratch Fever, a previously untreatable bacterial infection usually resulting from cat scratches, can now be treated with strong antibiotic

Reserchers are blaming a common virus in the hardening of the arteries that often develops as a fatal complication among heart transplant recipients

Although no licensed vaccine exists for hepatitis A, scientists have begun testing experimental vaccines against this form of viral hepatitis

''It is difficult to conceive of any strategy short of routine immunization of children or adolescents that could bring about control of hepatitis B infection in the United States,'' said Dr. Mark A. Kane, an expert in the epidemiology of hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Although no licensed vaccine exists for hepatitis A, scientists have begun testing experimental vaccines against this form of viral hepatitis. Even if these experimental vaccines prove safe, they will have to pass trials to test their effectiveness, and such products are still years away. Dr. Kane said that adding hepatitis B vaccine to standard infant immunization programs and giving booster shots later, if needed, ''holds the best promise for long-term control of hepatitis B in the United States.'' But such a practice would not lead to measurable disease reduction for two decades.

A new study found that the death rates for operations to repair aneurysms, coronary bypass surgery, stomach surgery and colon surgery were higher when performed by a doctor with less experience

A new federal health report stated that deaths from lung cancer continue to rise sharply among women in the US

According to new, yet inconclusive studies on the mysterious and usually fatal ovarian cancer, certain dietary and biological factors may increase the risk of getting cancer of the ovary

All children in the US sholud be given a second shot for measles, as should all adults under 32