https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A simple antibiotic cream has proven highly effective in the fight against Lyme disease, a serious tick-transmitted illness on the rise across Europe, Austrian researchers said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20161220/a-promising-treatment-for-lymes-disease Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:23:44 +0100 a-promising-treatment-for-lymes-disease According to a report from the WHO, a second case of the Middle-East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection (MERS-CoV) has now been reported in Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20160927/second-mers-case-reported-in-austria Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:16:10 +0200 second-mers-case-reported-in-austria Recent scares over deadly cases of Salmonella, Listeria, and Ebola have raised awareness of blood- and fluid- borne pathogens, with the latest now-confirmed case of the West-Nile virus appearing in Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20140820/west-nile-virus-now-confirmed-in-austria Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:28:00 +0200 west-nile-virus-now-confirmed-in-austria An Austrian company has developed a potentially viable vaccine for early-stage Parkinson's disease. The treatment, which is designed to slow or even stop progression of the disease, has undergone a Phase I clinical trial, from which data was released on Thursday in New York. https://www.thelocal.at/20140730/austrian-biotech-to-release-parkinsons-vaccine-data Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:22:00 +0200 austrian-biotech-to-release-parkinsons-vaccine-data With most of the floodwaters now receding, Austrians can look forward to a plague of mosquitos of almost Biblical proportions, according to one scientist. https://www.thelocal.at/20140520/mosquito-plague-expected-after-flooding-recedes Tue, 20 May 2014 14:56:00 +0200 mosquito-plague-expected-after-flooding-recedes