The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- An urgent need for new medicines to treat neglected infectious diseases in the developing world has prompted a growing number of collaborations among academic researchers, non-profit product development partnerships (PDPs), and pharmaceutical and biot...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- An urgent need for new medicines to treat neglected infectious diseases in the developing world has prompted a growing number of collaborations among academic researchers, non-profit product development partnerships (PDPs), and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. As noted today in a symposium at the 58th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical...
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | yesterday
PR Newswire : An emerging body of evidence suggests that the changing global climate is already affecting infectious disease transmission patterns. As noted today in a symposium at the 58th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), such changes are expected to have a profound impact on global public health. "There is concrete evidence that the global climate...
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
( EMAILWIRE.COM , November 21, 2009 ) Dallas, TX - BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) plunges 8.17% to $9.55 after the company yesterday announced pricing of a public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at $9.75 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $48.75 million. All of the shares are being offered by BioCryst pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously...
LifeBridge Health Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was recently interviewed by Philip and Lisa Mulford for this week's episode of their audio show, Communication 360 . From the episode description : Every day [swine flu] is in the news, often with conflicting information. Even the medical community is inconsistent. So what do you do? And more importantly what is the best decision for your child? Having already experienced the H1N1 with both their...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RemedyMD (www.RemedyMD.com), the leading provider of disease registry software, today announced the first nationwide human immunology registry for infectious disease research. The new registry was developed to help clinicians and researchers better understand the human immune response to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Details about the registry: http://www.remedymd.com/cer100/human_immunology.html...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
# 4056 From Mike Stobbe , medical writer for the AP, we get this news report about 4 people in North Carolina who have tested positive for a Tamiflu resistant strain of the H1N1 virus. First the story and then a few comments about reports of mutations and such. I’ve just printed a small excerpt, follow the link to read the full story. Associated Press Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported...
The Baltimore Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Maryland residents are healthier this year compared with last, though high obesity rates and infectious diseases remain significant health challenges.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new report reveals the boomerang effect of direct assaults on nature as infectious diseases wing back to plague the people responsible says Geoffrey Lean.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Norwegian health authorities said Friday they have discovered a potentially significant mutation in the H1N1 influenza strain that could be responsible for causing the severest symptoms among those infected. Influenza - Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 - Health - Diseases & Conditions - Infectious Diseases
ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hospitals and colleges report decreasing numbers of swine flu cases. Swine influenza - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Influenza - Infectious Diseases
Terra Sigillata (Free subscription) | yesterday
Denise Gellene in the New York Times is reporting this morning that Scottish physician, Sir John Crofton, passed away on 3 November at age 97. Crofton is best known for implementing a combination drug regimen to treat tuberculosis, the insidious lung infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis which decimated the US early last century and still kills 2 million a year worldwide. The concept of using...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), formerly known as DOR BioPharma, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company, announced today that it has formed a consortium to develop thermostable technology to advance RiVax(TM) and other rapidly acting vaccines. Soligenix received a $9.4 million grant from the National Institute...
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | yesterday
HEALTH authorities want the power to detain people for up to three months if they refuse testing or treatment for infectious diseases. Under draft legislation proposed by the State Government, someone with swine flu, measles or meningococcal disease could be forcibly held, examined and treated. It is one of several wide-ranging powers sought to protect the public. The Public Health Bill also would,...
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bharatbook | 11/09/2009
Point of Care Diagnostics 2010 and Beyond: Rapid Testing at a Crossroads report represents the most current analysis of the role of Point of Care Diagnostics in today's in vitro industry. Other reports have looked at products, companies and market forecasts, as this report does. But in her analysis Shara Rosen takes a bold look into the markets, technologies, and trends in decentralized testing with
switbd | 10/19/2009
The fact that they eat a lot – and often – may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The research, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed that the elevated body temperature of mammals
aarkstore | 09/30/2009
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), six infectious diseases—pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria, measles and HIV/AIDS—account for half of all premature deaths worldwide, killing mostly children and young adults. What’s more, threatening pandemics such as swine flu (H1N1 influenza A virus) are adding significant pressure to already strained healthcare budgets of governments...
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