Meningitis

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PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Phoni Pharm Inc., the Anglo-US pharmaceutical company that carried out a disastrous clinical trial of its antibiotic Unprovan on a number of children suffering from meningitis in Rumbabwe’s Nokando State during 1996, has demanded a DNA report from anyone who believes that they are entitled to compensation, a retired justice of the Rumbabwe Supreme Court, Justice Bankdi Baksheesh, has said. Hundreds...

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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

READ THE NEWS ON ONE CLICKhttp://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk1. Pfizer Meningitis Vaccine Killer Demands DNA Tests For Beneficiaries Pfizer International, the US pharmaceutical company that carried out a meningitis trovan test in 1996 on a number of children in Kano State, has demanded a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) report as a pre-condition for beneficiaries to draw down on

Pfizer - Trovan: this sad case continues

PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

$75m: Pfizer Demands DNA Report from Beneficiaries From Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano, 11.01.2009 Add To Favorites Print This Article Post Comment Pfizer International, the US pharmaceutical company that carried out a meningitis trovan test in 1996 on a number of children in Kano State, has demanded a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) report as a pre-condition for beneficiaries to draw down on the $75 million...

• $75m: Pfizer Demands DNA Report from Beneficiaries - turenchi

Health Post - Study finds vaccinations less effective after Tylenol

The Muqata (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Special Guest Topic from Mrs. Jameela @ The Muqata Conventional Wisdom states to give babies Tylenol/acetaminophen after vaccinations to reduce side effects and lower a resulting fever. Yet a new study reported states that giving Tylenol to reduce the side effects after a vaccination lowers the effectiveness of the vaccination itself. "Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Children who get Tylenol and other...

Progress made on group B streptococcus vaccine

Physorg (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have completed a Phase II clinical study that indicates a vaccine to prevent Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection is possible. GBS is the most common cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

• Progress Made On Group B Streptococcus Vaccine - Science Daily

H1N1, Vaccines, and Hysteria

Mystical Paths (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

by Reb Akiva at Mystical Paths A little technical due to necessary background. I get to the point in the bottom third. We are commanded to believe in Hashem and have faith, yet also required to actively protect our health (as well as avoid taking risks with our lives). While in the last 15 years a few drugs have been developed that do treat viruses, most viral infections cannot be treated. The only...

Medicine Looks Ahead at TED MED

Scientific American (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

“If you open your minds and let your imaginings run wild, you can see.” J. Craig Venter, the genomic scientist and founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute, was speaking yesterday about the potential for techniques involved in the field of synthetic life to improve medicine, but his words could have been applied to the all the talks during the opening session of TED MED (“TED”...

Swine-Free is the Way to Be

ChickSpeak (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

College dorms can be a breeding ground for germs. With its close quarters, and let’s face it, no moms to clean up our mess, it is no wonder that we are forced to be injected with the meningitis vaccine before being shipped off to school. The recent media frenzy surrounding the H1N1 virus, or its [...]

Vaccination reminder for Hajj pilgrims

icWales (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

PILGRIMS travelling from South Wales to Mecca for this year’s Hajj are being urged to ensure they have an up to date meningitis vaccine.

Gaya epidemic

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

Gaya, Oct. 20: Approximately 27 children have died due to encephalitis-meningitis at Gaya's Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College Hospital this year.

Immune Cells Predict Outcome Of West Nile Virus Infection

Science Daily (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

Infection with West Nile virus (WNV) causes no symptoms in most people. However, it can cause fever, meningitis, and/or encephalitis. Researchers now report that levels of immune cells known as Tregs (immune cells that suppress the function of other immune cells) in the blood of a human or mouse infected with WNV predict whether the person or mouse will have symptoms of infection.

Vaccination camp for Hajis

Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

HYDERABAD: An anti-meningitis vaccination camp for selected Haj pilgrims of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts will be conducted at Haj House in Nampally from Saturday. Vaccines will be administered according to the following schedule: cover ...

A Monthy Guide to Illness

Being a Mummy (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

EVERY OCTOBER SINCE HAVING CHILDREN I HAVE BEEN STRUCK DOWN WITH WINTER VOMITING VIRUS! Right, so now I've go that off my chest, here is the Being a Mummy Guide to Illness . If you don't have children, this is roughly what you can expect; January ; Stinking cold, usually about the time when you have planned a special post Christmas treat involving you and your partner February ; This will be the remnants...

Are you logging enough needle time?

Gumbo (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Did you know that more than 50,000 U.S. adults die from vaccine-preventable diseases annually—more than from breast cancer, AIDS, or traffic accidents? And that hundreds of thousands of adults are sickened or suffer long-term problems from pneumococcal disease, meningitis, shingles and hepatitis, adding more than $10 billion annually to U.S. health-care costs? You can't assume that your doctor...

Immune Cells Predict Outcome Of West Nile Virus Infection

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Infection with West Nile virus (WNV) causes no symptoms in most people. However, it can cause fever, meningitis, and/or encephalitis. What determines the outcome of infection with WNV in different people has not been determined.

• Tregs Predict Outcome Of West Nile Virus Infection - Medical News Today
• Immune cells predict outcome of West Nile virus infection - Eurekalert
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

New Report on "Infectious Diseases Drugs Markets" available through Aarkstore Enterprise

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...