The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
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...
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
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) | 21/11/2009
( EMAILWIRE.COM , November 21, 2009 ) Dallas, TX - GeoGlobal Resources Inc. (AMEX:GGR) went up 51.11% to $2.72. The stock hit an intraday high and an intraday low of $3.04 and $1.75 respectively. In the last six months the stock went up over 126%. GeoGlobal Resources Inc. is an independent energy company focused on the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves in India....
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
( 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) | 21/11/2009
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...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
# 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 Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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.
Terra Sigillata (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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...
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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,...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria, which may aid in the treatment of bacterial infections. The Texas A&M researchers' work is published in the renowned journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. The attackers...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sandra Eskin, director of the Pew Health Group's Food Safety Campaign, has issued the following statement regarding the markup of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee: "The Pew Health Group applauds the members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee for approving the FDA Food Safety Modernization...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A new chemical compound that mimics the body's ability to fight bacteria could help target hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA and C.difficile. The compound, which could be added to detergents or used as a coating for hospital equipment, is able to trap and release the gas nitric oxide - which is also produced by our own immune systems to kill bugs.
GIDEON blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
GIDEON what's new: November 18 to November 20, 2009 Infectious Diseases - Outbreaks BotulismFinlandInfluenzaArgentina, Peru, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, United StatesMumpsIsraelInfectious Diseases - Diseases Actinomycosis< Worldwide >Adenovirus infectionHungaryAeromonas & marine Vibrio infx.< Worldwide >African tick bite fever< Worldwide >, TaiwanAmoeba - free living<...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
To cut your risk of getting sick on a cruise, avoid using the ship's public bathrooms, a study in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases says. Researchers found only 37 per cent of 273 randomly selected public bathrooms on cruise...
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