Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA articles from August 2001

Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA archives from August 2001

Few Young Gay Males Avail Themselves of Hepatitis B Vaccine.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Even though a hepatitis B vaccine has been available for almost 20 years, the vaccination rate in young gay males is still falling short, researchers at...

Adventure Racing, Exotic Tourism Increases Exposure To Unusual Bacteria.(travellers spreading disease)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The recent growth in popularity of adventure racing and exotic tourism has increased the number of people exposed to unusual infections, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Researchers Report Case Of Vitamin D Intoxification.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For many people, vitamins are beneficial and essential, not potentially poisonous. However, in a Letter to the Editor of the July 4, 2001, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers...

Short Periods Of Aerobic Activity May Improve Mood.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exercising even for a short period each day may improve mood, suggest the results of a pilot study of female college students. "These results offer initial and tentative guidelines for the...

Vaccine Improves Survival Of Poorest, Most Vulnerable Children.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows that vaccinating poor children against measles significantly improves their long-term chances for survival and dramatically reduces inequities in child health and survival. ...

Dangers Are Overlooked.(obesity and heart disease)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The public mistakenly views obesity as a cosmetic problem rather than as a major source of illness and death, an expert in nutrition, exercise, and obesity warns. "Being overweight or obese is...

Weight Loss May Reverse Effects.(decreased diabetes risk)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Successful weight loss decreases the risk of developing diabetes and may alleviate non-insulin dependent diabetes in patients who have been diagnosed five years or less. People who have been...

Study Finds African-American Patients Get Less High-Quality Care.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The care of asthmatic African Americans falls short of many recommendations contained in national guidelines, compared to whites, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers, reported in...

Regulatory Approval Obtained For New Thermotherapy.(transurethral microwave thermotherapy)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BSD Medical Corp. (BSDM) announced that TherMatrx, Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin marketing its TMx-2000(TM) transurethral microwave thermotherapy...

Forum Discusses Geographic Information Systems Applications To Genomics, Proteomics.
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The merits of linking two fields seemingly as disparate as geographic information systems (GIS) and bioinformatics might not seem obvious, but Virginia Tech's recent symposium linking the two has...

Donor Restrictions May Lead To Shortages In U.S.(preventing spread of mad cow diseae)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tighter restrictions on blood donors to lower the risk of mad cow disease entering the U.S. blood supply will lead to shortages that could cost lives, officials say. Federal officials told a...

Group Calls For Federally Funded National Donor Awareness Campaign.(American Association of Blood Banks)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The following was released by the American Association of Blood Banks: [helv] The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) strongly urges that any new blood donor deferral policy be...

FDA Says Johns Hopkins Deviated From Safety System In Study Where Woman Died.(asthma drug research)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A preliminary federal investigation said Johns Hopkins University researchers deviated from safety standards in an asthma study in which a healthy participant died. The U.S. Food and Drug...

Specialized Care Produces Better Health Outcomes.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nation's largest organization representing physicians who specialize in treating patients with diabetes pointed to a lack of specialty care - particularly for minority patients - as a...

Embargo Placed On Plant Shipments That Could Introduce New Mosquito Species To U.S.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On July 2, 2001, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) implemented an embargo on the importation of Dracaena shipments in standing water, which could introduce mosquito species...

Global Warming Implicated In Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Spread Of Asian Tiger Mosquito.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The increase in incidence of tick-borne encephalitis in Sweden reported over the past two decades is directly related to the country's increasingly mild climate over the same period, conclude...

Outbreak Of Hepatitis B In Correctional Facility Highlights Value Of Immunization.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis B vaccination would prevent ongoing transmission in correctional facilities, as well as infection in inmates after they are released into the community, the U.S. Centers for Disease...

Routine Voluntary Testing Recommended In Areas Of High HIV Prevalence.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A key goal in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strategic HIV prevention plan is to increase the proportion of HIV infected individuals who are aware of their HIV status....

Study Finds Millions Of Kids Exposed to Excessive Noise.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An estimated 5.2 million American youngsters have some degree of hearing loss from such sources of noise as rock concerts, fireworks, and lawn mowers, government research suggests. In at least...

CDC Sees Racial Gap In Flu Shots.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly blacks in the U.S. are far less likely than elderly whites to get flu shots, and the gap appears to be widening, public health researchers say. In a 1999 national telephone survey, 69%...

North Carolina Outbreak Linked To Homemade Mexican-Style Cheese.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Noncommercial, homemade, Mexican-style cheese produced with contaminated raw milk was the likely source for an outbreak of listeriosis in North Carolina, report U.S. National Center for Infectious...

Noninvasive, Neuro-Prosthetic Device Helps With Hand Rehabilitation.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Systems, Ltd. (NESS) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 510(k) clearance of their noninvasive, neuro-prosthetic device, the Handmaster, for...

First Confirmed Case In Florida Reported, Georgia Case Not Yet Confirmed.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first confirmed Florida case of the dangerous West Nile virus has been discovered in a crow in the northern part of the state, health officials said on July 6, 2001. The disease,...

International Report Finds Violence Pervasive But Preventable.(Epidemiology of violent deaths in the world)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Like victims of a deadly plague, more than 5,000 people worldwide die each day as a result of violence. "It is an unacceptable global public health problem that is preventable," says Avid...

Novel Assay Superior For Subtyping African Strains.(HIV)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel assay for determining HIV strain subtypes may make it easier to study African strains of the virus, researchers in Georgia report. "The gp120...

Overweight Children Risk Coronary Heart Disease And Diabetes As Obese Adults.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Overweight children who mature into obese adults are at greater risk for the early development of conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus. There is also alarming evidence...

Comfrey Could Cause Liver Damage.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned manufacturers of dietary supplements that comfrey, an herb in some of their products, is known to cause liver damage. Several people have...

Antacids May Increase Susceptibility To Oyster-Associated Disease.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If you pop antacids you may be more susceptible to disease from eating raw oysters, say researchers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory. They report...

Prevention Program For Ivory Coast Sex Workers Successful.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A program offering both preventive and reactive care for Ivory Coast sex workers has successfully reduced the rate of HIV transmission among its clients,...

Asthma Goes Undiagnosed In Minority Children.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children in low-income, culturally and ethnically diverse communities have a higher incidence of asthma and many of them go undiagnosed, according to the results of an asthma screening program...

Physician Visits Increase For Older Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey on doctor visits reveals that while Americans overall visited the doctor at about the same rate from 1985 through 1999, Americans 65 years...

FDA Delays Approval Of New Drug.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. federal regulators said July 10, 2001, they want more information about the potential side effects of Xolair, a new asthma and allergy drug that three biotech companies had planned to sell in...

U.N. Human Development Report Challenges "Prevailing Skepticism".(United Nations)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Governments will have to take advantage of genetically engineered food, cutting-edge medicine, and the latest communications technology to combat poverty and disease in a world that's now far from...

FDA Advisory Panel OKs Pacer, Rejects Other Device.(Food and Drug Administration votes for Medtronic Inc. and against Guidant Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted to approve a pacemaker for people with congestive heart failure but rejected a different device that included a defibrillator. ...

D-Dimer Assay For Diagnosis Gets FDA Clearance.(Roche Diagnostics)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche Diagnostics announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its D-Dimer assay for use on the Roche/Hitachi and COBAS Integra(R) chemistry analyzers. ...

First Tests To Detect Hepatitis C Virus RNA Approved.(Roche Diagnostics Corp.'s Amplicor(R) kits)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche's qualitative Amplicor(R) hepatitis C virus (HCV) tests could bring more accurate identification of liver disease to the clinical setting. Roche Diagnostics Corporation announced that...

CDC Provides Strategies On How To Help Prevent Illness From Heat Exposure.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Each year more people in the United States die from extreme heat exposure than from hurricanes, lightening, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes combined. During 1979-1998, 7,421 deaths that...

Panel To Track Appalachian Health.(Appalachian Regional Commission)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A database will be created to track details on health care and mortality in the Appalachian Mountains, where cancer, heart disease, and infant mortality rates have been infamously high. In...

Surgically Implanted Drainage Device Receives FDA Approval.(STAAR Surgical Co.'s AquaFlow(TM) Collagen Glaucoma Drainage Device)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- STAAR Surgical Company (STAA) announced that it has received Pre-Market Approval (PMA) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AquaFlow(TM) Collagen Glaucoma Drainage...

New Device Offers Heart Patients Multiple Advantages.(Evanston Northwestern Healthcare uses St. Jude Medical's Symmetry(TM) Bypass System Aortic Connector)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Evanston Northwestern Healthcare became the first center in Illinois to perform open-heart surgery using a revolutionary connecting technology that replaces the traditional suture in the procedure....

FDA Approves Camera-In-A-Pill.(Given Imaging Ltd.'s M2A Swallowable Imaging Capsule)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a tiny camera-in-a-capsule that patients can swallow to give doctors a close-up view of their small intestine. The camera painlessly winds...

Three-Month Formulation Of Drug Approved By FDA.(Trelstar LA)(United States Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Swiss-based pharmaceutical company Debiopharm S.A., part of the Debio group, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorization for Debiopharm's...

Prevalence Among U.S. Women And Infants Has Declined.(syphilis)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The syphilis rate among infants in 2000 declined by 51% since 1997, the year before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a national campaign to eliminate the disease...

New Device Removes Blood Clots In Hemodialysis Patients.(Bacchus Vascular Inc.'s Solera Thrombectomy Catheter)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacchus Vascular, Inc., announced that it has recently obtained regulatory approvals for the Solera Thrombectomy Catheter. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510k clearance to...

Pap Tests On Women With Hysterectomies Cost Millions Of Dollars.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Millions of Pap tests are unnecessarily performed on women who have had hysterectomies, wasting an excessive amount of time and costing millions of dollars, according to a study in the August 2001...

Morbidity, Mortality, And Economic Burden Drastically Underestimated.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Challenging long-standing beliefs about the international burden of malaria, scientists have presented new information about the severity of malaria morbidity, mortality, and its economic toll. ...

DDT Use In U.S. Linked To Premature Births In The 1960s.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists report they have found elevated levels of DDT's breakdown product, DDE, in the stored blood of mothers recorded as giving birth to premature or low birth weight infants in the U.S. ...

Lower Incidence Threshold Can Detect Outbreak Early Enough To Start Vaccine Programs.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A meningitis incidence threshold of 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in just one week - lower than previously recommended by the World Health Organization - can be used reliably to confirm an...

College Freshmen In Dorms At Increased Risk.
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Compared with other college students, freshmen living in dormitories have an increased risk of meningococcal disease, even though U.S. college students as a group are at no greater overall risk for...

San Diego Cases Traced to Cross-Border Travel, Raw Dairy Products.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Risk factors for TB transmission among young children may depend more on locale than previously supposed, according to research appearing in Pediatrics....

Lack Of HIV Testing In Pregnant Women Risks Passing Virus To Babies.(American Journal of Public Health report)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While current guidelines call for all pregnant women in the U.S. to be tested for HIV, nearly half are not, according to a new study. As a result, they run the risk of passing the infection to...

Analysis Suggests Infection Outbreak In U.S. Was Greater Than Previously Thought.(West Nile Virus)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A detailed analysis of the 1999 New York City outbreak of West Nile virus suggests that a substantial, and previously undiagnosed, outbreak of West Nile fever accompanied the 59 cases of West Nile...

High Rates Of Dating Violence Reported Among Teenage Girls.(Harvard University report on intimate partner violence)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About one in five teenage girls surveyed report being physically and/or sexually hurt by a dating partner, and those with a history of dating violence are more likely to exhibit other serious...

Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low In U.S.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. teen birth rate declined to a record low in 2000, according to a preliminary report on births from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report showed that...

Panel Urges FDA On Parental Consent.(push for participation of certain teenagers in medical experiments without parents' permission)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A government panel is recommending that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) let certain teenagers participate in medical experiments without their parents' consent. The FDA regulates all...

Study Finds Many Abused Women Don't Support California Mandatory Reporting Law.(University of California, San Francisco report)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A University of California, San Francisco, study of mandatory reporting of domestic violence to the police examined the attitudes of female emergency department patients and found that nearly half...

CDC Study Says Ethiopian Relief Effort Underestimated Famine's Scope.(World Food Program)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Humanitarian aid for the drought-linked crisis in Ethiopia in 2000 was slow and inadequate, and failed to stop a severe famine that likely claimed tens of thousands of lives, new research suggests....

First Case Of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome In Northeast U.S. Reported.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A case report in the July 20, 2001, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report points up the fact that hantavirus infection, though rare, can occur anywhere in the U.S. if the appropriate rodent vectors...

New Study Profiles Women's Use Of Ambulatory Medical Care.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) examines women's use of ambulatory medical care in the U.S. during 1997 and 1998 and finds that in many significant ways...

WHO Plans New Fight Against Flu.(World Health Organization)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Far from being an innocuous "cold-like" infection, flu is a killer, causing approximately 20,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. The virus which causes flu is highly contagious....

Summer Camp Outbreaks Highlight Importance Of Hand Washing.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Outbreaks of Norwalk-like virus infections occurred at two recreational camps in Wisconsin in June 2001, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The infections were...

Green Tobacco Sickness Highly Prevalent In North Carolina Farmworkers.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Green tobacco sickness "is a highly prevalent occupational illness among Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina," report researchers in the Journal of Occupational and...

Many Women Do Not Visit Their Dentist When Pregnant.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most pregnant women do not visit a dentist, even if they have dental problems. This and related findings led researchers to recommend that a coordinated effort between the dental and obstetric...

Playground Injuries More Severe Than Motor Vehicle Accidents.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Injuries due to falls from playground equipment result in a higher proportion of severe injuries than either bicycle or motor vehicle crashes, according to a study of emergency department visits...

CDC Updates Evaluation Guidelines For Disease And Injury Tracking Systems.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the release of an updated version of the much-requested "Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems," which was...

ER Visits Due To Recreational Drugs Increase 20% For Youth Ages 12-17.(emergency medical services)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In selected U.S. metropolitan areas, emergency department visits involving the club drug MDMA (Ecstasy) increased 58% and youth ages 12-17 visited hospital emergency rooms (ERs) 20% more for...

CDC Study Finds Exposure To Suicide Is Protective In Some Circumstances.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Under certain circumstances, exposure to suicidal behavior may protect individuals from attempting suicide. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study finds that in some...

Yellow Fever Vaccine May Have Caused Cases Of Severe Illness.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A report from the U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says that the 17D-derived yellow fever vaccine may be responsible...

CDC Urges More Mosquito-Control Efforts To Stop Spread.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned health agencies on August 2, 2001, to step up mosquito-control efforts and other measures to stop the spread of the dangerous West Nile...

Moving West: Infected Bird Found In Ohio.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A dead blue jay infected with the West Nile virus has been found in Ohio, the farthest west the disease has surfaced since it emerged along the East Coast in 1999. The bird was found in Lake...