Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA articles from November 2001

Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA archives from November 2001

Researchers Say There Will Be An AIDS Vaccine Within 10 Years.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers are optimistic an AIDS vaccine will be available within 10 years, but it's unlikely to be fully effective against all strains of the virus, a U.S. health expert said. Margaret...

Rare Blowel Blockage Linked To Vaccine Has Lower Incidence Than Thought.
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study in The Lancet concludes that the risk of intussusception, a bowel obstruction, in infants vaccinated against severe rotavirus diarrhea was substantially lower than previous reports estimated....

New National Program Aims To Reduce Hospital Visits By Children.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Each year, one out of every three children with asthma visits an emergency department because of an uncontrolled asthma attack. To reduce that number, and to improve the way patients, parents, and...

Outbreak Of Gastroenteritis In German Military Recruits Reported.
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the beginning of August 2001, after a five day field exercise, about 200 out of 450 soldiers in Germany's armed forces became ill with acute gastroenteritis, peaking after about a week. The...

Direct-To-Consumer Advertising Ambiguous, Study Concludes.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American consumers are given incomplete prescription-drug information in advertising campaigns directed to them, report Dartmouth Medical School/Veterans Affairs physicians. Pharmaceutical...

Viral Control After Early Antiretroviral Treatment May Guide Vaccine Research.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antiretroviral treatment given during acute simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection enables natural viral control after therapy cessation, researchers in...

FBI Seeks Source Of Contagion After Third Employee Found To Be Exposed.(Federal Bureau of Investigation)(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A third person at a Boca Raton, Florida, supermarket tabloid office was found to be contaminated with anthrax. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, leading a federal criminal investigation, said there...

Florida Case Reminds New Hampshire Residents Of Four Who Died In 1957.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It has been a long time since Anita Simonds has thought about the inhaled anthrax that killed her father and three coworkers in 1957. The memories came rushing back when she learned about last...

Latest Varient Disese Figures, Compensation Scheme Announced.(Creutzfeld-Jakob disease)(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coinciding with the publication of latest figures on variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom, the British secretary of state for health announced details of the full compensation...

Confirmed Cases In Hawaii Rise To 40.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hawaii state Health Director Bruce Anderson briefed state lawmakers on the dengue fever outbreak, saying Hawaii has only seen "the tip of the iceberg.'' The number of confirmed cases of dengue...

Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Assay Is First Random Access Instrument In U.S.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Meeting the growing demand for more rapid and efficient hepatitis C testing, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics has received Premarket Approval (PMA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a...

University Team Visits Honduras During Vaccine Work.(George Washington Medical Center )(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hookworm infection is a major public health problem in many developing countries. A team from George Washington Medical Center traveled to one such country, Honduras, for a four-day fact-finding site...

Hepatitis Foundation Launches Partners In Liver Wellness Program.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Hepatitis Foundation International (HFI) announced the launch of its new program, Partners in Liver Wellness. The program is designed to mobilize corporate, government, and community leaders...

Dietary Supplements May Reduce Risk Of Vision Loss.
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A dietary supplement of high levels of antioxidants and zinc significantly reduces the risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its associated vision loss. These same supplements...

African Mothers Over-Report Fever In Their Children.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research has shown that African mothers greatly over-report fever in their children. As a result the children are given antimalaria drugs too often. African families seldom possess thermometers....

CDC Asks Dentists To Throw Away Lead-Lined Storage Boxes For X-Rays.
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Federal health officials are urging dentist offices to get rid of lead-lined boxes commonly used to store x-ray film, saying they can pose a risk to patients. The boxes can leave a lead powder...

Systemic Streptococcal Group B Disease Spreads In Norway.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Norway has in the past years experienced an increasing incidence of systemic disease caused by group B streptococci (GBS, Streptococcus agalactiae) as monitored by notifications of positive blood...

Mortality Varies By Race, Region, According To Study.
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nationwide, the stroke death rate has declined during the past 30 years, but the decline has not been equal across regions nor among races, according to a study in the October issue of Stroke: Journal...

New Study To Explore Ways To Lower Risk Of Amputation.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2001... 2001 OCT 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new treatment being developed at the University of Dundee, Scotland, with funding from the United States holds out new hope for patients with diabetes who risk amputations of toes or feet. Foot...

Infliximab Can Increase Tuberculosis Risk.(rheumatoid arthritis drug side effect)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The monoclonal antibody infliximab may put patients at risk for tuberculosis infection, researchers in the United States warn. "Infliximab is a humanized...

Drug-Resistant Pheumococcal Bacteria Increases With Overuse Of Drugs.(macrolide antibiotics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the use of antibiotics known as macrolides increases in the United States, drug resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae (a bacteria that commonly causes pneumonia) have become more common,...

Coinfection Increases HIV Replication.(with tuberculosis)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients infected with HIV and tuberculosis display higher levels of viral replication at coinfection sites, according to researchers in the United States. ...

Little Evidence Fluoridation Reduces Tooth Decay.(research)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Consuming fluoridated water doesn't prevent cavities, according to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, because fluoride is claimed to reduce tooth decay after, not...

Congress Willing To Increase Money For U.S. Centers For Disease Control.(United States)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the normal yearly congressional balancing act of agency budgets and special projects, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) often found itself overlooked and underfunded. ...

Healthy People Urged To Postpone Immunization Until November.(influenza vaccine)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New recommendations for influenza vaccination issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are now in effect, urging health care providers to prioritize vaccination of the...

Study Will Try Smaller Vaccine Dose.(small pox)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers are beginning a large new study to see if they can dilute the nation's small stockpile of smallpox vaccine to make it stretch farther in case of a bioterrorist attack. Fresh batches of...

DWI Offenders Should Be Assessed For Drug Use, Psychiatric Disorders.(driving while intoxicated)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drunk-driving offenders should be assessed for drug use and other psychiatric disorders in addition to alcohol problems, according to an article in the October 2001 issue of the Archives of General...

FDA Awards $1.4 Million Grant For Drug Candidate.(Federal Drug Administration, Neurochem Inc. and Fibrillex)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurochem, Inc. (NRM) announced that it received a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a Phase II/III study of Fibrillex, which is currently underway. The...

BioPort Is Trying To Get FDA Approval For Manufacturing Vaccine.(Food and Drug Administration, anthrax)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nation's only manufacturer of an anthrax vaccine planned to submit new documents to the federal government, trying to gain approval to distribute the vaccine. Lansing, Michigan-based BioPort...

Cure For Late Stage Anthrax Still Years Off.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The search for novel treatments to cure gravely ill victims of inhaled anthrax has taken on new urgency, but experts caution they are still probably years away from useful new medicines. The...

Experts Say Accurate Testing Can Be Difficult.(Anthrax)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It takes special testing and time to prove if anthrax or its harmless cousins are really in suspicious letters cropping up from Nevada to Capitol Hill - and frustrated anthrax experts say it's no...

New DNA-Based Vaccine Approach Protects Mice.(search for Anthrax vaccine)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Ohio State University have shown that mice injected with fragments of DNA from anthrax bacteria can be immunized against the disease. In traditional vaccine approaches, researchers...

America's Hospitals Are Ill Prepared To Meet Threat, Survey Says.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A survey of 30 hospitals in four states and Washington, DC, found them ill-equipped to handle a widespread biological disaster, researchers report. Emergency room workers at just one of the...

Avant Licenses Vaccine Technology To U.S. Department of Defense Contractor.(Avant Immunotherapeutics Inc., DynPort Vaccine Co. LLC)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avant Immunotherapeutics Inc. has signed a license agreement with DynPort Vaccine Co. LLC (DVC) for exclusive rights to use certain components of Avant's vaccine technology. Financial terms of the...

Bayer Triples Production Of Cipro Amid Anthrax Fear.(medication)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After anthrax was found at NBC, Tom Brokaw held up a prescription bottle during a newscast and declared: "In Cipro we trust." On Capitol Hill, politicians lined up for the small white pills after a...

Public Health Executive Explores Making Vaccines Available To Public.(Mohammad N. Akhter testifies before Senate committee)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The executive director of the American Public Health Association, Mohammad N. Akhter, MD, MPH, has told a Senate committee that a national group of experts should be formed immediately to study the...

Bacteria Test May Increase Detection Of Unsafe Supplies.(new method detects bacteria in blood platelets)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors at University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio) released the results of an investigation of a new method to detect bacterial contamination in blood platelets at the annual meeting of the American...

Cerus, Baxter Report Inactivation of Trypanosoma Cruzi Parasite.(Baxter Healthcare Corp., Helinx drug therapy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cerus Corp. and Baxter Healthcare Corp. announced preclinical data demonstrating the ability of Helinx technology to inactivate Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that causes a chronic and debilitating...

Children, Teenagers Continue To Be Hospitalized For Misusing Drugs.(research)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A significant number of teenagers continue to be admitted to hospitals for poisoning from inappropriate use of medications, or, for children younger than 12, for the ingestion of nonmedications,...

Chinese Newspaper Reports On HIV Infections Of 118 Villagers.(improper blood collection practice)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an unusual official look at China's AIDS epidemic, a state newspaper has reported 118 people in one village contracted the virus while selling blood. At least 10 of those infected have...

HIV Infected People Need Not Carry AIDS Virus Long Before Passing It On.(research)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People who contract HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can pass that virus on to others within a week or two of picking it up themselves, a new study conducted at the University of North Carolina at...

Contaminated Flowers Produced Salmonella-Contaminated Fruit.(research)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If tomato flowers are exposed to Salmonella, the bacteria may invade and grow inside the tomato itself, say researchers from the University of Georgia and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ...

HHS/FDA/NSTA Launch Education Program For Students.(Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, National Science Teachers Association)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The largest public education program aimed at teaching middle and high school students about food safety and careers in food science was unveiled by the Department of Health and Human Services' U.S....

Widely Used Food Additive Under Scrutiny.(carrageenin research)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A food additive found in everyday supermarket items is under scrutiny by a University of Iowa Health Care physician. Carrageenan is a water-soluble polymer, also known as gum, that thickens and...

Scientists Discuss How Biotechnology Could Be Used For Terrorism.(Claire Fraser, Malcolm R. Dando in Nature Genetics, 2001)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the threat of using biological agents, in particular viruses and bacteria, to harm people is of great public concern. In the November...

Foundation Urges Emergency Monitoring, Distribution For Clotting Medicine.(National Hemophilia Foundation)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At a national workshop attended by the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), discussions on the current factor shortage identified the need for an emergency distribution system that would monitor the...

New Decision Tool Lowers Risk Of Unnecessary X-Rays.(neck injuries diagnosis)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newly developed clinical decision rule might help physicians be more selective in ordering neck x-rays for trauma patients who are alert and stable and at low risk for neck injuries, according to an...

TV Related To Poor Quality Diet, Increased Risk Of Obesity.(children)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of overweight children in the U.S. has more than doubled since the early 1970s, according to the most recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Health and...

FDA Split On Approval Of Eli Lilly's Xigris.(Food and Drug Administration, sepsis treatment)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Government scientists are split on whether a long-anticipated drug to treat deadly sepsis works well enough to sell. Some advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Eli Lilly's Xigris...

First Shipment Of Drugs Arrives In Moldova.(from Global TB Drug Facility)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 11, 2001... 2001 NOV 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- World Health Organization (WHO) officials have confirmed the first shipment of life-saving tuberculosis (TB) drugs to the Republic of Moldova for the treatment of nearly 4000 TB sufferers. The...

Research Bares Secrets Of Anthrax's Killer Toxin.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two groups of researchers have discovered key features of how anthrax toxin destroys cells. In back-to-back papers in the journal Nature, investigators identify how one part of the toxin gets into...

Government Study Revisits Analyses Of Diabetes and Dioxin.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), an arm of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have completed...

Center To Study 'Spiritual Palliation' For AIDS End-Of-Life Patients.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, part of the Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded a two-year, nearly $200,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the benefits...

CDC Releases Anthrax Guidelines.(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The government has issued specific guidelines for treating anthrax, providing doctors a list of drugs beyond the sought-after antibiotic Cipro to help fight the infection. But the U.S. Centers for...

Researcher Says Air Cleaning System Destroys Anthrax, Other Pathogens.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An indoor air cleaning system originally developed to zap dust mites and mold spores also destroys airborne anthrax and other pathogenic microbes, says the University of Florida engineering professor...

FDA Issues Split Decision On New Indication For Diovan.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a four-to-four split decision about whether to recommend approval of Diovan (valsartan)...

New Global Plan To Stop Spread Of TB.(tuberculosis )(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Warning the international community that tuberculosis is spreading globally at an alarming rate, a broad coalition known as the Stop TB Partnership, which includes the World Health Organization and the...

Advanced Biosystems Gets NIH Grant To Study New Medical Defenses.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Biosystems Inc., a subsidiary of Hadron Inc. (HDRN), has been awarded a grant by the National Institutes of Health to focus on very specific aspects of medical defenses against anthrax. ...

BioShield Responds To Inquiries About Antimicrobial Molecule Agent.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioShield Technologies Inc. (BSTI) has received inquiries from military departments and contractors regarding the use of its antimicrobial agent against anthrax. BioShield's microbiologists...

CDC Seeks Access To Vaccine Currently Reserved For Military Personnel.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Federal health officials are lining up access to the military's anthrax vaccine in case it's needed for a civilian who is allergic to antibiotics and thus needs some other protection after exposure to...

CEL-SCI Collaborates With Biomedex On Faster Diagnostic Test.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CEL-SCI Corp. (CVM) has signed a joint development agreement with Biomedex to develop and manufacture rapid anthrax human screening and and diagnostic tests. The deal brings together CEL-SCI, which...

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center To Study Complementary Care Of Asthma.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, part of the Yale School of Medicine, will soon begin work on a study of complementary care for mild to moderate asthma. Funded by the U.S. Centers for...

Mexico City Labs Sell, Swap Anthrax.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two germ banks tucked away in the smog and sprawl of the hemisphere's largest city stock dozens of petri dishes filled with anthrax, the bacteria that have sparked a worldwide panic. But there are...

MicroDiagnosis Offers Technology To CDC In For Anthrax Investigations.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MicroDiagnosis Inc. (MDi) has offered the use of its real-time pathogen detection technology to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the investigation into a spate of U.S....

Public Health Officials Call For $10 Billion To Respond To Potential Threat.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Public Health Association (APHA) has called on President Bush and Congress to provide $10 billion over the next 5 years for the nation's public health departments to prepare for and...

Bio-Terrorism.Info Database and Weekly Report Launch Powered by NewsRx Artificial Intelligence Technology.(Company Profile)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx has leveraged its technology platform to create Bio-Terrorism.Info, a new database and weekly report. NewsRx is the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news....

Anthrax Detectors Being Developed By Navy.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researcher working under an Office of Naval Research grant is just a couple of months away from completing a prototype detector designed to sound the alarm when airborne microbes such as anthrax are...

Grant Funds Search For Drug Against Smallpox.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Minnesota scientist David Sherman rarely mentioned his project to others in his department, but suddenly his work with smallpox is water-cooler conversation. Sherman, 44, is one of a...

Sandia Decontaminant Cleaning Up Anthrax Locations.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Federal authorities are using a decontamination formulation developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories to help rid Capitol Hill buildings of...

Satcher Calls For Billions To Upgrade Public Health System.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgeon General David Satcher said that the nation needs to spend billions more to upgrade the public health system to respond to bioterrorism like the current anthrax attacks. Satcher said the...

Supercritical Water Oxidation Destroys Most Toxins.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As more cases of anthrax exposure are reported each day, concern over the United States' ability to protect itself from bioterrorism is greater than ever. While experts across the country work to...

Europe's Failure To Fast-Track Drugs Denies Medicines To Life Threatened.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Failure to fast-track cancer drugs in Europe is denying patients new life-saving treatments, a health consultant reported at ECCO 11 - the European Cancer Conference in Lisbon. Kathy Redmond said...

West African States On Verge Of Eliminating Crippling Virus.(polio vaccination program)(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With polio cases at an all-time low in West Africa, 16 countries are renewing their commitment to eliminate the crippling virus as they launch a massive coordinated campaign aimed at reaching 80...

Drug Companies Respond On Smallpox Vaccine.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ten drug companies have responded to a government call for information on how the nation's vaccine makers could produce about 250 million doses of smallpox vaccine by the end of next year, federal...

UK Firm Spearheads Manufacture Of Modern Vaccine.(research on smallpox vaccine)(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. health authorities have turned to a little-known British company to speed development of its first batch of modern vaccines for smallpox, a fatal virus far more infectious than anthrax. ...

Preventative Effects Of Hormone Replacement Therapy Challenged.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen hormone replacement therapy does not reduce the risk of stroke or death in postmenopausal women who have already had a stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to a report from...

One Refugee Spawns 75 Virulent TB Cases On Island.
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A virulent Beijing tuberculosis bacterial strain, one that was not previously identified on-site and that was brought in by a Liberian refugee in 1993, exploded into a "microepidemic" over a four-year...

Scientists Sequence Genome Of Bacterium Responsible For Infection.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2001... 2001 NOV 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists from Britain, Denmark and Vietnam have deciphered the genetic code of the bacterium responsible for typhoid fever, Salmonella typhi. Their achievement, reported in the journal Nature,...

Bayer, HHS Complete Cipro Agreement.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2001... 2001 NOV 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bayer Corp. has reached an agreement to supply up to 300 million tablets of Cipro to the U.S. government, and has donated 2 million tablets of Cipro to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

Duke Surgeon: Use of Common Clotting Agent Should Be Restricted.(bovine thrombin)(Brief Article)
November 25, 2001... 2001 NOV 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A substance derived from cow blood and used to control bleeding in more than 500,000 surgeries each year appears to stimulate an abnormal immune response that puts patients at greater risk of suffering...

IGEN s Collaboration With U.S. Army On Toxins Gets New Emphasis.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2001... 2001 NOV 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IGEN International, Inc.'s, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) is receiving additional emphasis in an...

Drug Companies Offer Skills To Combat Chemical, Germ Warfare.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2001... 2001 NOV 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- From their brightest minds to their cutting edge labs, drug companies across America are offering the federal government technical resources in the fight against bioterrorism. "I have never...

Study Finds Women In Ivory Coast Need Greater Energy Than Men.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2001... 2001 NOV 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study that found women in a population center of western Africa need more energy than men based on their work burden sets the stage for development of a model to research nutritional needs of...

SpectRx Gets Third Grant From CDC For Continuous Glucose Monitoring.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2001... 2001 NOV 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SpectRx, Inc., (SPRX) has received a grant of $338,000 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand research on its continuous glucose monitor. The grant raises the total...