Virus Weekly articles from July 2002

Virus Weekly archives from July 2002

Viral Th2 cytokine expression can enhance infection.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Expression of T helper (Th) type 2 cytokines by HIV may potentiate viral proliferation, researchers in Japan report. Dr. Iouri L. Kozyrev and colleagues at...

Hantaan and Sin Nombre virus peptides may be useful for treatment.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in South Korea have identified a peptide that may have therapeutic use for treating patients infected with some hantavirus strains. Dr....

Taiwan enterovirus 71 outbreak probed.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Taiwan have shed new light on the factors responsible for an deadly outbreak triggered by a ubiquitous organism. "In 1998, an epidemic of...

RSV prevention in first winter protects lungs of preemies for many years.(respiratory syncytial virus)
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A short-term treatment to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in premature infants with lung disease provided significant respiratory and immunologic benefits up to 10 years later,...

Potato may offer protection against human papillomavirus.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists are bellying up to the challenge of creating an edible vaccine to confer protection against human papillomavirus (HPV), one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases and the cause of...

PER.C6 license signed with MedImmune.(Brief Article)
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dutch antibody and vaccine company Crucell N.V. (CRXL) announced it has granted the U.S. biotechnology company MedImmune, Inc., (MEDI), an exclusive license to its proprietary human cell line PER.C6....

New test allows for quicker identification of defective gene.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - There are several complementation groups in Fanconi anemia. Researchers in Germany have developed a novel way to characterize these subtypes almost immediately...

Hebrew University student develops method to check if AIDS patients developed resistance to drugs.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lital Alfonta, a PhD candidate in the faculty of science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has developed a fast, inexpensive test to determine if an AIDS patient has developed resistance to the...

Hong Kong flu strain causes illness in Texas.(Brief Article)
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rare strain of the influenza virus not covered by the last round of vaccinations has caused outbreaks among children in Austin, Galveston, Houston and El Paso, the Texas Department of Health (TDH)...

Information can aid flu vaccination rate among cystic fibrosis patients.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Improvement in influenza vaccination coverage is needed for vulnerable populations such as cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, according to researchers in...

Altachem Pharma's proposed joint venture With Erdos Cashmere Group.(Brief Article)
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The proposed joint venture to be located in Beijing, China, between Altachem Pharma, Ltd., and Erdos Cashmere Corp., is in the process of regulatory approval by the necessary Chinese government...

Project teaches South African inmates awaiting release about HIV.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a country with one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world, groups of South African inmates are being taught methods of HIV prevention and substance abuse prevention. The H.I.S. (Health...

Stanford researcher advocates aggressive, preventive anal cancer treatment.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rates of cervical cancer dropped by 78% once women started receiving yearly Pap smears in the 1940s. Now Mark Welton, MD, associate professor of surgery at Stanford University Medical Center, hopes to...

Methamphetamine drastically increases virus' ability to replicate in brain tissue.
July 2, 2002... 2002 JUL 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The finding that methamphetamine can boost virus replication in the brain, if confirmed by ongoing animal studies, could answer important questions about how lentiviruses such as FIV and HIV can gain a...

Mucosal antibodies offer no protection.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antibody-mediated mucosal immune mechanisms are almost completely useless at controlling the simian version of HIV, researchers in Germany say. "Little is...

Hepatitis B virus genotype rules outcomes following liver transplantation.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - According to investigators at the Mayo Clinic, patients infected with certain hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes sustain a greater risk for viral recurrence and...

NIDDKD summarizes progress and future directions for management.(of hepatitis C)
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Substantial advances in treatment for chronic hepatitis C and a decline in the number of new infections, were highlighted by a panel convened by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). ...

Acyclovir cream can ameliorate herpes simplex labialis.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have provided new information about the safety and efficacy of topical acyclovir used to treat herpes simplex labialis. ...

UCR scientists discover a novel adaptive antiviral defense mechanism in animals.(University of California, Riverside)
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have reported in the journal Science (2002;296(5571):1319-1321) research about "RNA silencing," a novel adaptive antiviral defense in the animal...

The Immune Response Corp. releases results for new vaccine candidate.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Citing an important step in ongoing research in the ability to trigger immune responses specific to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR) announced preliminary results...

HIV targets virus-specific CD4 cells.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV appears to specifically target cells that aid in the immune response to HIV infection, researchers say. "HIV infection is associated with the...

ViroLogic launches viral fitness assay for HIV patient testing.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc., (VLGC) announced the launch of the first-ever commercial laboratory test to evaluate the "replication capacity" (or viral "fitness") of HIV. ViroLogic's new Replication Capacity...

Avanir's docosanol cream approved for marketing in Israel, Korea, and Canada.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVN) announced that the Ministry of Health in Israel has approved the company's docosanol 10% cream for marketing as a topical treatment for cold sores. Docosanol 10% cream will...

Schering-Plough reports on Peg-Intron and Rebetol combination therapy for hepatitis C.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering-Plough Corp. (SGP) reported results of several clinical studies presented at the 2002 Digestive Disease Week conference involving Peg-Intron (peginterferon alfa-2b) Powder for Injection in...

Clinicians should consider influenza A and B when diagnosing a febrile respiratory illness during the summer.(Brief Article)
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The 2001-02 influenza season was mild to moderate in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Influenza A (H3N2) viruses predominated, but influenza B...

Study concludes benefits of anti-HIV therapy during pregnancy outweigh risks.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study found no association between the use of an anti-HIV treatment that uses a combination of drugs during pregnancy and an increased risk of such birth complications as premature delivery,...

Novirio becomes Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(Brief Article)
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novirio Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., has changed its name to Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The new name, Idenix, is intended to reflect the application of its drug discovery expertise and development...

Estrogen may be associated with virus implicated in cervical cancer.
July 9, 2002... 2002 JUL 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The female hormone estrogen may have a role in human papillomavirus (HPV) viral infection, strains of which are implicated in cervical cancer, shows research in Sexually Transmitted Infections. ...

Viral infections may not underlie transient pediatric erythroblastopenia.
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Sweden have shed new light on the pathogenesis of a severe but temporary form of pediatric anemia. "It has been proposed that human...

Viral infections often trigger bronchiolitic rejection lung graft rejection.
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Severe bronchiolitis after lung transplantation can be triggered by community-acquired viral respiratory infections, researchers in the United States say. ...

High-dose interferon benefits hepatitis C patients infected with genotype 1.
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Although some reports dispute the value of high doses of interferon in combination therapies targeting hepatitis C virus (HCV), a team in Italy argues that it...

Seroconversion is earlier in hepatitis B virus genotype B.
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Clinicians treating patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype B can expect to see earlier seroconversion than in some others, a team at the...

Therapeutic HPV vaccine shows promise.(human papillomavirus)
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A therapeutic vaccine containing plasmid DNA that codes for the human papillomavirus (HPV) provoked an immune response in patients with HPV-related...

Pharmacor, Inc., receives U.S. patent for HIV protease inhibitor.(Brief Article)
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacor, Inc., has been issued U.S. Patent Application No. 09/526,209, relating to its antiretroviral program. The small-molecule compounds described in the patent, entitled "Amino acid derivatives...

No transmission reported yet in area hit hard last year.(St. Louis virus and West Nile virus)
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viruses that cause encephalitis have not yet shown up in the area of Louisiana where last year's deadly outbreak occurred, but people still need to guard against mosquito bites, officials say. ...

Some viruses drive genes home better than others.
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - New information from a study comparing viral vectors and their penetration of solid tumors suggests that adeno-associated viruses will usually prevail over...

Schering-Plough commends NIH for consensus statement on management of HCV.(hepatitis C virus)
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schering-Plough Corporation (SGP) commends the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Conference Panel for its statement on the management of hepatitis C. The NIH panel said that hepatitis...

Multiple dose clinical trials initiated of therapeutic monoclonal antibody.(Brief Article)
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- XTL Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd., announced the commencement of a phase 1B clinical study with XTL-002, its human monoclonal antibody (hMAb) being developed for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. The...

PEGASYS data support new disease management consensus reached by U.S. NIH.
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche announced that data on PEGASYS (peginterferon alfa 2-a 40 kDa), a new generation pegylated interferon for the treatment of hepatitis C, has been included in the new U.S. National Institutes of...

Pfizer receives FDA approval to market Neurontin for postherpetic neuralgia.(Brief Article)
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pfizer, Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Neurontin (gabapentin) for the management of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). PHN is most commonly...

Trans-Ver-Sal approved by Swedish Medical Products Agency.(Brief Article)
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BPRX) announced the approval of Trans-Ver-Sal Wart Removal Patch by the Swedish Medical Products Agency. Sweden is the first E.U. member country to market this Bradley...

Respiratory syncytial virus a vector candidate for treating pulmonary disease.
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A virus known for causing pulmonary illness in infants and young children has demonstrated the potential for being an effective vector candidate in the...

Survey shows majority of sexually active men are not tested for genital herpes.(Brief Article)
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent four-city survey shows only one-fourth of men (26%) who say they get tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are getting tested for genital herpes, despite widespread knowledge among...

Panel votes against nationwide inoculation.
July 16, 2002... 2002 JUL 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A U.S. government advisory panel has come out against vaccinating all Americans against smallpox, proposing instead that the shots be given to special teams of people in each state who would be...

Epstein-Barr virus levels have limited prognostic utility.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) level seem to be a poor predictor of EBV-associated disease development in HIV patients, researchers in the Netherlands report. ...

Molecular 'motor' drives virus replication.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A nonstructural protein called NSP2 appears to be the molecular "motor" that drives replication of rotavirus within cells lining the gastrointestinal tract - a finding that could enable development of...

Nucleoprotein-based immunoassay useful for CCHF diagnosis.(Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever)
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel immunoassay could be useful for detecting Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), researchers report. Dr. Masayuki Saijo and colleagues at...

MMR uptake fell during early 2002 but is now recovering.(measles mumps rubella vaccine)
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Latest data show that measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine uptake in 16- and 24-month-old U.K. children fell over the winter period but then increased in April 2002. This dip was likely to be...

Novel assay can determine post-transplant cytomegalovirus susceptibility.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Germany have developed a novel assay for measuring patient susceptibility to cytomegalovirus infection or reactivation after stem cell...

Trimeris appoints George Koszalka, PhD, as senior VP of corporate strategy.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trimeris, Inc., (TRMS) announced the appointment of George Koszalka, PhD, former division director of virology at GlaxoSmithKline, to the position of senior vice president of corporate strategy. ...

Codevelopment and license agreement for signed for NCX 1000.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NicOx S.A. (NICOX) and Axcan Pharma (AXCA) announced the signing of a codevelopment and license agreement for NCX 1000, a nitric oxide-donating ursodiol (ursodeoxycholic acid) derivative, for the...

Positive preliminary results of phase I trial for Nv1020 presented at ASCO meeting.(American Society for Clinical Oncology)(Brief Article)
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The German-American biopharmaceutical company MediGene (MDG) announced at the American Society for Clinical Oncology in Orlando, Florida, preliminary clinical results of their oncolytic herpes simplex...

The Immune Response Corp. completes $4 million private financing.(Brief Article)
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR) announced that it privately placed a $4,000,000 convertible note and warrant to Oshkim Limited Partnership (Oshkim). The investment was made pursuant to the note...

Herpes vaccine holds promise, but may face controversy.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research from Datamonitor (DTM.L), a market analysis company, finds that with doctors lacking confidence in the effectiveness of available treatments for genital herpes, and no cure in the...

Stressgen Biotechnologies and Roche announce collaboration valued up to $204 million.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stressgen Biotechnologies Corporation (SSB) and Roche announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement for the codevelopment and global commercialization of Stressgen's proprietary heat...

Worldwide hepatitis C market expected to reach $3.97 billion by 2007.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The worldwide market for hepatitis C therapeutics is expected to reach nearly $4 billion by 2007, driven both by a growing patient population and the emergence of promising new drugs. For example...

New approach to post-transplant lymphoma shows promise.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists may be making significant headway in treating one of the most difficult and often fatal complications of organ transplant, PTLD, or post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder. PTLD is...

Epidemiological data provides measles information in Khartoum.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Epidemiological data collected in Khartoum, Sudan, has shed light on measles vaccinations coverage and clinical outcomes of measles cases. S.A....

Vaccine experts report progress in vaccine development.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading vaccine scientists from around the world met in Baltimore for the 5th annual Conference on Vaccine Research and will report on the latest research on familiar killers such as pneumococcal,...

Vaccine to be launched in Germany to protect against tick-borne encephalitis.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Baxter International, Inc., announced that a subsidiary's tick-borne encephalitis vaccine, FSME-IMMUN 0.5 ml, received approval for adult use in Germany from the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI), the...

Abbott to provide free HIV test to assist mother-to-child transmission prevention.
July 23, 2002... 2002 JUL 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories announced a donation of its HIV rapid test, Determine HIV, to programs aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in the 68 African and Least-Developed...

T-cell infusions can resolve refractory infection in stem cell recipients.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - T cells specific for cytomegalovirus (CMV) can help resolve refractory CMV infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, researchers in Europe...

Viral infection supercedes familial genetics in risk for primary liver cancer.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The results of a long-term study have placed infectivity over heredity in familial tendencies for developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Hepatitis C...

Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells increases viral replication in macrophages.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Apoptotic cell consumption by HIV-infected macrophages promotes enhanced viral replication, researchers in Brazil report. "Clearance of apoptotic cells...

Measles double-vaccination program successful in significantly raising immunity rates.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Researchers in Israel confirmed that inoculating children against measles twice resulted in an adult population with a higher immunity rate than that...

Nipah virus infection can lead to recurrent encephalitis.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients with a history of Nipah virus infection may be at risk of developing encephalitis, even if their infection was asymptomatic, researchers in Malaysia...

New drug combinations help patients whose HIV develops resistance after several different treatments.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cocktails of anti-AIDS drugs have dramatically increased survival of individuals infected with HIV. But the virus often develops resistance to the drugs in people who previously have taken multiple...

Successful implementation of pilot study for HIV antiretroviral therapy in Uganda.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a study in the July 6, 2002, issue of the Lancet report on the successful implementation of a UNAIDS/Uganda Health Ministry initiative to provide antiretroviral treatment to people with...

Cocaine use linked to poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients.(Brief Article)
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the Montefiore Medical Center in New York City measured adherence to antiretroviral drug regimens in 85 HIV-infected current and former cocaine users. The study's lead...

Ferritin a marker for treatment failure in those with hepatitis C virus.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Ferritin is a marker for virological response in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with interferon and ribavirin combination therapy, according to a new...

Outbreak spreads to Gabon.(Ebola)(Brief Article)
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Experts investigating a possible outbreak of the deadly ebola virus in Republic of Congo have found four suspected cases in neighboring Gabon, the World Health Organization said June 25, 2002. Two...

Serono announces outcome of three clinical studies.(Brief Article)
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serono S.A. (SRA) announced the outcome of three randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. A study of Serostim [somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection] in 228 patients with...

Tight-binding reverse transcriptase inhibition needed for effective agents.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The mode of reverse transcriptase inhibition is a key factor in the virus-killing efficacy of nonnucleoside HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, researchers...

New U.N.-backed survey provides data for poor countries on more affordable AIDS drugs.(Brief Article)
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aiming to help close the AIDS treatment gap in the developing world, a new United Nations-backed report was released June 26, 2002, to help poor countries track HIV medicines, testing kits and...

Europe achieves historic milestone as region is declared polio free.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The historic decision to certify the World Health Organization European Region polio-free was announced at a meeting of the European Regional Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication...

European Parliament to include HPV testing in its screening program.(Brief Article)
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corporation (DIGE) announced that the European Parliament's Medical Service will now reimburse for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in annual medical examinations for all female Members of the...

New drug boosts fight against HIV, researchers find.
July 30, 2002... 2002 JUL 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new drug that advances the fight against HIV has been found to work better than treatments currently on the market, research led by a University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital scientist has...