TB & Outbreaks Week articles from January 2003

TB & Outbreaks Week archives from January 2003

New team approach dramatically boosts chlamydia screening of teen-age girls.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team-oriented approach to testing for chlamydia increased the screening rate of sexually active 14- to 18-year-old female patients from 5% to 65% in a large California HMO, according to new study...

Azithromycin effective against Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The macrolide antibiotic azithromycin is highly effective against pathogenic E. coli strains, researchers in Japan report. "Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing...

Cryptococcus neoformans protein triggers murine anticandidal activity.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Italy and the United States have identified a novel method for inducing anticandidal immune activity. "We previously demonstrated that...

Yeast adhesin analogs can prevent intestinal C. albicans infection.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in France have identified a novel method for preventing intestinal yeast infections. "The pathogenic yeast Candida albicans displays at its cell...

Inspections sharply reduce diarrhea outbreaks on cruise ships.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new report links diarrhea outbreaks aboard vacation cruise ships to the scores they get on mandatory sanitation inspections. It found that as cruise lines improved their sanitation practices in the...

T helper 2 activity doesn't impair response to infection.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Contrary to conventional wisdom, T helper type 2 (Th2) activity has little if any impact on the overall immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection....

Antibiotic agent AP158 active against medically important biofilms.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antex Pharma, Inc., a whollyowned subsidiary of Antex Biologics, Inc., (ANX), announced its lead antibiotic compound, AP158, destroyed biofilms in recently completed studies. Biofilms, an...

In vitro diagnostic test developer completes agreement with American distributor.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedMira, Inc., (MIR) announced that it has reached a strategic investment agreement with its American distributor, American Health Diagnostics, LLC, (AHD). This agreement contemplates the issuance...

Positive results announced from phase II testing of FluINsure vaccine.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ID Biomedical announced positive results on its two phase II clinical trials of FluINsure, the company's intranasally delivered influenza vaccine. Results of these ongoing, randomized, double-blind,...

Study: Two vaccines work best.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A chickenpox outbreak at a day care center two years ago found vaccinations surprisingly ineffective and may suggest that children should get two shots instead of one, researchers say. Dr. Karin...

Nitazoxanide approved for treatment of children with diarrhea caused by protozoa.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Romark Laboratories announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Alinia (nitazoxanide) for Oral Suspension for treatment of children with diarrhea caused by...

STS Biopolymers' Medi-Coat antimicrobial coating now used in orthopedic devices.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- STS Biopolymers announced that their Medi-Coat antimicrobial coating is now available in the orthopedic medical device industry. OrthoGuard AB bone pin sleeves, coated with Medi-Coat antimicrobial...

Saliva anti-HBc testing validated as HBV screening method in day care centers.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Although Denmark has a low hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence, HBV transmission has been reported in Danish day-care centers," report immunologists with Odense University Hospital. They conducted...

No more medical roulette: Publisher says internet will change in 2003.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx is celebrating its twentieth year as a publisher by adding 20 new weeklies. The company's CEO is predicting major changes in the publishing industry and Internet in 2003. The Atlanta-based...

FDA approves Pegasys in combination with Copegus.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved combination therapy with Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a), a pegylated interferon, and Copegus (ribavirin) for the treatment...

Vaccine manufacturer announces plans to meet U.S. demand for flu vaccine.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aventis Pasteur has announced the company is committed to meeting U.S. demand for Fluzone influenza virus vaccine following Wyeth's recent announcement to discontinue production of its influenza...

Continuous linezolid infusion effective against resistant S. aureus.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in France have identified a novel agent effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). "Linezolid is the first drug...

Bacterial meningitis vaccine elicits protective antibody production.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis elicits a protective humoral response in human infants, researchers in the United States report. Kenneth T....

Ricerca obtains rights for targets from small molecule antibacterial program.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ricerca Biosciences, LLC, announced an agreement under which Eli Lilly and Co. has granted to Ricerca exclusive worldwide rights to select targets as well as select patents and know-how from its small...

Production ends on FluShield, Pnu-Imune vaccines.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wyeth (WYE) announced that it is ceasing production of two of its vaccine products - FluShield, an injectable influenza virus vaccine and Pnu-Imune, an injectable polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine for...

New drug shows early promise.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary results of a study suggest that there may be a new treatment option for people who have become resistant to conventional treatments for malaria. Safe and effective antimalarial drugs...

PRIMABioMed announces DCtag antigen collaboration with Institute Pasteur.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PRIMABioMed, Ltd., the cancer and immunotherapy research and therapeutic development company, announced that its Panvax, Ltd., subsidiary has entered into a research collaboration with the Paris-based...

Rise in Africa parallels warming trends.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and...

MRSA deaths on the rise in U.K.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) seem to be an increasing cause of death in England and Wales, concludes a new study. Whether deaths from MRSA infection have...

Increasing antibiotic resistance a major hospital crisis.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decision Resources, Inc., forecasts that the growing antibiotic resistance crisis, combined with the increasing number of immunocompromised patients and rising numbers of complex medical procedures, is...

Centegra Health System participates in smallpox vaccination program.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selected healthcare personnel at Centegra Health System will receive smallpox vaccinations as part of the Illinois Department of Public Health's smallpox vaccination program. The first phase of the...

Macaque model used to assess safety of nonreplicating candidate RSV vaccines.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study in macaques showed that "formalin-inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) [induced] interleukin-13-associated hypersensitivity to subsequent RSV infection." R.L. Deswart and...

Pharma company to build vaccine research center on its Laval, Canada site.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, plc, (SHPGY) announced that it will invest approximately US$18.5 million in the construction of a new global vaccine research center in Canada. This center will support...

Analysis: U.S. vulnerable to smallpox's return.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It was one of history's greatest triumphs: eliminating a disease that killed hundreds of millions of people and was feared across the globe. Yet in a new world of terrorist threats, smallpox is...

Bush to offer Americans vaccine.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After agonizing for months, President Bush has decided to make a risky but effective smallpox vaccine available to all Americans, beginning with the military and health workers who would be front-line...

MedMira enters collaboration for smallpox vaccine antibody detection test.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedMira, Inc., (MIR) announced that it has reached a collaboration venture with a Canadian biopharmaceutical company, Cangene Corp. (CNJ), which will facilitate MedMira in reaching the global market for...

Vaccine test subjects suffer side effects.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A week after she was given an experimental dose of smallpox vaccine, Elizabeth Forrester's arm became swollen, her head throbbed and she felt tired and feverish. "At one point I was like 'cut it...

Targeted school-based screening an important tool.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even in low-prevalence areas, tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health concern. In the United States, early case identification and treatment of latent infection have become key to controlling...

Capsid protein causes encephalitic inflammation by triggering cell suicide.
January 7, 2003... 2003 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The protein that forms the protective capsid surrounding the West Nile virus genetic material may contribute to the deadly inflammation associated with the virus. West Nile virus, which has rapidly...

Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii may not cause nosocomial disease.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have shed new light on the course of refractory Acinetobacter infections in hospitalized patients. "Highly resistant (HR)...

Mycobacteria-induced neutrophil activation hastens apoptosis.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Argentina have shed new light on Mycobacterium tuberculosis's (MTB) effects on the lifespan of peripheral blood cells. "The activation of...

Enteral vancomycin effective for resistant Staphylococcus ICU outbreaks.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have identified an effective means of preventing widespread nosocomial outbreaks of drug-resistant Staphylococcus infection. ...

Hepatitis C outbreak resolved by genetic analysis of HCV RNA.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A multidose heparin solution accidentally contaminated with blood apparently was the cause of an outbreak of acute hepatitis C virus infection in a Barcelona, Spain, hospital. "In July 2000,...

MRI with gadolinium ideal for finding TB spondylitis.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be used to examine children with suspected tuberculosis spondylitis (TBS), researchers argue. Tuberculosis of the...

Tobacco smoking increases risk in Indian men.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Tobacco smoking dramatically increases the risk of tuberculosis, researchers in India warn. "The prevalence of tuberculosis in adult men in India is 2-4...

Protective immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis studied.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunologists at St. Louis University, Missouri, tested their "hypothesis that immune-mediated inhibition of mycobacterial growth would more directly correlate with protective TB [tuberculosis]...

CDC prepares microbiologists for detecting increasing antimicrobial resistance.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a new training tool to assist laboratorians in selecting and using appropriate testing methods to detect antimicrobial-resistant...

Enzyme pair could provide critical tools in fight against drug-resistant bacteria.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Harvard Medical School researchers, working with scientists at other institutions, have overcome a preliminary, yet critical, hurdle in the push to develop antibiotics against drug-resistant bacterial...

Survey: One-third of Americans use antibiotics inappropriately.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite widespread public alarm about inappropriate use and increasing antibiotic ineffectiveness, many Americans still use the drugs improperly. One out of three Americans mistakenly believes...

Wyeth still makes flu-pneumonia vaccine for babies.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a story on shortages of many important drugs, the Associated Press reported erroneously on December 13, 2002, that pharmaceutical company Wyeth had stopped making its pneumococcal vaccines. The...

Phase I study completed on Corus 1020 antibiotic.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corus Pharma has successfully completed a phase I study of escalating doses of Corus 1020 (reformulated aztreonam for inhalation) in normal volunteers. Corus 1020, being developed by Salus Pharma,...

Penicillin-resistant Strep passed between children and parents.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Perhaps not surprisingly, study results from Japan show a high rate of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae transmission between children and their parents. K. Hoshino and colleagues,...

Purdue works to transform virus from killer to healer.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By redesigning the shell of Ebola, Purdue University researchers have transformed the feared virus into a benevolent workhorse for gene therapy - and as one of the first gene bearers that can be...

Research hints birds could spread virus.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ebola shares a closer relationship with several bird viruses than was previously thought, bolstering the case for a common ancestor and hinting that birds might carry the deadly virus, a Purdue...

Immigrants often more at risk for HIV once they enter the United States.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study of 61,000 Californians who sought treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, researchers found that those foreign-born immigrants who were infected with HIV most likely contracted the...

Spread of S. pneumoniae clone Colombia(5)-19 in Latin America studied.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 5 is the third most common capsular type causing invasive diseases in children younger than 5 years in Latin America," microbiologists in Colombia note. "Preliminary...

An unlikely new weapon against a deadly bacteria in oysters: A virus.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People who love to eat raw oysters will welcome news that scientists are making progress in the fight against a rare but deadly disease associated with the tasty bivalves. Two University of...

HAV isolates characterized from shellfish-borne outbreak.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Characterization of hepatitis A virus isolates from patients' serum samples confirm a 1999 outbreak in Spain was due to ingestion of imported coquina clams. The outbreak involved 184 serologically...

Satellite images predict transmission risk.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions report that satellite imagery could be used to determine areas at high risk for exposure to Sin Nombre virus...

Nosocomial adenoviral outbreaks have high direct costs.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in France have itemized the direct costs associated with nosocomial adenovirus outbreaks. "In October 2000, 41 people were infected during an...

FDA panel deciding on safety of flu spray.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The manufacturer of the first pain-free flu vaccine seeks to ease federal scientists' safety concerns by withdrawing its attempt to market the product to children under 5 years old. A U.S. Food...

GM-CSF doesn't improve response to flu vaccine in cancer patients.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor doesn't enhance cancer patients' response to the flu vaccine, a recent study found. "In a randomized, patient-blinded, placebo-controlled trial...

Netherlands epidemic analyzed.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epidemiologists in the Netherlands have assessed the 1999-2000 measles outbreak in that country. According to S. Vandenhof and colleagues there were 3292 reported cases of measles. Almost all...

Rapid replacement of endemic measles virus genotypes reported.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Although vaccination campaigns have significantly reduced the number of measles cases worldwide, endemic transmission of measles virus (MV) continues to occur in several continents, including Europe,"...

FDA approves first U.S. combination vaccine effective against five diseases.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that its combination vaccine, Pediarix [Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed, Hepatitis B (Recombinant) and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine...

'Action messages' to older adults result in better flu shot compliance.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent study, older people in North Dakota who received a letter indicating the benefits of getting a flu shot or one listing possible losses associated with not receiving immunization were more...

Anti-inflammatory agents work best in patients at greatest risk of death.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The efficacy of treatment with anti-inflammatory agents for sepsis depends on the severity of the underlying disease as manifested by risk of death, according to a new analysis. Peter Q....

Grady Hospital opts out of smallpox vaccinations.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Grady Memorial Hospital has opted out of a state and nationwide campaign to vaccinate health care workers against smallpox as a precaution against bioterrorism. "Grady has balanced the known...

Increasing herd immunity would enhance post-bioterrorist attack intervention.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A model of smallpox transmission constructed by public health researchers suggests that in the event of a bioterrorist release of smallpox, "increasing herd immunity, perhaps with a combination of...

Last victim now promotes vaccinations.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ali Maow Maalim knew smallpox was lurking in Somalia, but when his fellow hospital workers were getting vaccinated a quarter century ago, he couldn't bear the thought of a needle jabbing his arm. So...

New Jersey announces vaccination plan.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health care workers who might care for patients in case of a smallpox outbreak will be vaccinated against the disease on a voluntary basis, New Jersey health officials say. A plan submitted by the...

Threat is controllable, expert says.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The threat of a terrorist release of deadly smallpox virus exists, "but we are increasingly confident we would be in pretty good condition to halt it," according to the world's foremost expert on...

Will millions need booster shots?
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a hallway at Strong Memorial Hospital, in Rochester, New York, two volunteers in a medical study showed off the results of booster vaccinations they were given for the smallpox vaccinations they had...

RD1 loss helps attenuate live M. bovis BCG and M. microti vaccines.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular geneticists at the Pasteur Institute point out that "[a]lthough large human populations have been safely immunized against tuberculosis with two live vaccines, Mycobacterium bovis BCG or...

First U.S. prenatal case reported.
January 14, 2003... 2003 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A month-old baby with the West Nile virus was infected before she was born in the country's first documented intrauterine transmission of the disease, according to a report. The case surprised...

Novel streptococcal superantigens involved in acute rheumatic fever pathogenesis.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have identified factors which appear to play a key role in rheumatic fever development. "The pathogenesis of acute...

M. tuberculosis impairs dendritic cell development.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Mycobacterium tuberculosis interferes with the process of dendritic cell (DC) differentiation from monocytes, researchers in Italy report. "Intracellular...

New drug shows promise against candida infections.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first large-scale trial of its kind, researchers have shown caspofungin, a new type of antifungal drug, to be as effective and less toxic than amphotericin B, the current standard treatment for...

Surface treatments could make ready-to-eat products safer.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new product called acidified calcium sulfate is showing promise as a way to kill Listeria monocytogenes and keep lunch meats and frankfurters safer for consumers. "Our goal was to look at...

Tumor necrosis factor genes affect L. chagasi infection outcome.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Brazil have identified genetic risk factors for leishmaniasis development. "A periurban outbreak of visceral...

Lactoferrin peptide synergistic with fluconazole against resistant Candida species.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the Netherlands and Italy have identified a novel method for treating infections caused by fluconazole-resistant Candida species. Antonella...

Bronchoscopy adds little information to bacteriologic tests.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Bronchoscopic testing is of limited utility for the diagnosis of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), researchers in Israel argue. Haim Bibi and...

Study urges more screening.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Changing physicians' behavior so they give sexually active teenage girls a simple urine test during a routine doctor's visit is an effective way of identifying chlamydia and ultimately helping prevent...

New research supports efficacy of zincum gluconicum nasal gel.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research confirms the efficacy of zincum gluconicum nasal gel in reducing the severity and duration of common cold symptoms when treatment is started as late as the second day of illness. The...

Study finds echinacea little help.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Echinacea, a popular but largely untested herbal remedy for the common cold, showed no benefit when given to a small group of college students with sore throats and stuffy noses, researchers say. ...

More microbiologic monitoring needed for eggs.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A concerted prevention effort is needed from farm to table for all eggs to help prevent Salmonella enteritidis (SE) infections, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Research finds clues for controlling E. coli.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Nebraska's research on a dangerous strain of E. coli is providing important clues about how to reduce the bacteria - not just in meat processing plants, but on farms. "We didn't...

Bacteria offer protection.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Certain species of lactobacilli may protect women from gonorrhea, say researchers from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland. In the study, the researchers tested the ability of...

Extending coverage to millions of people in the Americas is a challenge.
January 21, 2003... 2003 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The extension of social protection in health is a powerful public policy tool destined mainly to combat exclusion in health. An estimated 100 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean are...