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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A novel strain of the bird flu (H7N9) that has now infected more than 100 people in China and has taken the lives of at least 22 is being called “one of the most lethal” strains known, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And as of Wednesday April 24, the strain has moved beyond the constraints of the Far East nation. Taiwanese officials reported that a 53-year-old citizen who had made regular trips to the Chinese...
Patient's central role in effectiveness research and drug development to be discussed LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leading international organization focused on promoting and improving the use of health economics and outcomes research in health policy will devote its 18(th) Annual International Meeting to patient-centered outcomes in research, evidence and drug development. The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research...
Campaign Alerts Public of the Threat of West Nile Virus and Other Vector-Borne Diseases SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mosquitoes and warm weather go hand in hand. Coinciding with the arrival of mosquito season, the California State Legislature declared the week of April 21-27, 2013 as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week in California. West Nile virus is a disease transmitted by mosquitoes that can result in debilitating cases of meningitis and...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New data on the H7N9 flu strain in China has surfaced with reports that more than half of the cases seen so far have had no direct contact with poultry. The World Health Organization (WHO) today said the new evidence raises concerns that transmission of the virus is transmitted via a source other than poultry, with some concerned about human-to-human transmission. The new strain has so far infected 87 people and killed 17, a jump...
DURHAM, N.C., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epicenters Program and published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (Deverick H. Anderson, M.D., MPH et al., 2013) supports and expands on previously published studies confirming the effectiveness of an automated UV-C-emitting device to combat the pathogens Clostridium difficile (C. diff.), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and Acinetobacter spp. -...
All 3 configurations of adjuvant and route of administration exceeded the 3 CHMP criteria IDRI (Infectious Disease Research Institute), a Seattle-based non-profit research organization that is a leading developer of adjuvants used in vaccines combating infectious disease, and Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG; OTCQX: MDCGF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs),...
LONDON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Replikins Ltd will reveal details on the availability of two completely synthetic vaccine candidates, both with long-term prevention goals and acute short-term blocking capacity. One of these vaccines targets H7N9 alone, the other for H7N9 plus the other common influenza strains. The company is exploring partnerships with established healthcare and pharmaceutical companies to aggressively commercialize the technology. Because Replikins is...
- All three configurations of adjuvant and route of administration exceeded the three CHMP criteria- QUEBEC CITY, and SEATTLE, WA, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG; OTCQX: MDCGF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) and The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), a Seattle-based non-profit research organization that is...
- All three configurations of adjuvant and route of administration exceeded the three CHMP criteria- SEATTLE and QUEBEC CITY, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IDRI (Infectious Disease Research Institute), a Seattle-based non-profit research organization that is a leading developer of adjuvants used in vaccines combating infectious disease, and Medicago Inc. (TSX: MDG; OTCQX: MDCGF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines...
DUBLIN, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets announces the addition of "EpiCast Report: Epilepsy - Epidemiology Forecast to 2022" to its catalogue. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) Epilepsy affects 50 million people worldwide each year and is one of the most common neurological conditions in the world (WHO, 2005). Epilepsy is defined as a collection of brain dysfunction disorders characterized by recurrent and unpredictable seizures. The...
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Diabetes Care is a peer-reviewed medical journal established in 1978 and published monthly by the American Diabetes Association. It covers research in the following five categories: clinical care/education/nutrition/psychosocial research; epidemiology/health services research; emerging treatments and technologies; pathophysiology/complications; and cardiovascular and metabolic risk. The journal also publishes clinically relevant review articles, letters to the editor, and commentaries....
Influenza A virus causes influenza in birds and some mammals. It is a genus of the Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses. Although the virus is uncommon several strains have been isolated from wild birds. Some can cause severe disease in domestic poultry and sometimes in humans. They are negative sense, single-stranded, segmented RNA viruses. Each subtype has mutated into a variety of strains with different pathogenic profiles. There is a vaccine for humans incase there is an avian influenza, or...
