First Report Of Novel Coronavirus In Africa Brings Global Case Count To 43
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Tunisia’s Ministry of Health has reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) that the novel coronavirus (nCoV) has shown up on its doorstep. A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died and...
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BEIJING, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that Sinovac Beijing, the main operating subsidiary company of Sinovac, obtained the Certificate of Good Manufacturing Practices for Pharmaceutical Products (GMP Certificate) from the China State and Food Administration (CFDA) for its proprietary vaccines, its Haidian district bulk production plants, and its Changping filing and packaging...
Researcher urges targeted vaccination of those under 65 in comparable scenarios As the world prepares for what may be the next pandemic strain of influenza virus, in the H7N9 bird flu, a new UC Irvine study reveals that the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was deadliest for people under the age of 65, while those 65 and over had greater immunity due to previous exposure to similar viruses. Deaths from flu pandemics tend to skew younger than those from seasonal flu because of "antigenic...
VIENNA, Va., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE MKT: CVM) announced today that Geert Kersten, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Second Annual Marcum LLP MicroCap Conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The Company's presentation is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. EDT. For more information and registration, please visit the conference website: http://www.marcumllp.com/microcap About CEL-SCI CEL-SCI is...
The integration of mental health interventions into HIV prevention and treatment platforms can reduce the opportunity costs of care and improve treatment outcomes, argues a new Policy Forum article published in this week's PLOS Medicine. Syvia Kaaya from the School of Medicine at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and her international colleagues say that effective interventions exist for recognition and treatment of co-morbid mental disorders...
BEIJING, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVA), a leading provider of vaccines in China, today announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, before market on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. The Company will host a conference call on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. EDT (May 28, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. China Standard Time) to review the Company's financial results and provide an update on recent corporate...
The vaccine based on Cytos' Virus-Like Particle technology may open the door to accelerated production of influenza vaccines in SingaporeSingapore and Schlieren (Zurich), Switzerland, May 17, 2013 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial with their H1N1 influenza vaccine candidate based on Cytos'...
Design Enables More Rapid Response to Potential Pandemics LA JOLLA, Calif. and ROCKVILLE, Md., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of international researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA, US Department of Health and Human Services), and Institut fur Virologie, Phillips Universitat, has published a study detailing new methods to rapidly generate...
BEIJING, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, has appointed China-based Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP as its registered independent public accounting firm effective from May 14, 2013 to replace Ernst & Young LLP Canada. On May 14, 2013, Ernst & Young LLP Canada notified the Company that it would not stand for re-election as the Company's registered independent public accounting firm....
BEIJING, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that management is scheduled to present at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference in New York City. The Sinovac management team inclusive of Nan Wang, Vice President, and Helen Yang, Director, Investor Relations and International Business Development, will present at 10:00 am ET on Monday, May 20, 2013. About Sinovac Sinovac...
Life-Changing Organization Receives Game-Changing Grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation. Scottsdale, Arizona (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Supporters of the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS witnessed the announcement of an astounding $3 million charitable gift during the organization’s 18th annual Night for Life Gala. Amidst tears and cheers, Bob and Renee Parsons announced that The Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation would bridge the gap in the organization’s capital campaign. The gift,...
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Vibrio cholerae is a gram negative comma-shaped bacterium with a polar flagellum that causes cholera in humans. V. cholerae belongs to the gamma subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Classical and El Tor are the two types of V. Cholerae identified by hemaggluttination testing. El Tor is found throughout the world, while the classical biotype is found only in Bangladesh. It was first isolated as the cause of cholera by Italian anatomist Filippo Pacini in 1854; however, this discovery was not...
