As a boon to millions of children who die of meningitis, a cheap new vaccine for bacterial meningitis debuted today with the launching of an immunization drive in the West African country…
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HP, mPedigree Network introduce life-saving service to fight counterfeit drugs in Africa
HP (NYSE:HPQ) and African social enterprise mPedigree Network have introduced a potentially life-saving service that targets counterfeit pharmaceuticals by enabling people in Nigeria and Ghana to easily check the authenticity of their…
Dealing with infectious killer
On top of the devastation caused in Haiti by the January earthquake, Hurricane Tomas this month, and the subsequent dislocations, exposure and malnutrition, the country is now experiencing an accelerating cholera outbreak….
New Findings Detail How Virus Prepares to Infect Cells
Researchers learned the atomic-scale arrangement of proteins in a structure that enables a virus to invade and fuse with host cells, showing precisely how the structure morphs with changing acidity to initiate…
NFID supports CDC’s National Influenza Vaccination Week
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) annual observance of National Influenza Vaccination Week to communicate the importance and availability of influenza vaccination…
Wide-scale study of flu vaccine’s effectiveness in European children needed
A wide-scale study of the effectiveness of flu vaccine in children is needed in Europe to fully assess the benefits, not only in keeping the kids from getting sick, but limiting the…
Pharnext receives French approval for Pleodrug Phase II clinical trial in Charcot-Marie Tooth disease type 1A
Pharnext SAS, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of innovative treatments for severe neurological diseases and other major unmet medical needs, today announced that the French Agency for Healthcare Product Safety…
IDRI receives $790,200 BARDA grant to develop pandemic flu vaccine
The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) today announced it has received a $790,200 grant from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the US Department of Health and Human…
Health experts discuss how to prepare for future dengue immunization programs
AsiaOne examines how groups are working to prepare policy makers for the availability of a dengue vaccine in the future, following a three-day meeting on the virus held in Singapore this week…
FDA extends PDUFA review target date for BENLYSTA BLA to treat systemic lupus erythematosus
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target date for…
Risk Of Death Increases In IBD Patients With Hospital-Acquired Infections
Death and length of stay are increased among hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients who develop hospital-acquired infections, according to a study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the…
Biodiversity Important For Human Health
The loss of biodiversity – from beneficial bacteria to charismatic mammals – threatens human health. That’s the conclusion of a study published this week in the journal Nature by scientists who study…
New Findings Detail How Virus Prepares To Infect Cells
Researchers have learned the atomic-scale arrangement of proteins in a structure that enables a virus to invade and fuse with host cells, showing precisely how the structure morphs with changing acidity to…
Johns Hopkins patient-safety tools help reduce lethal bloodstream infections
Using a widely heralded Johns Hopkins checklist and other patient-safety tools, intensive care units across the state of Michigan reduced the rate of potentially lethal bloodstream infections to near zero. Now, led…
3M announces availability of TLR compounds for nonvaccine use in pharmaceutical industry
3M announces the availability of immune response modifier compounds for nonvaccine use in the pharmaceutical industry. The toll-like receptor (TLR) compounds, that activate through TLR7 and TLR8, show promise for the treatment…