Infectious Disease Control News and Press Releases

Infectious Disease Control

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Gavi and Mastercard Join Forces to Reach More Children with Lifesaving Vaccines: 12/11/2018 7:08:40 AM; Mastercard and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance announced at a high-level conference for Gavi’s 2018 mid-term review, a new transformative partnership to ensure more children from the poorest countries are able to benefit from life-saving immunization programs Although major progress has been made to increase immunization rates, one in five children in Gavi-supported countries are …
Pneumonia a Leading Cause of Emergency Department Visits in Canada Last Year: 11/30/2018 2:12:02 PM; For the first time in at least 5 years, pneumonia was 1 of the top 10 reported reasons that Canadians went to the emergency department (ED) last year.
Live Life Positively: Know Your HIV Status and Take Control: 11/30/2018 1:53:56 PM; Humana People to People joins the rest of the world in commemorating the World AIDS Day on the 1st of December. This year’s theme is Live Life Positively: Know your HIV status.
The HIV-positive caregivers working to end AIDS in Africa: 11/30/2018 2:57:03 AM; Dotty Nyambok is an HIV Counselor at the Embakasi Health Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. She is halfway through her list of patients when two girls walk into her tent.
Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage: 11/30/2018 2:15:22 AM; Reported measles cases spiked in 2017, as multiple countries experienced severe and protracted outbreaks of the disease. This is according to a new report published today by leading health organizations. Because of gaps in vaccination coverage, measles outbreaks occurred in all regions, while there were an estimated 110 000 deaths related to the disease.
Pet Store Puppies Linked to Multistate Campylobacter Outbreak: 11/29/2018 11:24:42 AM; While most people are aware that raising a puppy can be a lot of work, far fewer recognize that in rare circumstances, these same cute puppies could be carrying drug-resistant pathogens.
CDC Update on Investigation of Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce: 11/27/2018 5:57:34 AM; CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are now advising that U.S. consumers not eat and retailers and restaurants not serve or sell any romaine lettuce from the Central Coastal growing regions of northern and central California.
US FDA grants Fasenra Orphan Drug Designation for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: 11/26/2018 9:42:16 AM; AstraZeneca announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for Fasenra (benralizumab) for the treatment of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA).
“FSMA Compliant in One Week,” An Amazon Best-Selling Book is Free For One More Day (until 11/23/2018): 11/22/2018 6:00:00 AM; Best Seller Publishing announces the release of Rob Kooijmans’ new book, “FSMA Compliant in One Week: Be the FSMA Expert in Your Organization.” It will be available for free download for one more day in the Amazon Kindle Store on November 23rd. This book helps the reader to effectively understand all the necessary details of the USA Food Safety Modernization Act.
Population Media Center Launches Season 3 of Umurage in Rwanda: 11/21/2018 12:33:33 PM; Population Media Center is excited to announce Umurage (“Inheritance for a Better Future”) will be back for another season in Rwanda! U murage has captured the hearts and imagination of Rwandans with season two reaching an estimated 1.1 million loyal listeners every week from June 2017 to June 2018.
Athletic Facilities Close at High School after Student Contracts MRSA: 11/21/2018 8:46:58 AM; The Oregonian recently published a report about actions taken by administrators from a high school in Portland, Oregon after a student was diagnosed with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Last Year’s Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Anaheim Leads to Cal-OSHA Fines: 11/20/2018 1:33:37 PM; In November of last year, the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) announced that its office had been notified of a number of individuals diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease.
AstraZeneca provides update on the Phase III MYSTIC trial of Imfinzi and tremelimumab in Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer: 11/19/2018 7:18:30 AM; AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, announced final overall survival (OS) results for the Phase III MYSTIC trial, a randomised, open-label, multi-centre, global trial of Imfinzi (durvalumab) monotherapy and the combination of Imfinzi and tremelimumab, an anti-CTLA4 antibody, versus standard-of-care (SoC) platinum-based …
Majority of HIV persistence during ART due to infected cell proliferation, not viral replication: 11/19/2018 7:16:13 AM; A majority of the HIV-infected cells that persist in HIV-infected individuals even during suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) originated from cellular proliferation, not viral replication, according to new research published in Nature Communications.
MSF Expands Care as Ebola Outbreak Spreads in DRC: 11/19/2018 6:40:55 AM; Just over three months since the declaration of the latest Ebola epidemic centered in North Kivu, DRC, the intervention still faces serious challenges.
Rob Kooijmans, “FSMA Compliant in One Week” - Free Download Tomorrow (11/19/2018): 11/18/2018 6:00:00 AM; Best Seller Publishing announces the release of Rob Kooijmans’ new book, “FSMA Compliant in One Week: Be the FSMA Expert in Your Organization.” It will be available for free download in the Amazon Kindle Store on November 19th. This book helps the reader to effectively understand all the necessary details of the USA Food Safety Modernization Act.
Mammoth Biosciences Co-Founders Trevor Martin, Janice Chen, and Lucas Harrington Named to 2018 Forbes’ 30 Under 30: 11/15/2018 1:21:39 PM; Mammoth Biosciences has today had three of its five co-founders recognized among the most influential healthcare innovators under the age of 30 by Forbes.
E. coli Fears Prompt Ground Beef Recall from Grocery Store Chain: 11/14/2018 1:51:45 PM; The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently announced that a Florida-based grocery store chain was voluntarily recalling an undetermined amount of ground beef products made from chuck from its stores in twenty-four counties.