Infectious Disease Control News and Press Releases

Infectious Disease Control

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EMSL Microbiologists Contribute to the Evaluation of Legiolert: 8/10/2018 9:39:21 AM; EMSL’s Vice President of Microbiology and Life Sciences, Jason Dobranic, Ph.D. and EMSL’s National Bacteriology Program Manager, Melanie Rech, M.B.A., MT (ASCP), were recently published for their work on evaluating IDEXX’s new culture method, Legiolert.
WorkSafe BC Investigates Strong Odors Coming from Renovation Work at a Popular Public Pool: 8/7/2018 2:07:08 PM; Canada’s News 1130 recently published an article about an investigation by WorkSafe BC into renovation work taking place at a large public pool in Vancouver.
National Immunization Awareness Month Highlights How Vaccines Have Helped Reduce Our Rate of Death and Disease in the United States: 8/7/2018 11:51:23 AM; An estimated 40,000 to 50,000 adults in the United States die from vaccine-preventable infectious diseases or their complications each year. Vaccines have helped reduce our rate of death and disease in the United States.
New Study Examines Particulate Matter Linked to Third-hand Smoke: 8/7/2018 11:33:07 AM; CBS News recently published an article about a study from scientists at Drexel University that looked into the frequency of exposure to third-hand smoke.
Pfizer-backed ViiV prevents children with HIV from getting medicines they need: 7/24/2018 2:45:24 AM; As the annual global HIV/AIDS conference kicks off in Amsterdam, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called out ViiV Healthcare—a division of US-based pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer, UK-based GlaxoSmithKline, and Japan-based Shionogi—for preventing children with HIV from getting child-appropriate …
Chevron Donates $1 Million to Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: 7/17/2018 1:15:49 PM; Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Friends) announced it received a two-year, $1 million grant from Chevron. The grant will help expand Friends’ work to mobilize private sector, faith, youth and other partners for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) and other programs aimed at ending these epidemics.
California Company Recalls Imported Food Product due to Potential Microbial Contamination: 7/16/2018 8:16:49 AM; Recently, a California importer of Asian foods issued a recall of a frozen grated coconut product due to contamination concerns. The bagged product was imported from the Philippines and shipped to retail locations in northern California beginning in February of 2018.