Archive for April, 2007

Birth Weight Associated With Infection Risk Throughout Childhood

Posted in Latest News on April 22nd, 2007

Birth Weight Associated With Infection Risk Throughout Childhood
Medscape News - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 19 - Birth weight is inversely associated with the risk of infectious disease hospitalization during childhood, according to results of a study published in the April 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology

Patient Privilege
New York Times - You should have warned them (avoiding the word knucklehead ) by offering the minimum information necessary, i.e., by declaring that you knew her to have an infectious disease. If those doofuses still eschewed protective gear, you could then have

Disease spreads among Round Rock students
KVUE - Shigella is an infectious disease that’s caused by bacteria. So far, more than 22 students at Forest Creek Elementary and two at Ridgeview Middle School — both in Round Rock ISD — have reported having symptoms of Shigella

CDC investigates Texas A&M researcher’s infection from bioweapon

Posted in Latest News on April 20th, 2007

CDC investigates Texas A&M researcher’s infection from bioweapon
KGBT 4 - The unidentified researcher was diagnosed last April with brucella, an infectious disease normally passed between animals. The watchdog group Sunshine Project found that Texas A-and-M waited nearly a year to report the infection to the Centers for

A&M draws inquiry after researcher infected by bioweapon
Houston Chronicle - The unidentified researcher was diagnosed last April with brucella, an infectious disease normally passed between animals, according to documents obtained by the watchdog group Sunshine Project. The group found that Texas A&M waited nearly a year to

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Re-Signs Courteney Cox as Kinerase(R)
MSN MoneyCentral - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International VRX is a global specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products primarily in the areas of neurology, infectious disease and dermatology. More