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Posted in Latest News on October 26th, 2007

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Winona Daily News - Most MRSA have somehow been confined to hospitals and nursing homes until more recently when they have been found increasingly in community settings, sending shivers down the infectious disease experts spines. So much appears to be spread by hands

Lethal Infectious Cancer Threatens Native Species
Environmental News Network - Mary Pearl, President of Wildlife Trust and Associate Editor of EcoHealth , noted, “The case of Tasmanian devils is a reminder that an emerging infectious disease can lead to a species’ extinction.” Wildlife Trust and the Consortium for

Schools trying to head off ’superbug’
New Orleans Times-Picayune - of health, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state High School Athletic Association, have asked coaches to be even more vigilant than they already are and to educate athletes about the spread of infectious disease, Roan

Bipartisan Group of Iowa Leaders Urge Presidential Candidates to Chart

Posted in Latest News on October 24th, 2007

Bipartisan Group of Iowa Leaders Urge Presidential Candidates to Chart
PR Newswire - Here in the heartland, we understand that military power alone cannot keep us safe from terrorism, infectious disease and other global threats that recognize no borders. But there is something we can do to make us more secure — we can extend a hand

Record amount of flu vaccine available
Alameda Times-Star - Randy Bergen, an infectious disease pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek. The strains circulating in the Southern Hemisphere also have sent mixed signals. “There’s the possibility that the strains are changing,'’ Bergen said. Each

FDA Approves Genzyme’s Renvela(TM) for Dialysis Patients
Forbes - Genzyme’s commitment to innovation continues today with a substantial development program focused on these fields, as well as immune disease, infectious disease, and other areas of unmet medical need. This press release contains forward-looking

Confirmed Case Of MRSA Closes Enon School
WHIO TV - Howard Wunderlich who is a infectious disease specialist at Miami Valley Hospital said, I don t think we re in an epidemic situation where large numbers of people are coming down with this. In the past few weeks there have been reports of