http://www.idahen.org Infectious Disease and News Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:14:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Candidates look to state as debate grows about universal health Los Angeles Daily News - occupational fatalities, cancer deaths and preventable hospitalizations, it faces challenges including increasing mental and physical illnesses among the poor, an uninsured population of 19 percent and a persistent increase ... http://www.idahen.org/1128/candidates-look-to-state-as-debate-grows-about-universal-health/ AIDS prevention projects in danger Turkish Daily News - Now, Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's top infectious disease scientist, is waiting for more data to determine whether the government's leading vaccine candidate, called VRC, will be safe enough to test. No final decision has been made ... http://www.idahen.org/1127/aids-prevention-projects-in-danger/ CDC names meatpackers' sicknessFort Wayne Journal Gazette - Investigators say they ve ruled out toxins as a cause, and viruses or bacteria are unlikely because none of the affected workers reported infectious disease symptoms, such as fever, before the onset of their neurological symptoms. That would leave ... http://www.idahen.org/1126/cdc-names-meatpackers-sickness/ A shot in the armSouth China Morning Post - Michael Osterholm, director of the Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, and a frequent writer on such topics as avian flu and bioterrorism, said planning was poor. "People just assume business will run as ... http://www.idahen.org/1125/a-shot-in-the-arm/ China snow leaves millions in cold and darkMSN UK News - We still have masses at train stations, bus stations, at airports and in crowded areas where perhaps some kinds of intestinal infectious disease could break out," Yan Jiangying, the watchdog's spokeswoman, told a news conference. In Guangzhou ... http://www.idahen.org/1124/china-snow-leaves-millions-in-cold-and-dark/ Expanded Range of Tests Promote the Growing Appeal of Immunochemistry Forbes - Immunochemistry tests include tests for thyroid function, cardiac and cancer markers, fertility/reproductive markers, infectious disease and retroviral markers, metabolic markers and therapeutic drug monitoring. Immunochemistry analysers are 400 chickens culled in BiharHindustan Times ... http://www.idahen.org/1123/expanded-range-of-tests-promote-the-growing-appeal-of-immunochemistry/ Real Heroes Award dinner planned Jan. 31 Chippewa Herald - Dental decay is the single most common infectious disease of childhood. It is caused by bacterial infection in the mouth and is five times more common than asthma. For children, the effects of untreated disease can impact life ... http://www.idahen.org/1122/real-heroes-award-dinner-planned-jan-31/ Death, Disease and Dirty WaterWorld Economic Forum - There is a well-established link between dirty water and disease. The effects of climate change and natural resource degradation on local ecosystems are further shaping the patterns of waterborne infectious disease. What is the emerging scientific Panel pushing use ... http://www.idahen.org/1121/death-disease-and-dirty-water/ It's back: Influenza season is in flu swingTribune-Chronicle - It's official the flu season is on. "It's definitely the start. We're definitely in it," said Dr. Roger Baxter, an infectious disease expert with Kaiser Permanente who heads the HMO's flu-surveillance program. Over the past two ... http://www.idahen.org/1120/its-back-influenza-season-is-in-flu-swing/ Oragenics Announces the Appointment of Two New Board MembersMSN MoneyCentral - Ron Evens further stated that, "Oragenics continues its evolution from an oral care company to an infectious disease company with multiple platforms and product opportunities." About Oragenics: Oragenics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company with a BioAlliance ... http://www.idahen.org/1119/oragenics-announces-the-appointment-of-two-new-board-members/