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Study raises concerns about drug-resistant HIV

The emergence of drug-resistant strains of HIV could one day threaten efforts to control the global HIV pandemic, according to a study published online Thursday in the journal Science, HealthDay News/U.S. News & World Report reports. The researchers based their findings on "a mathematical model that tracks the transmission of multiple strains of HIV" in San Francisco, the news service writes (1/14).

18 Jan 2010

Aid begins flowing into Haiti, up to 3m may be affected

"Aid started flowing into Haiti Wednesday in the wake of the earthquake that slammed the impoverished nation late Tuesday afternoon," CNN reports. "One of two [U.S] military cargo planes carrying a 30-man assessment team arrived at Port-au-Prince airport Wednesday evening to assess Haiti's needs."

17 Jan 2010

ALAC to release annual State of Tobacco Control report card for the state of California

American Lung Association in California (ALAC) joined civic leaders, medical professionals and local residents of the city of Richmond to release its annual State of Tobacco Control report card for cities and counties throughout the state of California.

13 Jan 2010

Era of rapid expansion in biomedical research funding began in 1990's ends

After a decade of remarkable growth, total annual funding for biomedical research in the U.S. has decelerated and may have even fallen when adjusted for inflation. That is the conclusion of a study today published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

13 Jan 2010

Sudden deaths attributed to cocaine use; drug remains a growing health problem in Europe

Forensic pathologists have shown that over three per cent of all sudden deaths in south-west Spain are related to the use of cocaine. They believe their findings can be extrapolated to much of the rest of Europe, indicating that cocaine use is a growing public health problem in Europe and that there is no such thing as "safe" recreational use of small amounts of the drug.

13 Jan 2010

Study finds no elevated risk of dust-related disease for subway workers

New York subway commuters may worry more about rats and rising fares than dust floating through the system, but for the workers who spend their whole shift below ground, air quality has long been a concern. Results from a new pilot study using miniaturized air samplers to look at steel dust exposure may help them breathe easier.

13 Jan 2010

Public health experts take steps to reduce number of healthcare professionals who smoke

Public health experts are calling for urgent steps to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke, after a survey of more than 800 new nursing students found that almost half were current or former smokers.

13 Jan 2010

Unintentional suffocation of infants twice as common in rural areas of China

The death rate from injuries in rural areas of China is higher than in urban areas, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy.

13 Jan 2010

Foodminds forms new client partnerships, expands team

FoodMinds, a food and nutrition company that harnesses science, public affairs and communications, is rolling into 2010 with new client partnerships and an expanding roster of full-time team members.

13 Jan 2010

ERA-NET PathoGenoMics announces third international joint call for infectious disease research

ERA-NET PathoGenoMics, an initiative of the European Commission aimed at advancing transnational genome-based research programs on human-pathogenic microorganisms, announced today the third international joint call. The third joint call allocated €8.5 Million over 3 years to relevant research projects which will be provided by ERA-NET PathoGenoMics partner organizations from Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain.

13 Jan 2010

Study indicates public and private funding for US biomedical research has decreased substantially

The rate of increase for funding of biomedical research in the U.S. has slowed since 2005, and the level of funding from the National Institutes of Health and industry appears to have decreased by 2 percent in 2008, after adjustment for inflation, according to an article in the January 13 issue of JAMA.

13 Jan 2010

Emory University researchers invent a new weapon to monitor mosquito-borne diseases

Emory University researchers believe they have come up with the cheapest, most efficient way yet to monitor adult mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry, from malaria to West Nile Virus. Emory has filed a provisional patent on the Prokopack mosquito aspirator, but the inventors have provided simple instructions for how to make it in the Journal of Medical Entomology.

13 Jan 2010

Record-breaking 8,300 health care professionals participate in online H1N1 vaccination education program

A record-breaking 8,300 front-line health care professionals participated in an accredited, online education program about H1N1 vaccination in November 2009 alone.

13 Jan 2010

Study recommends improvements for scaling up child survival programs

New child survival programs must engage evaluation teams from the start to identify the major causes of child mortality in intervention areas and to ensure that appropriate resources are available to scale up coverage and treatment, according to a retrospective evaluation led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

13 Jan 2010

NIH, D.C. Department of Health partner to decrease the rate of new HIV infections

Officials from the National Institutes of Health and the city of Washington, D.C. today announced the new D.C. Partnership for HIV/AIDS Progress, a collaborative research initiative between NIH and the D.C. Department of Health designed to decrease the rate of new HIV infections in the city, improve the health of district residents living with HIV infection, and strengthen the city's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

13 Jan 2010

moksha8 receives approval to import and use peramivir in patients with H1N1 influenza A in Mexico

moksha8 and BioCryst today announced that moksha8 has been granted approval from COFEPRIS (The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk) in Mexico for the importation and use of peramivir in patients with influenza associated with the 2009 H1N1 influenza A strain.

13 Jan 2010

UNICEF program aimed at curbing deaths in West Africa falls short of goals, study finds

A $27 million UNICEF program that aims to decrease disease-related child deaths in West Africa did not meet its goal of reducing death rates by at least 25 percent at the conclusion of 2006, according to a Lancet study published on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.

13 Jan 2010

Studies suggest ways to prevent post-surgical infections in hospitals

Two new studies are suggesting relatively simple ways in which hospitals can prevent many post-surgical infections by killing bacteria the patients themselves bring in, according to Monday's New York Times.

13 Jan 2010

Research suggests variation of CETP gene is linked to lowered risk of dementia and AD

Preliminary research suggests that variation of a gene for a plasma protein is associated with slower age-related memory decline and a lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a study in the January 13 issue of JAMA.

13 Jan 2010

VaxInnate grants license to Biological E. to develop and commercialize recombinant H1N1 vaccine in India

VaxInnate Corporation today announced that it has granted Indian biopharmaceutical company Biological E. Limited a license to its recombinant H1N1 pandemic swine flu vaccine and is collaborating to facilitate the manufacture, clinical development and commercialization of the vaccine in India.

12 Jan 2010

Public Health News and Research

Study raises concerns about drug-resistant HIV

Aid begins flowing into Haiti, up to 3m may be affected

ALAC to release annual State of Tobacco Control report card for the state of California

Era of rapid expansion in biomedical research funding began in 1990's ends

Sudden deaths attributed to cocaine use; drug remains a growing health problem in Europe

Study finds no elevated risk of dust-related disease for subway workers

Public health experts take steps to reduce number of healthcare professionals who smoke

Unintentional suffocation of infants twice as common in rural areas of China

Foodminds forms new client partnerships, expands team

ERA-NET PathoGenoMics announces third international joint call for infectious disease research

Study indicates public and private funding for US biomedical research has decreased substantially

Emory University researchers invent a new weapon to monitor mosquito-borne diseases

Record-breaking 8,300 health care professionals participate in online H1N1 vaccination education program

Study recommends improvements for scaling up child survival programs

NIH, D.C. Department of Health partner to decrease the rate of new HIV infections

moksha8 receives approval to import and use peramivir in patients with H1N1 influenza A in Mexico

UNICEF program aimed at curbing deaths in West Africa falls short of goals, study finds

Studies suggest ways to prevent post-surgical infections in hospitals

Research suggests variation of CETP gene is linked to lowered risk of dementia and AD

VaxInnate grants license to Biological E. to develop and commercialize recombinant H1N1 vaccine in India

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