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Certain care situations result in poorer hand hygiene practice in ED

Researchers studying hand hygiene of healthcare workers in the emergency department found certain care situations, including bed location and type of healthcare worker performing care, resulted in poorer hand hygiene practice.

4 Oct 2011

Residential washing machines may not eliminate hospital-acquired bacteria

Residential washing machines may not always use hot enough water to eliminate dangerous bacteria like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Acinetobacter, a Gram-negative bacteria, from hospital uniforms, according to a study published in the November issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

4 Oct 2011

Columbian scientists tap global computer network in search of leishmaniasis drugs

"Colombian scientists are using a global network of personal and institutional computers to search for potential drugs against leishmaniasis, a disease that affects 12 million people worldwide," SciDev.Net reports. The researchers at the University of Antioquia "will harness the calculation potential of the almost two million computers that make up the World Community Grid, funded by the IBM Corporation," the news service writes.

4 Oct 2011

Central African Republic declares new cholera outbreak

Central African Republic Health Minister Jean-Michel Mandaba on Friday declared a new outbreak of cholera in the south of the country had already killed at least 10 people, Agence France-Presse reports.

4 Oct 2011

Chad launches three-day polio vaccination campaign

Chad's President Idris Deby, alongside Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Friday launched a three-day polio vaccination campaign at the Friendship China-Chad hospital "as part of efforts to rid the central African nation of the infectious disease," AlertNet reports.

4 Oct 2011

Cholera death toll in Haiti rises to 6,435; U.N. official says hardships remain in camps

Haitian health authorities on Friday said the death toll from cholera has risen to 6,435 since October and that "the number of people infected with cholera almost reached half a million, although the ministry repeated the epidemic was decreasing," Xinhua reports.

4 Oct 2011

Santaris Pharma to report new clinical data from miravirsen Phase 2a study on HCV

Santaris Pharma A/S, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of microRNA and mRNA-targeted therapies, today announced the Company will report new clinical data results from the miravirsen Phase 2a proof-of-concept study to treat patients infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a late-breaking oral presentation session at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2011 annual meeting.

4 Oct 2011

New Kaiser Family Foundation report examines Medicaid’s role for people with HIV/AIDS

A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines Medicaid’s current role in providing health coverage for people with HIV and provides an important baseline for monitoring the impact of health reform in expanding coverage to this population beginning in 2014.

3 Oct 2011

GeoVax completes enrollment for HIV/AIDS vaccine Phase 2a clinical trial

GeoVax Labs, Inc., an Atlanta-based biopharmaceutical firm developing vaccines to prevent and fight Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, announced today the completion of enrollment for a Phase 2a clinical trial testing its HIV/AIDS vaccine.

3 Oct 2011

Combination of P16 immunohistochemistry, DNA qPCR can accurately detect oropharyngeal cancer

Researchers have determined that a combination of P16 immunohistochemistry and DNA qPCR to test for viral E6 can accurately determine the oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a form of head and neck cancer, which derive from HPV16, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

3 Oct 2011

SANNI Foundation commits to finance education centre for HIV/AIDS affected children in Southern India

The parents of Susanne Schroff, Gunther and Ingrid Schroff, created the Schroff Foundation out of their private fortune in 1984. Their declared aim was to exploit entrepreneurial success for socially important scientific causes and in the interests of society.

1 Oct 2011

AHF protests J&J over AIDS drug prices

A group of committed AIDS activists and advocates are expected to participate in a protest and "die-in" hosted by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Friday, September 30th at 12:30 pm near the New Brunswick headquarters of Johnson & Johnson to protest the company's pricing of its HIV/AIDS medications.

1 Oct 2011

FDA warns regarding danger of Listeria germs

If you eat food contaminated with bacteria called Listeria, you could get so sick that you have to be hospitalized. And for certain vulnerable people, the illness could be fatal.

1 Oct 2011

Five reasons to support the Global Fund

Based on a report released last week by a high-level independent review panel on fiduciary controls and oversight mechanisms at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, "the changes needed at the Fund are clearly substantial," according to a Lancet editorial.

1 Oct 2011

Experiments demonstrate how mosquitoes spread diseases

The carbon dioxide we exhale and the odors our skins emanate serve as crucial cues to female mosquitoes on the hunt for human hosts to bite and spread diseases such as malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

1 Oct 2011

Amid budget woes, PEPFAR is a program worth saving

In this post in LA Progressive, Georgianne Nienaber, an investigative and political writer, examines the potential effects of reduced PEPFAR funding and highlights the non-denominational Christian ACTS clinic operating in South Africa as an example of a U.S. foreign aid success story.

1 Oct 2011

Public health officials should determine community storage of anthrax-preventing antibiotics

As part of preparations for a possible large-scale anthrax attack, public health officials on the state and local levels should determine where and how anthrax-preventing antibiotics should be stored in their communities, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

1 Oct 2011

Dengue fever outbreak overwhelms northeastern Kenyan town; WHO sends essential drugs

"An outbreak of dengue fever in Mandera, northeastern Kenya, is spreading fast, with at least 5,000 people infected within weeks, due to limited health facilities, a shortage of medical personnel and poor sanitation, officials told IRIN."

1 Oct 2011

Multi-drug resistance in first-time TB patients shows 'substantial' transmission of MDR-TB, study says

Nearly half of patients diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at a Chinese hospital had not had the disease before, showing "'substantial' transmission of the deadly superbug," according to a study conducted by researchers from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Bloomberg reports.

1 Oct 2011

Dialysis patients with kidney failure more likely to develop serious complications from flu

For most people, the flu is a temporary setback that makes them feel under the weather for a week or two. For dialysis patients with kidney failure, however, the flu is a serious health threat that can lead to pneumonia and other life-threatening complications.

1 Oct 2011

Disease/Infection News

Certain care situations result in poorer hand hygiene practice in ED

Residential washing machines may not eliminate hospital-acquired bacteria

Columbian scientists tap global computer network in search of leishmaniasis drugs

Central African Republic declares new cholera outbreak

Chad launches three-day polio vaccination campaign

Cholera death toll in Haiti rises to 6,435; U.N. official says hardships remain in camps

Santaris Pharma to report new clinical data from miravirsen Phase 2a study on HCV

New Kaiser Family Foundation report examines Medicaid’s role for people with HIV/AIDS

GeoVax completes enrollment for HIV/AIDS vaccine Phase 2a clinical trial

Combination of P16 immunohistochemistry, DNA qPCR can accurately detect oropharyngeal cancer

SANNI Foundation commits to finance education centre for HIV/AIDS affected children in Southern India

AHF protests J&J over AIDS drug prices

FDA warns regarding danger of Listeria germs

Five reasons to support the Global Fund

Experiments demonstrate how mosquitoes spread diseases

Amid budget woes, PEPFAR is a program worth saving

Public health officials should determine community storage of anthrax-preventing antibiotics

Dengue fever outbreak overwhelms northeastern Kenyan town; WHO sends essential drugs

Multi-drug resistance in first-time TB patients shows 'substantial' transmission of MDR-TB, study says

Dialysis patients with kidney failure more likely to develop serious complications from flu

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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