World Health Organisation says has found new SARS-like virus
6:13pm EDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A new virus belonging to the same family as the SARS virus that killed 800 people in 2002 has been identified in…
The pandemic potential of H9N2 avian influenza viruses
Re-Post for Filing 2008 Contact: Beth Cavanaugh bcavana@umd.edu Public Library of Science Since their introduction into land-based birds in 1988, H9N2 avian influenza A viruses have caused multiple human infections…
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Scores at risk as new breed of mosquito foils malaria prevention methods: There is NO KNOWN DNA match
Published: 16 September, 2012, 21:14 Annual deaths could jump by the hundreds of thousands because of a new species of mosquito, which bites people in the early evening rather than…
Newborn vitamin A reduces infant mortality by 15%
Contact: Tim Parsons tmparson@jhsph.edu 410-955-7619 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health A single, oral dose of vitamin A, given to infants shortly after birth in the developing world…
Brain Parasites, California’s Hidden Health Problem: neurocysticercosis
By Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato | Scientific American – Thu, Sep 6, 2012 Sara Alvarez was afraid. The doctors told her she needed surgery brain surgery. Operations on such a complex organ…
Pneumococcal disease rates down significantly post-vaccine: But One of the non-vaccine strains, 19A showed an increase of 264%
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Pneumococcal disease rates down significantly post-vaccine Since the approval of a vaccine against pneumococcal bacteria for young children in 2000, rates…
High levels of DDT in breast milk
The highest levels ever of DDT in breast milk have been measured in mothers living in malaria-stricken villages in South Africa. The values lie well over the limits set by…
Osteoporosis Drugs, Reduce Fracture Risk by ONLY 0.9% according to studies
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmj.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Value of drugs for pre-osteoporosis exaggerated Drugs for pre-osteoporosis: Prevention or disease-mongering? Public release date: 17-Jan-2008 A series of recent scientific publications…
Poor evidence on WHO-backed haemorrhage drug: study – ( misoprostol , Cytotec ) WHO Still Pushes it Hard
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation should review its approval of a drug used to prevent life-threatening bleeding in women in childbirth because there is not enough evidence that…
Poxviruses defeat antiviral defenses by duplicating a gene – Engineered an E3L-deficient strain that was quickly able to increase infectious virus production by selectively increasing the number of copies of the K3L gene in its genome
Contact: Phil Sahm phil.sahm@hsc.utah.edu 801-581-2517 University of Utah Health Sciences Study helps explain how large DNA viruses undergo rapid evolution SALT LAKE CITY – Scientists have discovered that poxviruses, which…
St. Jude develops vaccine against potential pandemic influenza virus H5N1 using reverse genetics (Using H1N1, requested repost 2003)
Contact: Bonnie Cameron bonnie.cameron@stjude.org 901-495-4815 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Special modification of reverse genetics created at St. Jude allowed vaccine to be custom-made within weeks of emergence of virus…
Influenza Vaccine Failure among Highly Vaccinated Military Personal, No protection against Pandemic Strains.
Introduction Following the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 (pH1N1) pandemic, both seasonal and pH1N1 viruses circulated in the US during the 2010–2011 influenza season; influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) may vary between live…
Live virus used in polio vaccine can evolve and infect, warns TAU researcher
Live virus used in polio vaccine can evolve and infect, warns TAU researcher Health professionals and researchers across the globe believe they are on the verge of eradicating polio, a…
Why Do Pertussis Vaccines Fail? It Suggest Corrupted Science
Original Abstract: Why Do Pertussis Vaccines Fail? James D. Cherry, MD, MSc Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mattel Children's Hospital University of California Los Angeles, and the Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen…
Controversial vaccine trial should never have been run in India, researchers say
Research published today in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine raises further questions about a trial of HPV vaccines in India. The trial, which has now been halted…
Counterfeit Internet drugs pose significant risks and discourage vital health checks
Public release date: 20-Jan-2010 - 44 per cent of the Viagra offered on the internet is counterfeit [caption id="" align="alignright" width="350"] Counterfeit drugs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Men who buy fake…
Common antidepressant drugs linked to lactation difficulties in moms
Public release date: 26-Jan-2010 - "The breasts are serotonin-regulated glands, meaning the breasts' ability to secrete milk at the right time is closely related to the body's production and regulation…
Most antidepressants miss key target of clinical depression
Public release date: 8-Dec-2009 TORONTO, Dec. 8 /CNW/ - A key brain protein called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) - is highly elevated during clinical depression yet is…
First national zinc campaign for childhood diarrhea increases awareness, but use lags behind
Public release date: 2-Nov-2009 - Use of zinc was found to be safe, with few side-effects, and did not affect the use of traditional treatments for diarrhea. - Clinical trials…
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