CDC and guns here it goes again! Oct 31, 2009
CDC and guns here it goes again. CDC and guns here it goes again. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Seasonoal flu, H1N1 tests not the same Oct 30, 2009
That the medical profession is watching the results of Type A tests as a potential indicator for H1N1 surfaces in a variety of on-line medical and professional journals, including the Sept. 25, 2009 on-line weekly issue of the CDC s publication, MMWR, which has the unsettling full title of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In an article referencing an outbreak at two schools in Connecticut back in May this year, the writer states, [C]ompared with rRT-PCR [full lab tests], the sensitivity of... (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
DOCTOR IS IN: Nation moves quickly toward H1N1 vaccine Oct 2, 2009
(I base my arguments on the May study cited in CDC s July 30 MMWR (n8) and the late-summer study reported in NEJM Sept 10. Also, one U. Melbourne study this summer concluded the new flu s epidemiology was like that of any type-A flus, and Dr. Marc Lipsitch (Harvard PH) reported to the IOM recently that what statistical evidence there so far was showed the same epidemiology as other (type-A. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
US releases updated clinical guidelines for HIV-associated opportunistic infections Apr 17, 2009
MMWR 58(RR-4):1-207 (2009). News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Press statement on new CDC MMWR on Klebseilla pneumonia Carbapenemase-producing organisms Mar 19, 2009
In Guidance for Control of Infections with Carbapenem-Resistant or Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Acute Care Facilities published in the MMWR, CDC recommends an aggressive infection control approach to limit the emergence of these organisms. Below Are Quotes from Mark Rupp, MD, President of SHEA. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
