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Jul 22, 2010
(CIDRAP News) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new details about recommendations its vaccine advisory group made in February for Americans who receive anthrax shots.
(CIDRAP News) In describing a case of gastrointestinal anthrax linked to a drumming event in New Hampshire last December, federal health officials said the anthrax risk related to such events is very low and that the patient may have had an unusual susceptibility to the disease.
(CIDRAP News) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have more than 500 comments from the public to sift through when it begins the challenging task of writing regulations to make produce safer.
(CIDRAP News) Amid media reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) might be on the verge of setting a date to discuss a step-down in the pandemic alert level, the agency said today that it's too early to determine if tropical and Southern Hemisphere countries have transitioned to normal seasonal flu patterns.
Jul 21, 2010
(CIDRAP News) A recent study of a modest sample of US retail beef products found little difference between the levels of bacteria in grass-fed and conventionally raised beef, despite marketing claims that grass-fed beef is safer.
Jul 20, 2010
WHO committee may meet to decide to end pandemic
Study says Ontario's vaccine campaign worth it
(CIDRAP News) A study published yesterday raises the possibility of a new influenza vaccine platform that replaces the traditional hypodermic needle with a small skin patch studded with dozens of tiny needles that poke painlessly into the skin and dissolve, delivering the vaccine to the skin's specialized immune cells.
Jul 19, 2010
(CIDRAP News) The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has formally asked federal health officials to recommend making influenza vaccination mandatory for healthcare workers (HCWs), saying this is probably the best way to protect patients from contracting flu in healthcare facilities.
Jul 16, 2010
ATLANTA (CIDRAP News) A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts the yearly waterborne illness burden at as much as $539 million.
Jul 15, 2010
Jul 14, 2010
