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Experts press for wider scope, evidence in drug resistance battle

… more people die each year from a lack of access to the medications than from resistant bacteria infections. … WHO? In a report that explored international access to the medications, another group of experts found that current …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Antibiotics

Ebola cases surge to 419 as treatment trial launches

… identified as a source of disease transmission and that medications given as injections are a notable cause of … training health providers, and encouraging treatment with medications that don't require injections. Spread of the …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Report: Low access to insulin in poor countries hinders diabetes care

… choices, high prices Drug companies don't sell all their medications in every country, usually because they see … the report. About 35% of patients in LMICs pay for their medications out of pocket on the private market—where insulin …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
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Firm tackles US drug shortages during COVID with Wisconsin plant

… remember that any one of us could be taking any of the medications we make," Usman Ahmed, Nexus COO, said in an … [2020], China and India stopped exporting 20 critical medications," because they were needed for their own …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
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Public weighs in on pandemic vaccine allocation plan

… receive the highest priority for prophylactic antiviral medications, have special support for their families, and be … citizens informed when supplies of vaccines and antiviral medications change. "Citizens will be enraged if their …
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Drug duo raises hopes for beating hepatitis C

… new treatments. A Nov 4 New York Times story said new HCV medications that are expected to come on the market soon are … and Bristol-Myers Squibb are working to bring all-oral HCV medications to the market in the next 2 years, according to …
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Hepatitis virus

Studies support flu vaccination in children, adults

… asking families about flu-like symptoms, medical visits, medications, and absences from school and work. At the … illness week than control-school households. The use of medications and humidifiers was lower in the intervention …
Lisa Schnirring
 

Telemedicine study raises stewardship concerns

… 19 years and younger, looking specifically at what medications were prescribed, how long the visits lasted, and … prescription tended to be 8 seconds shorter than when no medications were prescribed, and 37 seconds shorter than …
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
Telemedicine parent and child

News Scan for Apr 23, 2020

… fast and distribute insect-treated nets and antimalaria medications and do their best to maintain those essential … net campaigns and a 75% cut in access to malaria medications, estimated that deaths this year could reach …

Inappropriate antibiotics for kids tied to adverse events, higher costs

… insurance claims and outpatient pharmacy-dispensed medications for patients with commercial insurance. Their aim … follow-up clinician visits and additional medications prescribed for the adverse event within 30 days …
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
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Guest Columnist: During the H1N1 pandemic, please allow sick workers to stay home

… fever has gone away, without the use of fever-reducing medications Review human resource policies now to explore how … fever has gone away, without the use of fever-reducing medications. —Lisa M. Koonin MN, MPH, is Senior Advisor of …
Lisa M. Koonin
 

NEWS SCAN: E coli in Japan, pasteurized meat, Ebola advances, measles vaccination, malaria drug access, asthma increase

… negotiates with drug companies to reduce the price of the medications, lowering the cost by about 80%. The program's … in uninsured people who can't afford to buy prescription medications. Only about one third of people with asthma had a …
 

Antimicrobial Resistance Scan for Jul 29, 2016

… for risk, they found that patients who received anti-MRSA medications had longer hospital stays (21 days vs. 14 days), …

Flu Scan for Feb 29, 2016

… 1). About one third of parents and children with ILI took medications. Risk factors for ILI noted by the researchers …

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Apr 24, 2018

… are often resistant to multiple classes of antifungal medications. The ECDC published an initial risk assessment in …

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Jan 10, 2019

… of antibiotics sometimes described as 'last resort' medications used to fight infections. The gene found with …

HHS adds Relenza to state stockpile program

… the HHS that they intend to purchase the subsidized medications. See also: Jul 20 HHS press release on zanamivir …
 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Antiviral drug contract, flu virus viability and humidity, H5N2 in South Africa

… strains that are resistant to currently licensed antiviral medications," HHS said yesterday in a news release. The …
 

NEWS SCAN: Pertussis peak in Minnesota, cholera in Cuba

… and buildings in parts of Habana Vieja, and distributing medications to prevent dehydration, the story said. …
 

Studies show science behind CDC pandemic response

… be treated early and more aggressively with antiviral medications. When they looked more closely at 2009 H1N1 … third of HIV patients with pandemic flu received antiviral medications within 48 hours of illness onset, which pointed …
Lisa Schnirring
 

Afghanistan confirms new H5N1 outbreaks

… Some countries are building stockpiles of antiviral medications, and most have systems in place to detect and …
 

CDC eyes possible smallpox vaccine-cardiomyopathy link

… tests revealed various signs of nonischemic DCM. Her medications were adjusted and she continued working, …
 

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Oct 25, 2019

… "Antibiotics are, of course, tremendously important medications," Peter Lockhart, DDS, chair of the expert panel …

Fungal meningitis toll rises as feds raid pharmacy

… of its license by providing bulk medication rather than medications sold to fill individual prescriptions. Also, US …
Lisa Schnirring
 

Flu Scan for Aug 18, 2014

… approved by the FDA should only be used to deliver medications and vaccines that have been approved and labeled …

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