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New cases wane in Uganda's Ebola outbreak

… WHO are in the area to assist with logistics and provide medications and personal protective equipment. The …
 

Meningitis outbreak expands to 47 cases in seven states

… press release, "All patients who may have received these medications need to be tracked down immediately. . . . It is …
Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: E coli from walnuts, food recall search tool, rising antibiotic use

… colleagues used the VA's barcode system of administering medications to trace antibiotic usage at 110 hospitals from …
 

News Scan for Aug 27, 2013

… really don't know how long to tell them to keep taking the medications," Brandt said. "It is possible that some may have …

IOM: States, locals should decide where to store anthrax drugs

… need them within 48 hours of the decision to mobilize the medications. The IOM expert committee weighed three different …
Lisa Schnirring
 

Flu Scan for Oct 24, 2017

… had no fever. The team concluded, "Influenza antiviral medications were infrequently prescribed for high-risk …

Jump in H3N2 flu prompts CDC warning, antiviral reminder

… for prevention of influenza, the use of antiviral medications for treatment of influenza becomes even more …
Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
Tamiflu

US Ebola study highlights immune system clues for severe disease

… that might help patients battle the virus. For example, medications to downregulate immune signaling pathways could …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Ebola PAPR

Korea confirms H5N6 in cat deaths as Ireland reports H5N8

… reported yesterday. The people have been given antiviral medications. Veterinary authorities are also testing two dogs …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Farm cat

Prior bed occupants may raise risk for hospital C diff

… bed occupants—including treatment with acid-suppression medications and immune suppressants—antibiotic use was the …
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
Clostridium difficile

England reports first H5N1 poultry outbreak

… in a news release. Workers have been offered antiviral medications, Bloomberg reported, and all had been offered the …
 

US patients tracked high blood pressure less, saw it rise in pandemic

… it difficult for patients to afford their hypertension medications." At the same time, however, BP didn't rise as …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
Older man measuring blood pressure

Possible botulism reported after cosmetic injections

… after he was charged with trafficking in addictive pain medications. The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior …
 

FDA panel: Children's deaths unrelated to Tamiflu

… was difficult to assess because of the use of other medications, presence of other medical conditions, and/or …
 

House-passed stimulus bill includes pandemic funding

… respond to a pandemic outbreak, along with equipment and medications to detect, contain, and treat pandemic influenza. …
Lisa Schnirring and Robert Roos
 

Experts: Screen only pregnant women for asymptomatic bacteriuria

… on screenings, counseling services, and preventive medications. Its recommendations on ASB screening, which …
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

Three cases of worrisome pan-resistant C auris found in New York

… patients, especially those treated with echinocandin medications," they write. As of Dec 11, the CDC said 941 …
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
Elderly patient in hospital

1 in 4 with metabolic syndrome and COVID at risk for breathing distress

… critical illness risk factors and testing novel/repurposed medications to help improve patient outcomes," he said. …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
Close-up of large man with oxygen mask

Physician survey reveals cracks in the US drug supply chain

… said their trust in its ability to supply safe, quality medications has been eroded. While 71% of respondents said …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
Pharmacy storage room with robot arm

Avian flu outbreaks expand to Maryland, South Dakota poultry

… people, if needed, the CDC said. It added that antiviral medications used to treat flu would likely be effective and …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Farm chicken flock

Drug-resistant fungus could be spreading from the environment to the clinic

… aspergillosis and one of three classes of antifungal medications used to treat invasive fungal infections—has been …
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

RDSP's Schondelmeyer named to End Drug Shortages Alliance board

… but our goal is the same—ensuring providers have the medications they need for the patients they serve." The …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
Stephen Schondelmeyer, PharmD, PhD

Poll: Americans favor getting antibiotics after anthrax attack

… percent of parents who were polled said they would get the medications for their children. However, of the adults who …
Robert Roos
 

H1N1 FLU BREAKING NEWS: H1N1 in pigs, vaccine updates, role of imaging, screening pregnant women

… Oct 14 Sanofi press release Psoriasis medications may pose H1N1 risk Those who have psoriasis or …
 

Study: US flu strains may head south in spring

… a global impact. For example, cautious use of antiviral medications in the United States could help prevent the …
Lisa Schnirring
 

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