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Vybion receives $1.3M subcontract to develop diagnostics for Lassa Virus
Vybion has received a $1.3M subcontract on at $7.1M NIH Cooperative Agreement to develop diagnostics for Lassa Virus, a deadly hemorrhagic virus endemic in West Africa. Researchers at Tulane University, in collaboration with Corgenix Medical Corporation, a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, have received a five-year $7.07 million grant from the National Institutes of Health ...
By Vybion
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Clinical Data Published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection Support Use of MeMed’s Test in Reducing Antibiotic Overuse in Children
The study demonstrated the test’s high performance in distinguishing between bacterial and viral infection Incorporated a broad pediatric population presenting with fever without source and respiratory tract infection MeMed’s test outperformed existing biomarkers of infection MeMed, a leader in the emerging field of advanced hostresponse technologies, today announces positive ...
By MeMed
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Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Linked to Hospital Fountain
An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Wisconsin has been linked to a decorative water wall in a hospital lobby, reports the Washington Post. A study published this week indicated that eight people contracted the life-threatening illness in 2010 after they walked by the water wall. None of the individuals were patients at the hospital at that time. Even with regular cleaning, says the ...
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Legionnaires’ Cases Confirmed at Baltimore Nursing Home
Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been discovered at the Keswick Multicare Center on West 40th Street in Baltimore, MD. Their symptoms began in September, and health officials have now confirmed that the patients are indeed suffering from Legionnaires’, according to NBC affiliate WBAL-TV. Both patients are expected to recover. An investigation into the source of the outbreak ...
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Renowned Laboratory Identifies Flesh Eating Bacteria
In the last several months, millions of Americans have become familiar with the term flesh eating bacteria. The national media has recently carried several high profile stories of people who have been inflicted with this condition. What most people do not realize is that flesh eating bacteria doesn’t actually eat flesh. Necrotizing fasciitis, also known as "the flesh-eating bacteria", ...
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IAQ Marketing Specialist Reveals his Personal Fight with Mold
A fungal infection caused by Coccidioides immitis, also known as Valley Fever, took its toll on Paul Cochrane, President of Cochrane & Associates, LLC. In the October 2010 issue of Indoor Environment Connections a personal story of one of the industry’s own is detailed in an article entitled, “A Fungal Infection of the Lungs”. The article details the story of the ...
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Steroid Injections Cause 11 Deaths, 119 Illnesses due to Fungal Meningitis
After weeks of being unable to explain the rare, fatal form of meningitis sickening people across the country, medical authorities have determined that steroid injections contaminated with a fungus known as Aspergillus are the cause. The New York Times reports that an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University made the realization upon discovering what her patient did in the weeks ...
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Emergent BioSolutions Receives Department of Defense Award to Evaluate Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate in Post-Approval Field Efficacy Study Using Model-Guided Approach
Orginally published by https://www.globenewswire.com/ Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) announced today a research award by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) to evaluate efficacy of the company’s single-dose chikungunya virus virus-like particle (CHIKV VLP) vaccine candidate. Emergent will begin the planning phase, the first ...
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