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CDC confirms first U.S. case of deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Posted on: 03/05/2014 - 00:10

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus in the United States. The patient, a health care worker who...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Approval of mercaptopurine suspension will facilitate pediatric dosing

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 18:30

More than 60 years after it first became available as a 50-mg tablet, an oral suspension formulation of mercaptopurine has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The oral suspension...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Survey: 69% support ACA’s contraceptive mandate

Posted on: 22/04/2014 - 19:15

Public support for contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act lags behind support for other preventive care benefits, according to a survey of 2,124 adults. The survey, conducted by...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

New data question oseltamivir’s influenza efficacy, safety

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 00:01

A new systematic review of clinical studies of the oral anti-influenza drug oseltamivir that included a substantial amount of clinical data that were not part of previously published assessments...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

CDC: Young teens’ birth rates drop 67%

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 22:50

Despite a 67% drop in the birth rate among teens aged 15-17 years over the past 2 decades, there is still plenty of room for improvement, according to a report issued April 8 by the Centers for...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Challenge-test physical urticaria patients to verify triggers

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 19:30

SAN DIEGO – Approximately one-quarter of patients diagnosed with physical urticaria actually responded when challenged, based on data from a study conducted at the National Institutes of Health....

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Pediatric information added to label of hepatitis B antiviral entecavir

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 19:30

Information on the use of entecavir in children down to age 2 years has been added to the prescribing information for the chronic hepatitis B drug, the Food and Drug Administration has announced....

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Pediatric information added to label of hepatitis B antiviral entecavir

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 19:30

Information on the use of entecavir in children down to age 2 years has been added to the prescribing information for the chronic hepatitis B drug, the Food and Drug Administration has announced....

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Most health care–associated infections aren’t device associated

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 18:30

An estimated 4% of inpatients at U.S. acute care hospitals have at least one health care–associated infection on any given day, according to a report published online March 26 in the New England...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

FDA approves omalizumab for chronic idiopathic urticaria

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 21:30

The Food and Drug Administration has approved omalizumab (Xolair) for chronic idiopathic urticaria in people 12 years of age and older who remain symptomatic despite treatment with...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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