Archive: 09/10/2013
Salmonella outbreak sickens nearly 300 in US (Update 2)
A salmonella outbreak in raw chicken has sickened nearly 300 people in the United States, officials said Wednesday as consumer advocates warned the federal shutdown was hampering a government response.
Oct 9, 2013
No serious adverse reactions to HPV vaccination
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and their Danish colleagues have monitored HPV-vaccinated girls via patient data registries in order to examine the incidence of a wide range of diseases and thus determine if ...
Oct 9, 2013
Visits to multiple HIV clinics linked to poorer outcomes
Patients who received care at multiple HIV clinics—as opposed to only one— were less likely to take their medication and had higher HIV viral loads, a new study published in the journal AIDS and Behavior of almost 13,000 ...
Oct 9, 2013
Household chaos may be hazardous to a child's health
Kindergarten-age children have poorer health if their home life is marked by disorder, noise and a lack of routine and they have a mother who has a chaotic work life, new research suggests.
Oct 9, 2013
New studies show cholera emerging as a driver of progress in public health in Haiti
The deadly cholera epidemic that rocked earthquake-shattered Haiti in 2010, claiming 8,000 lives and counting, has rallied the public health community to seek water and sewer improvements that, combined with vaccination, ...
Oct 9, 2013
Gliptins: IQWiG assessed data subsequently submitted by the manufacturer
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) analysed additional data on drugs from the group of gliptins. The drug manufacturers had subsequently submitted these data to the Federal Joint Committee ...
Oct 9, 2013