Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Saudi emergency after mass food poisoning

Saudi authorities blamed a small-town restaurant for a food poisoning outbreak that struck at least 150 people and sparked a declaration of a health emergency, media said on Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Clinical practice guidelines cut pediatric hospitalizations for DKA

(HealthDay)—Implementation of clinical practice guidelines can reduce the length of hospitalizations among children experiencing diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), according to a study published Nov. 29 in the Journal of Evaluation ...

Surgery

Guideline adapted for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

(HealthDay)—An adapted clinical practice guideline (CPG), published online Nov. 3 in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, has been developed for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP), using two validated tools.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Six African nations could be malaria-free by 2020: WHO

Six countries in Africa, the continent where malaria is most widespread, could be free of the disease by 2020, according to a WHO report published Monday to mark World Malaria Day.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New study finds promising results for MERS treatment

In a new study, University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have had promising results with a new treatment for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The study, published today in the journal Science Translational ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

First-in-man trial of MERS vaccine begins

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) began vaccinations today in a Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immune response of a vaccine candidate to prevent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

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