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Centers for Disease Control And Prevention Launching Antibiotic Tracking System in Hospitals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a new antibiotic tracking system allowing hospitals to monitor antibiotic use electronically, make better decisions about how to improve use, and compare themselves to other hospitals. Before...
IDSA/PIDS Announce Guidelines for Treating Pneumonia in Children
Immunizations, including a yearly flu vaccine, are the best way to protect children from life-threatening pneumonia, according to new guidelines from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The...
Latest Data Show Obesity Rates Remain High Throughout the US
Obesity has become a problem in every state, according to data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No state reported that less than 20 percent of adults were obese in 2010, which means that no state met the national Healthy People...
Study Shows Earlier Flu Viruses Provided Some Immunity to Current H1N1 Influenza
University of California, Davis, researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as “swine flu,” have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the virus that are also present in seasonal flu viruses that have...
Malawi And the United States Government Launch HIV Fellowship Scheme
Malawi and United States of America (USA) governments have launched what they call the HIV Technical Assistance Fellowship a program designed to prepare and retain experienced and qualified Malawian nationals to support the management of HIV prevention,...
CDC Awards $16.9 Million Contract to Improve Capabilities to Fight Flu
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $16.9 million contract to American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) of Manassas, Va. to implement the CDC Influenza Reagent Resource (CDC-IRR), a secure, Web-based system that will improve...
U.S. Patients Made an Estimated 1.1 Billion Visits to Physician Offices, Hospital Outpatient And Emergency Departments in 2006
Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments in 2006, an average of four visits per person per year, according to new health care statistics released today by...
Estimate of Annual HIV Incidence Increases to 56,300
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) long anticipated revised estimate of annual new cases of HIV infections was revealed today in a paper published in the Aug. 6, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association...
