New Survey Reveals That the Public Misjudges Greatest Threat to the Nation's Health
89 Percent of Patients with West Nile Virus Encephalitis Responded Rapidly to GenoMed's Treatment; Outlook for SARS Equally Good
University of Pittsburgh Receives NIH Funds for Construction of Regional Biosafety Laboratory
National Influenza Recommendations Updated to Include FluMist, First Intranasal Flu Vaccine in U.S.
Stater Bros. to Offer Flu Shots in October and November
Aventis and NIH Enter Into SARS Vaccine R&D Pact
American Chiropractic Association Describes Chiropractic Approach to Ear Infections
Baxter Awarded Contract from NIH for Development of SARS Vaccine
Novavax Selected by NIAID/NIH to Develop HIV Vaccine
Vanson HaloSource Inks Deal to License HaloShield to Medline For Use in Hospital Linens, Scrubs
Epimmune is Awarded $16.7 Million National Institutes of Health Contract for HIV Vaccine Development
CEL-SCI Gets Government Grant to Develop CEL-1000 Against Smallpox
U.S. Government Grants Additional Award to Bavarian Nordic for Development of MVA-BN as Safe Smallpox Vaccine
AlphaVax Receives Two NIH Biodefense Grants
Metro Hospitals Agree to Standardized Surgical Site Marking Protocol
Pittsburgh Researchers Find Chemical Implicated in Asthma and Allergy Also Tied to Common Cold
Schering-Plough to Initiate First Head-to-Head Study of Leading Hepatitis C Therapies
Alliance Medical Names Two New Board Members
Pennsylvania Health Officials Report Pennsylvania's First West Nile Virus Death of 2003
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Appoints Linda Ohler as Director of Education
Health Officials Express Concern That Public Might be Complacent About Immunization as Influenza Season Nears
DuPont Qualicon BAX System Adopted as AOAC Official Method for Detecting Listeria Monocytogenes
Treatment with Ketek Leads to Fewer Hospitalizations Than Clarithromycin in Outpatients Treated for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis (AECB)
Abbott Laboratories and Boehringer Ingelheim Donate Test Kit and AIDS Drug to Help Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
HDMA President/CEO Ron Streck Retires
Bacterial Infections Can Halt Oral Surgery
Enrollment to Begin in Clinical Trials of Iseganan for Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Mölnlycke Health Care, Inc. Awarded Contract with Premier, Inc. for Sterile and Bulk Non Sterile Surgical Packs & Gowns.
Integration of Technology Enables Researchers to Rapidly, Accurately Track Bacterial Infection and Contamination
New Study Shows First Candidate Quadrivalent Conjugate Meningococcal Vaccine is Safe and Immunogenic in Adolescents