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Author Archives: Daniel Purt
Cuba will start clinical trials for pneumonia vaccine
TweetThe director of the Finlay Institute announced last week that Cuba will begin clinical trials for a pneumonia vaccine later this year using a drug developed jointly by the institute and the Center for Biomolecular Chemistry. Concepcion Campa made the … Read More »
Botswana sells FMD vaccine to Egypt
TweetFor the first time ever, the Botswana Vaccine Institute has sold its foot and mouth disease vaccine to Egypt, which has experienced an outbreak of a new strain of the deadly virus. Onkabetse Maltho, the general manager of BVI, made … Read More »
Study: Dengue fever costs Puerto Rico nearly $40 million annually
TweetA new report found that dengue fever is causing a $37.8 million burden every year on Puerto Rico and that $1 invested in prevention and surveillance could save $5 worth of illness costs. The report was published in the May … Read More »
Lack of adherence to artemisinin-based therapy limiting malaria fight, experts warn
TweetAccording to a study in Kenya, a lack of adherence to the full course of artemisinin-based combination therapy against malaria is limiting the effectiveness of a drug that is recommended as a first-line treatment. The study showed that only 47 … Read More »
Three die from MRSA and influenza infections in Maryland
TweetAccording to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, five members of a Lusby, Maryland, family came down with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia along with influenza and three died from the infection. Ruth Blake and her adult children, Lowell … Read More »