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New Special Envoys announced for NTD treatment programs
TweetThe Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases announced its newest NTD Special Envoys on May 7 in Latin America and the Caribbean. President of Guatemala Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen, President of Chile Ricardo Lagos Escobar and former Director of the Pan … Read More »
Japan gives money to immunization drive
TweetA government official from Japan announced on May 15 that the Japanese government has given the Expanded Program on Immunization $1 million. Japan has a unique system of healthcare. Healthcare services are offered by the government, which include screening examinations, … Read More »
SARS-like coronavirus possibly found in New York
Tweet Nurses at St. Luke’s hospital in New York claimed on Saturday that there are several cases of a new SARS-like virus in the hospital’s ICU. This is one of many new reports of the coronavirus. Most notably, there has … Read More »
PPA urges Pennsylvania legislators to sign immunization expansion law
TweetThe Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association announced on Thursday that physicians throughout the state of Pennsylvania are urging legislators to support a bill that would expand pharmacist-provided immunizations to patients over the age of seven. Letters sent by physicians in support of … Read More »
ECDC updates coronavirus rapid risk assessment
TweetThe European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recently published an update of its rapid risk assessment of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in response to new infections and confirmed person-to-person transmission. Thirty-eight cases of coronavirus have been reported … Read More »
Cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in Saudi Arabia
Tweet The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia informed the World Health Organization on Wednesday that it confirmed an additional two cases of novel coronavirus. Novel coronavirus, also known as nCoV and Saudi SARS, is a new type of coronavirus … Read More »
Biogenics Research Chamber expands San Antonio allergy research facility
TweetBiogenics Research Chamber, the only large, permanent pollen exposure chamber in the U.S., broke ground on an extension on Thursday to expand the unique San Antonio-based allergy testing facility. The extension will give the facility enhanced capacity for simultaneous testing … Read More »
Redx Pharma subsidiary will take over part of AstraZeneca site in U.K.
TweetRedx Anti-Infectives, a subsidiary of Liverpool-based Redx Pharma, announced its launch on Wednesday at AstraZeneca’s downsized research and development site in Alderley Park in Cheshire County, U.K. AstraZeneca, a global research-based biopharmaceutical company, announced in March that it would move … Read More »