May 2008

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• Saturday 31 May 2008 @ 4:23 pm
  Two Contracts Awarded to Expand Domestic Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity   Health Care (0)

  If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Two Contracts Awarded to Expand Domestic Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity The two cost-reimbursable contracts totaling $132.5 million over five years are to retrofit existing domestic vaccine manufacturing facilities on a cost-sharing basis and [...]

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• Friday 30 May 2008 @ 6:23 pm
  More U.S. Households Adopting Smoke-free Home Rules World No Tobacco Day is May 31   Health Care (0)

  More U.S. Households Adopting Smoke-free Home Rules World No Tobacco Day is May 31 Nearly three out of four U.S. households do not allow smoking anywhere and any time in the home, according to a study in this week s issue of CDC s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). [...]

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• Thursday 29 May 2008 @ 7:23 pm
  Manufacturer of Heart Defibrillator Signs Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction   Health Care (0)

  Manufacturer of Heart Defibrillator Signs Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction Device manufacturer Physio-Control, Inc., its parent company Medtronic, Inc., and their two top executives have signed a consent decree of permanent injunction related to Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) manufactured by Physio-Control, Inc. Source: www.fda.gov
  FDA Approves Entereg to Help Restore [...]

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• Wednesday 28 May 2008 @ 8:41 pm
  CDC Study Warns of Deaths Due to the “Choking Game”   Health Care (0)

  CDC Study Warns of Deaths Due to the “Choking Game” Most fatalities in 11-to-16 year old boys Source: www.cdc.gov
  December 13th Press Briefing Related to CDC Testing of Occupied FEMA Trailers in the Gulf Coast Area CDC press conference to announce the start date for testing trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi for formaldehyde levels [...]

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• Tuesday 27 May 2008 @ 11:41 pm
  FDA Warns Consumers Against Using Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream   Health Care (0)

  FDA Warns Consumers Against Using Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use or purchase Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream, marketed by MOM Enterprises, Inc., because the product contains potentially harmful ingredients that may cause respiratory distress or vomiting and diarrhea in infants. [...]

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• Tuesday 27 May 2008 @ 12:41 am
  Rodent Study Finds Artificial Butter Chemical Harmful to Lungs   Health Care (0)

  Rodent Study Finds Artificial Butter Chemical Harmful to Lungs A new study shows that exposure to a chemical called diacetyl, a component of artificial butter flavoring, can be harmful to the nose and airways of mice. Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, conducted the [...]

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• Monday 26 May 2008 @ 2:02 am
  NIH/EPA Leading Scientists to Discuss New Chemical Testing Collaboration   Health Care (0)

  NIH/EPA Leading Scientists to Discuss New Chemical Testing Collaboration On Feb. 14, leading scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will discuss a new research collaboration related to U.S. environmental health protection. The collaboration creates a toxicity testing process using state-of-the-art robotic technologies that rely less on [...]

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• Sunday 25 May 2008 @ 4:41 am
  CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations   Health Care (0)

  CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations WHAT: 55th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference WHO: The CDC Disease Detectives will present findings from recent investigations, including these: outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis among river rafters in the Grand Canyon,outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a recreational water spray park, Source: www.cdc.gov
  Suicide Trends Among [...]

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• Saturday 24 May 2008 @ 7:41 am
  Public Health investigation seeking people exposed to extensively drug-resistant TB infected person   Health Care (0)

  Public Health investigation seeking people exposed to extensively drug-resistant TB infected person CDC Press Briefing - 2 p.m. ET TODAY Source: www.cdc.gov
  CDC Invests $10 million for Research to Reduce Infections in Healthcare Settings The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced an award of $10 million for new research to five [...]

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• Friday 23 May 2008 @ 11:23 am
  New York Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products That May Contain Pieces of Plastic   Health Care (0)

  New York Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products That May Contain Pieces of PlasticFairbank Reconstruction Corp., an Ashville, NY, establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 22,481 pounds of ground beef products that may contain pieces of plastic. …Source: www.pueblo.gsa.gov
  FDA Approves First Generic Ropinirole The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic [...]

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