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More on the early days of MERS

Thanks to Pasi Penttinen for tweeting the link to the March 15 Guardian report: Coronavirus: is this the next pandemic? Two months later, it throws some light on the current state of MERS in Saudi Arabia. Excerpt:In mid-June last year, Ali Mohamed Zaki, ... [Published H5N1 - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Coronavirus, Virus, Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Ali Mohamed Zaki, Viral pneumonia

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Reports from Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Describe Recent Advances in Tuberculosis

(NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Tuberculosis Week -- Fresh data on Mycobacterium Infections are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "In this study ... [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]

Entities: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Tuberculosis, rifampin, Mycobacterium, Isoniazid

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Coronavirus: Deaths date back a year to Jordan

It seems to have begun on September 15 last year, when a doctor at the Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, posted an alert on the international internet-based reporting system ProMED - the Programme for Monitoring Emerging Diseases.Dr ... [Published Abu Dhabi National - May 16 2013]

Entities: Coronavirus, Virus, Jordan

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus - Eastern Mediterranean (29): MERS-CoV, ICTV nomenclature

Coronavirus — Worldwide/UnknownDuring the summer of 2012, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia a hitherto unknown coronavirus was isolated from the sputum of a patient with acute pneumonia and renal failure. The infection appears to be geographically linked -- at ... [Published HealthMap Global Disease Alerts - May 16 2013]

Entities: Coronavirus, Sputum, Pneumonia, Infection, Virus

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

International Committee of the Red Cross

QC Jail will have its own medical clinic this month

The long wait is over after officials of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) revealed on Thursday that the Quezon City Jail (QCJ) will have its own medical clinic servicing more than 2,000 inmates.Sponsored by the International Committee ... [Published US News Las Vegas - May 16 2013]

Entities: prison, Sputum, Quezon City, International Committee of the Red Cross

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

US guidelines recommend CT scans for smokers

Older people with a history of smoking heavily should be offered annual low-dose CT scans to screen for lung cancer according to new US guidelines reported by the Reuters news agency.These guidelines recommend that annual CT (computerised tomography) ... [Published Nursing Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Lung Cancer, guidelines, Sputum, Cancer, benign

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

The first case of H7N9 influenza in Taiwan: The Lancet

Via The Lancet, a letter: The first case of H7N9 influenza in Taiwan. Excerpt:We report here the first case of H7N9 infection outside mainland China. A 53-year-old male patient was admitted because of fever for 3 days after returning from Suchow, Jiangsu ... [Published H5N1 - May 10 2013]

Entities: H7N9, The Lancet, Influenza, Taiwan

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

ITM researchers develop, test a combination of tools to diagnose SN-TB

Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) have successfully developed and tested a combination of simple clinical, radiological and laboratory tools to diagnose smear-negative tuberculosis (SN-TB). The strategy outperforms those currently ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 09 2013]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Sputum, Peru, World Health Organization, Patient

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 4 reports

Device Diagnoses Infections

share this storyA handheld diagnostic device that Massachusetts General Hospital investigators first developed to diagnose cancer has been adapted to rapidly diagnose tuberculosis and other important infectious bacteria. Two papers appearing in the journals ... [Published ThirdAge - May 06 2013]

Entities: Nucleic Acid, Bacteria, rrna

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 4 reports

Gutkha sputum corroding 70-year-old Howrah bridge, shows study

Kolkata: The base of pillars of the landmark Howrah bridge, used by 1.2 lakh vehicles and 5 lakh pedestrians daily, have been encased in fibreglass casings after severe damage was caused to them by gutkha-laced sputum.Portions of the base of the pillars ... [Published Jagran Post - May 02 2013]

Entities: Sputum, Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Kolkata Port Trust, Tobacco

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

The Agony of Multi-Drug Resistant TB

Zimbabwe is grappling with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) which has become a major health problem, as patients fail to respond to the traditional first-line TB drugs.According to the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, cases of MDR-TB nearly ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Sputum, Bulawayo, Perspiration, Infectious

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 2 reports

Taiwan CDC updates testing directives for H7N9

Via the Taipei Times: CDC updates testing directives for H7N9 avian flu. Excerpt:The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday updated H7N9 avian influenza virus testing directives for hospitals following the first confirmed H7N9 infection in Taiwan, ... [Published H5N1 - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: H7N9, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Virus, Taiwan, Sputum

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... "They didn't like that this appeared on proMED. They forced the hospital to terminate my contract," Zaki told the Guardian from Cairo. "I was obliged to leave my work because of this, but it was my duty. This is a serious virus."

More on the early days of MERS [Published H5N1 - 1 hour ago]

...It takes two or three minutes to separate and purify DNA using this technology. "This simple process removes all the steps of conventional methods" Chung said

New Device Can Extract Human DNA with Full Genetic Data in Minutes [Published Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory - 6 hours ago]

...pm) Characteristics of COPD Patients Treated with Roflumilast During Hospitalization (Poster G70: Tuesday, May 21, 8:15 am-4:30 pm) Finally, "Unreported Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Are Associated with a Reduction in Health Status: Results from the ATTAIN Study" will be presented as an aclidinium-related late breaking abstract on Tuesday, May 21st at 10:00 am

Forest to Present Aclidinium Bromide and Roflumilast Clinical Data at the American Thoracic Socie ... [Published Business Wire - May 17 2013]

...According to news reporting from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "In this study we evaluated the performance of colorimetric nitrate reductase assay (NRA) on Middlebrook 7H11 agar instead of Lowenstein-Jensen medium for detection of isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF) resistance directly on 114 smear positive sputum specimens and compared the results with direct proportion method on LJ medium."

Reports from Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Describe Recent Advances in Tuberculosis [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]

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More on the early days of MERS [Published H5N1 - 1 hour ago]
New Device Can Extract Human DNA with Full Gene... [Published Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory - 6 hours ago]
Forest to Present Aclidinium Bromide and Roflum... [Published Business Wire - May 17 2013]
Reports from Armed Forces Institute of Patholog... [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus - Eastern Medi... [Published HealthMap Global Disease Alerts - May 16 2013]
QC Jail will have its own medical clinic this m... [Published US News Las Vegas - May 16 2013]
Coronavirus: Deaths date back a year to Jordan [Published Abu Dhabi National - May 16 2013]
US guidelines recommend CT scans for smokers [Published Nursing Times - May 16 2013]
Regional Cancer Care Now Offering In-Office Gen... [Published Business Wire - May 15 2013]
TB, a neglected disease in Uganda [Published New Vision - May 15 2013]
Salute to Dokubo’s Ministry of Goebbels [Published Daily Trust Nigera - May 15 2013]
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Pulmonary actinomycosis during the first decade... [Published 7thSpace - May 14 2013]
Sputum Smear Concentration May Misidentify Acid... [Published JAIDS - May 14 2013]
EMCTO 2013: Evaluation of performance of lung c... [Published Ecancer Medicalscience - May 13 2013]
Tracking down the coronavirus [Published Gulf News - May 13 2013]
Blocked tube contributed to Limerick woman’s death [Published Limerick Leader - May 13 2013]
MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV Similarities Raise Concerns [Published Recombinonics - May 12 2013]
A different kind of pressure [Published thestar.com.my - May 12 2013]
Handheld device for cancer adapted to detect bi... [Published BioPrepWatch - May 10 2013]
The first case of H7N9 influenza in Taiwan: The... [Published H5N1 - May 10 2013]
[Correspondence] The first case of H7N9 influen... [Published Lancet - May 10 2013]
MERS-CoV Cluster In France Raises Pandemic Conc... [Published Recombinonics - May 10 2013]
Family of woman who died after blockage in brea... [Published Irish Times - May 10 2013]
Use of sputum samples from children remains unc... [Published Orthopedics Today - May 09 2013]
Cryptococcosis and Meningitis [Published Disabled World - May 09 2013]
Tech Universe: Friday 10 May [Published New Zealand Herald - May 09 2013]
US guidelines recommend CT scans for smokers [Published Hampshire Chronicle - May 09 2013]
ITM researchers develop, test a combination of ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 09 2013]
Low-cost diagnosis heralds new phase in battle ... [Published Health Canal - May 09 2013]

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More on the early days of MERS [Published H5N1 - 1 hour ago] Thanks to Pasi Penttinen for tweeting the link to the March 15 Guardian report: Coronavirus: is this the next pandemic? Two months later, it throws some light on the current state of MERS in Saudi Arabia. Excerpt:In mid-June last year, Ali Mohamed Zaki, ...
The first case of H7N9 influenza in Taiwan: The... [Published H5N1 - May 10 2013] Via The Lancet, a letter: The first case of H7N9 influenza in Taiwan. Excerpt:We report here the first case of H7N9 infection outside mainland China. A 53-year-old male patient was admitted because of fever for 3 days after returning from Suchow, Jiangsu ...
New device can extract human DNA with full gene... [Published EarthSky - May 08 2013] University of Washington engineers and NanoFacture, a Bellevue, Wash., company, have created a device that can extract human DNA from fluid samples in a simpler, more efficient and environmentally friendly way than conventional methods. The device ...
Taiwan: First H7N9 case offers vital clues to f... [Published H5N1 - May 07 2013] Via the Taipei Times, an interesting editorial: First H7N9 case offers vital clues to fight flu. Excerpt:A Taiwanese businessman working in China, surnamed Lee (李), has been confirmed as the first H7N9 avian influenza case in Taiwan. The case has provided ...
Taiwan CDC updates testing directives for H7N9 [Published H5N1 - Apr 27 2013] Via the Taipei Times: CDC updates testing directives for H7N9 avian flu. Excerpt:The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday updated H7N9 avian influenza virus testing directives for hospitals following the first confirmed H7N9 infection in Taiwan, ...

Press Releases

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Forest to Present Aclidinium Bromide and Roflum... [Published Business Wire - May 17 2013]
Regional Cancer Care Now Offering In-Office Gen... [Published Business Wire - May 15 2013]
Forest Laboratories and Almirall Announce Posit... [Published Business Wire - May 01 2013]
Almirall und Forest Laboratories geben positive... [Published PR Newswire - Apr 17 2013]
Almirall and Forest Laboratories Announce Posit... [Published Business Wire - Apr 16 2013]