A blood cell known as a troublemaker for triggering the itch and inflammation in allergy attacks, the mast cell, can also calm down the flare-ups, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine have found.
Acambis plc (Acambis) (LSE: ACM), a leading vaccine company, announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its ACAM2000 (Smallpox (Vaccinia) Vaccine, Live) vaccine for active immunisation against smallpox disease for persons determined to be at high risk for smallpox infection.
Stirrings LLC, of Fall River, Massachusetts is recalling its 3.5 oz packages of Rimmer? Brand Mojito Cocktail Garnish (UPC# 80999 00046) with the best by codes 10/27/08, 10/30/08, 11/23/08, 12/01/08, 12/04/08 and 01/03/09 printed on the side of the tin.
World Health Organization (WHO) experts have arrived in the centre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where there has been an outbreak of an unknown but highly deadly illness that is proving to be particularly harmful for young children.
Almost 500,000 school children in Zimbabwe are expected to benefit from a United Nations-backed initiative to train 1,500 primary and secondary school teachers in new and practical ways to help stall the spread of HIV and AIDS.
US company Metz Fresh, LLC is recalling bagged spinach from US and Canada, as a result of a positive test for Salmonella found during routine company testing.
University of Utah biochemist Wesley I. Sundquist, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $19.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to establish an HIV research center to study the structural biology of the AIDS-causing virus.
A promising new HIV vaccine created at The Wistar Institute has received funding for clinical development aimed at moving the vaccine into human clinical trials as soon as possible.
Physicians might want to be extra careful about how they treat HIV-infected patients –not just in the clinical sense but in the way they behave toward them. Even the perception that physicians are stigmatizing patients for carrying the virus that causes AIDS can discourage these individuals from seeking proper medical care, according to a new UCLA study.
NHS policy changes may be contributing to problems recognising serious illness in feverish young children, warns a senior doctor in this week?s BMJ.