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Rotashield, a vaccine protective against rotavirus infection was withdrawn from the U.S. market because of an apparent excess risk of intussusception. The recent introduction of a new vaccine, RotaTeq, has inevitably led to concerns about an increased incidence of this complication in children receiving this vaccine, as well.
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This important study compared an outpatient cohort of 471 HIV-infected outpatients living in the Midwest to data files from the NHANES cohort of HIV-negative subjects matched by age, sex, race, and tobacco use.
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It has become in vogue to plan for influenza pandemics. What is not clear is what would be excess mortality in such a pandemic.
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From community-based active surveillance data in Antelope Valley, California, (northeast of Los Angeles) from 1995-2004, 9.5% (1,080 subjects) of all 11,356 subjects with varicella had onset of rash > 42 days after varicella vaccination, which defines breakthrough varicella. The diagnosis was confirmed by physician evaluation or laboratory test in 770 subjects (71.3%).
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Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were collected from children (<14 yrs of age) with community-acquired respiratory tract infections (acute otitis media, community-acquired pneumonia, acute maxillary sinusitis, or acute rhinosinusitis) from 2000-2004 in 112 centers in 38 states.
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The San Francisco Bay area is now home to one of the largest Asian Indian populations in the United States, especially in Silicon Valley, where it is estimated that 40% of the computer programmers are Asian Indian.
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First Antihypertensive Drug Approved in Last 10 Years: Aliskiren; Alternate Treatment for Osteoporosis; Roche's Oseltamivir: Scrutiny, Bird Flu, and New Drug Applications; FDA Actions
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U.S. military personnel in Thailand presenting with the acute onset of diarrhea were randomized to treatment with one of 3 regimens: a single 1 g dose of azithromycin, 500 mg of azithromycin daily for 3 days, or 500 mg levofloxacin daily for 3 days.
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Regular napping in healthy people is associated with reduced coronary mortality, especially for working men.
