New England Compounding Center's National Sales Director Sentenced
FDA OCI, NECC, Robert A. Ronzio, North Providence R.I., sentence, sales director, fraudulent prescriptions, avoid, federal oversight, defraud, FDA, Barry Cadden, nationwide, outbreak, fungal meningitis, contaminated vials, preservative-free, methylprednisolone acetate, MPA, 100, patient deaths, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - February 8, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
New England Compounding Center's National Sales Director Sentenced
FDA OCI, NECC, Robert A. Ronzio, North Providence R.I., sentence, sales director, fraudulent prescriptions, avoid, federal oversight, defraud, FDA, Barry Cadden, nationwide, outbreak, fungal meningitis, contaminated vials, preservative-free, methylprednisolone acetate, MPA, 100, patient deaths, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - February 8, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
The World ’s Largest Vaccine Manufacturer Stumbled in 2021. Its CEO Bets He Can Still Help End COVID-19
Adar Poonawalla is no stranger to gambles. He owes his multibillion-dollar empire to a series of big bets that paid off handsomely. Cyrus Poonawalla, his father, made his own fortune on horses—and then multiplied it by making another bet in 1966: that he could make more money producing vaccines than he could on horse breeding and racing. He formed the Serum Institute of India (SII), which grew slowly for three decades, selling antivenoms and lifesaving vaccines for India.
When Adar, then just 21, joined the company in 2001, he persuaded his father to dramatically ramp up production—wagering that they could fill...
Source: TIME: Health - January 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abhishyant Kidangoor Tags: Uncategorized biztech2030 COVID-19 Davos feature Magazine overnight Special Project Source Type: news
Zydus gets nod to conduct Phase II clinical study in patients with CAPS in Australia
CAPS is a rare life-long auto-inflammatory condition, and is classified under orphan diseases. CAPS patients also experience multiple neurological complications like sensorineural hearing loss, migraine, headache, aseptic meningitis and myalgia. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 13, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Nigeria: Taraba State Flags-Off Integrated Yellow Fever, Measles and Meningitis Vaccination Campaign
[WHO-AFRO] The National Primary Health Care and Development Agency (NPHCDA), World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, and partners are working to boost population immunity against measles, meningitis, and yellow fever in 13 high-risk states. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 25, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: UCT Leads in Training Aspiring African Neurologists
[UCT] Training a pool of neurologists in sub-Saharan Africa is an important step towards Africanising the vital discipline of neuroscience on the continent. In addition, it will help to facilitate inter- and cross-disciplinary research and accelerate treatment options for common neurological disorders like stroke and epilepsy, and neurological infections such as tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and HIV-related dementia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 19, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Cape Town University Leads in Training Aspiring African Neurologists
[UCT] Training a pool of neurologists in sub-Saharan Africa is an important step towards Africanising the vital discipline of neuroscience on the continent. In addition, it will help to facilitate inter- and cross-disciplinary research and accelerate treatment options for common neurological disorders like stroke and epilepsy, and neurological infections such as tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and HIV-related dementia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 19, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Gates Foundation to invest up to $90M in vaccine maker Inventprise
Redmond-based vaccine maker Inventprise is gaining serious backing from the Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation.
On Wednesday, the biotech company announced an investment from the foundation of up to $90 million, contingent on manufacturing, clinical and preclinical milestones. The foundation is investing in IVT-25, a vaccine targeting pneumococcal bacterial infections. Pneumococcus can cause infections like pneumonia and meningitis.
"High rates of morbidity and mortality due to pneumococcal disease… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 10, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Rick Morgan Source Type: news
Simple Febrile Seizures Safely Managed Without Lumbar Puncture Simple Febrile Seizures Safely Managed Without Lumbar Puncture
Limiting diagnostic procedures did not delay diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, a study suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - November 3, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
What Is the Survival Rate of Bacterial Meningitis
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - November 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Acute care costs of neonatal sepsis and meningitis in Africa
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - November 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Invasive meningococcal disease uncommon but a high economic burden for Spain
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - November 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Upstate seeks volunteers for a study evaluating a new combination vaccine for the prevention of meningitis
Upstate is working with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to develop the new combination vaccine intended to protect against five of the most prevalent serogroups of the bacteria causing meningitis. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - October 27, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
'Our son would not have died if he had seen GP face to face': Parents' fury over meningitis death
David Nash, 26, (pictured) had four remote consultations with doctors and nurses at a GP practice but his family say he wouldn't have died of meningitis if he had seen a GP in person. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Causes Irritability?
Discussion
Child abuse or non-accidental trauma is a clinical diagnosis. It is the constellation of history, physical examination, radiographic evaluation, laboratory testing and investigation that determines if child abuse has occurred. Irritability caused by fractures or other trauma can be a presenting symptom of abuse. Fractures can be a presentation but they are also common problems not associated with abuse. Femoral shaft fractures are estimated to account for only 1.6% of all fractures in children, therefore they are potentially more suspicious for child abuse. A review of femur fractures can be found here. A review...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 18, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
