CDC awards $2.4 million to five jurisdictions to fight Zika
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Washington, DC - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $2.4 million to Chicago, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles County to establish, enhance, and maintain information-gathering systems to rapidly detect microcephaly–a serious birth defect of the brain–and other adverse outcomes linked to Zika virus infection.
FDA allows marketing of clot retrieval devices to reduce disability in stroke patients
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of two Trevo clot retrieval devices as an initial therapy for strokes due to blood clots (ischemic) to reduce paralysis, speech difficulties and other stroke disabilities. These devices should be used within six hours of symptom onset and only following treatment with a clot-dissolving drug (tissue plasminogen activator or t-PA), which needs to be given within three hours of symptom onset.
Desert Healthcare District Expansion by Assemblymember Garcia Advances to Governor
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Sacramento, California - With the Legislature’s end of session deadline looming, one more bill by Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia cleared the legislative process and is making its way to the Governor:
10 Things to Know About the New Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center
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San Diego, California - Scripps Health and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have reached a partnership agreement to create Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, a comprehensive and clinically integrated cancer care program in San Diego that will provide adult cancer patients greater access to the most advanced oncology care available throughout Southern California.
New strategy holds promise for detecting bacterial infections in newborns
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Washington, DC - Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have shown that it’s possible to diagnose a bacterial infection from a small sample of blood - based on the immune system’s response to the bacteria - in infants with fevers who are 2 months of age or younger. With additional research, the new technique could be an improvement over the standard method, which requires isolating live bacteria from blood, urine or spinal fluid and growing them in a laboratory culture.
Unconventional Natural Gas Wells Associated With Migraine, Fatigue, Chronic Nasal and Sinus Symptoms
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Baltimore, Maryland - New research suggests that Pennsylvania residents with the highest exposure to active natural gas wells operated by the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) industry are nearly twice as likely to suffer from a combination of migraine headaches, chronic nasal and sinus symptoms and severe fatigue.
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