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Elusys scores HHS contract for anthrax drug
PINE BROOK, N.J. Elusys Therapeutics Inc. has received a $143 million federal contract to develop a drug to treat inhaled anthrax poisoning. Comment?
First PersonINTERN to the Lion
... phones and constituent correspondence and doing legislative research - was replaced by numerous bomb threats, the anthrax scare, and office displacement. Her time as an intern with Sen. Ted Kennedy became even more momentous for Zett-Alexandra ... Comment?
Obama: the Cipro's in the mail
... spond to a large-scale biological attack," the order declares. Obama also said the government's plan should consider anthrax to be the "primary threat." The president gave HHS, DHS and USPS 180 days to put the plan together. Comment?
Disinfectants making bugs drug-resistant
... in the fight against several bacterial infections, and is also the drug of last-resort against the deadly disease anthrax. "We found that in both cases - for the disinfectant and the antibiotic - the (mutated) bacteria was taking them in, but ... Comment?
Disinfectant Misuse Might Help Germs Resist Antibiotics
... (Cipro) after being exposed to the disinfectant. Cipro is best known as a drug used to treat people exposed to anthrax . The bacteria also became resistant to the disinfectant. There is a caveat to the research: It took place in the laboratory, not ... Comment?
Anthrax case: Drum suspicions are detailed
A New Hampshire woman diagnosed with a rare gastrointestinal anthrax case may have swallowed spores propelled into the air by vigorous drumming, a state health expert said. Comment?
Disinfectants bolster bugs: study
... in the fight against several bacterial infections, and is also the drug of last resort against the deadly disease anthrax. ''This is very, very worrying,'' said Gerard Fleming, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, and the ... Comment?
... in the fight against several bacterial infections, and is also the drug of last-resort against the deadly disease anthrax. 'This is very, very worrying,' said Gerard Fleming, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, and main ... Comment?
Cleaning agents may help superbugs grow
... in the fight against several bacterial infections, and is also the drug of last-resort against the deadly disease anthrax. "This is very, very worrying," said Gerard Fleming, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, and main ... Comment?
Disinfectants may boost superbugs
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... in the fight against several bacterial infections and is the drug of last-resort against the deadly disease anthrax. "This is very, very worrying," said Gerard Fleming, a professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, and main architect ... Comment?
First case of anthrax reported in New Hampshire in over 50 years.
In a press release issued Saturday, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed a case of gastrointestinal anthrax in an adult female from Strafford County. Comment?
Anthrax test on Cumbria heroin user is negative
Tests being carried out on a heroin user for anthrax poisoning are so far proving negative, health officials said yesterday. Comment?
Anthrax tests on heroin user Tests being carried out on a heroin user ...
... have a Premium Content Subscription with the Press Association site. Tests being carried out on a heroin user for anthrax poisoning are so far proving negative. It had been feared the unidentified male in Cumbria had the disease after injecting from ... Comment?
Heroin user 'negative' for anthrax
Tests being carried out on a heroin user for anthrax poisoning are so far proving negative, health officials said. Comment?
Heroin user anthrax poisoning probe
A heroin user with possible anthrax poisoning is being treated in hospital, health officials confirmed. Comment?
Scottish News: Heroin user anthrax poisoning probe
A heroin user with possible anthrax poisoning is being treated in hospital, health officials confirmed. Comment?
First PersonINTERN to the Lion
... phones and constituent correspondence and doing legislative research - was replaced by numerous bomb threats, the anthrax scare, and office displacement. Her time as an intern with Sen. Ted Kennedy became even more momentous for Zett-Alexandra ... Comment?
Newsmakers of 2009: Tom Watkins
... shelves. This year alone, Watkins oversaw the company's first product sales to the tune of $150 million from its anthrax treatment, the first two of three planned submissions of federal drug approval applications, a stock price that grew by nearly ... Comment?
Anthrax case detected in Orissa
VISAKHAPATNAM: Following the death of a 35-year-old man at Dabuguda under Gumma Panchayat in Malkangiri mandal of Orissa, near border with Visakhapatnam district, due to cutaneous anthrax a team from the District Medical and Health Officer's office here has gone to the village to take up surveillance and to treat patients if there are any. Comment?
HGSI competitor Elusys scores contract
A U.S. Health and Human Services agency has awarded an up to $143 million contract to further develop an inhaled anthrax treatment that could rival a similar product at Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences Inc. Comment?