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Wal-mart: Leading the way on global sustainability? Sunday, July 19th, 2009 While big box stores may be an easy target for critics who bash their significant environmental impacts, one national bohemoth is taking steps to inform its customers just how environmentally-friendly each product is. Yesterday, Wal-mart unveiled a plan for a “sustainability index” label to academic, industry and government representatives at its Arkansas headquarters.
WHO Raises H1N1 (Swine Flu) Pandemic Level to Highest Point Thursday, June 11th, 2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to raise the level of influenza pademica lert from phase 5 to phase 6, the highest level. The level was heightened, according to WHO, based on “available evidence and expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met.”
Never Waste a Good Crisis It has been said many times, perhaps most recently by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that you should “never waste a good crisis.” The H1N1 (swine) flu outbreak is certainly a crisis and a tragedy, but I hope the public health community does not waste the opportunity to capitalize on questions and concerns being raised.
Aspirin Misuse May Have Made 1918 Flu Pandemic Worse 10/02/2009 The devastation of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is well known, but a new article suggests a surprising factor in the high death toll: the misuse of aspirin. Appearing in the November 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online now, the article sounds a cautionary note as present day concerns about the novel H1N1 virus run high.
Bacterial Coinfections in Lung Tissue Specimens from Fatal Cases of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 09/30/2009
Authorization of Use of Expired Tamiflu for Oral Suspension 10/06/2009
said Anne Gershon, MD, FIDSA, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). “With antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’ on the rise, it’s more important now than ever to use these medications wisely and preserve them for situations where they are truly needed.”
It is estimated that nearly 100,000 people develop invasive MRSA infections each year, resulting in approximately 19,000 deaths or 20%. Of these infections, about 86 percent are health care-associated. HA-MRSA, hosipal Acquired MRSA
However, other common additives in paints, such as calcium carbonate, silica or talc decreased the antibacterial efficiency of the paint. If calcium carbonate was present the kill rate dropped by up to 80%," said Lucia Caballero. "Our tests on a commercially available paint showed that the ability of the paint to inactivate bacteria was massively reduced compared with a paint formulation which did not contain such additives, Our best results showed that all the E. coli were killed under ordinary fluorescent lights," said Lucia Caballero.
The MRSA infections were treatable with common antistaphylococcal antibiotics, although 40 percent were resistant to tetracycline.
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Chemical autolysis and the bactericidal activity of vancomycin, oxacillin and daptomycin were reduced in the final, vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus isolate, compared with the vancomycin-susceptible MSSA progenitor,” the researchers wrote.
Pillai SK et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;49:1169-1174. latest articles site