News

July 02, 2009

HPV vaccination not cost-effective in Netherlands

Vaccination for HPV was not cost-effective in the Netherlands, even under favorable assumptions for vaccination.

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Meetings & Courses

August 02 - 07, 2009

27th Annual Conference on Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Vail, CO

To be held at Vail Plaza Hotel & Club

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August 23 - 26, 2009

CDC HIV Prevention Conference

Atlanta, GA

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September 06 - 10, 2009

6th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health

Verona

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Cultural transformation key to success of MRSA Initiative in health care systems

Rates of infection from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus may have been reduced by up to 60% in the Pittsburgh Veterans Administration health care system because of the Veterans Healthcare Administration MRSA Prevention Initiative, according to Rajiv Jain, MD, chief of staff for VA Pittsburgh and director of the Initiative.

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