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| 1997 NEWS ARTICLES | |
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| ACIP adopts guidelines on immunizing health care workers | August 1997: Recommendations apply to health care workers in private practice offices, nursing homes, schools, laboratories and first responders. |
| ACIP considers new recommendations for MMR | April 1997: All health care workers should have acceptable immunity to measles, mumps and rubella, panel says. |
| ACIP poised to recommend rotavirus vaccine if it is approved by the FDA | September 1997: The ACIP will probably recommend the vaccine be administered with DTP or DTaP, Hib, polio or HepB vaccines. |
| ACIP updates recommendations on plague prevention | February 1997: Animals may spread infected fleas from one geographic area to another. |
| ACTG 315 results: Drug cocktail restores partial immune function | March 1997: Prophylaxis for opportunistic infections should continue despite low viral loads. |
| Agency tackles problem of increasing awareness for adult immunizations | June 1997: Despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines, adults still are not being vaccinated. |
| AIDS cocktails: A how-to for using protease inhibitors with nucleosides | May 1997: What drug combinations make the virus more manageable. |
| AIDS deaths decline 13% overall, but declines not equal for all groups | April 1997: The drug breakthroughs resulting in a drop in AIDS deaths made 1996 a watershed year for treatment. |
| AIDS may be linked to bone cancer | August 1997: Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus may trigger multiple myeloma by infecting non-malignant dendritic cells |
| Aquatic infections may be on the rise | August 1997: Aquatic-related infectious dermatoses can be potentially life-threatening to some patients. |
| Are toys are the next weapons in the war against bacteria, fungus and mildew? | April 1997: Microban, a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent built into some toys, inhibits the formation and reproduction of various bacteria, molds and fungi. |
| A bag full of sugar makes the bacteria go down | February 1997: Surgeons find ordinary table sugar as an adjunct to conventional treatment aids in deep wound healing. |
| Because of HPV, anal cancer screening indicated for certain high-risk groups | October 1997: Women and men with a history of receptive anal intercourse should be screened. |
| CDC guidelines to control multi-resistant staph infection | September 1997: In many U.S. hospitals, strains of staphylococci are resistant to all antimicrobials except vancomycin. |
| Chlamydia appears to be an equal opportunity pathogen, study says | February 1997: Study finds no gender difference in chlamydia transmission rates in Baltimore. |
| The Coming Plague comes to TV | March 1997: With all of our sophisticated efforts to make ourselves safe from infectious disease, have we laid the foundations for new epidemics? |
| Common respiratory bacteria did not cause heart disease in mice | November 1997: Study shows that mouse models may not be appropriate for the study of atherosclerosis. |
| Comparison shows H. pylori treatment to be cost effective | December 1997: Antibiotic therapy reduced the use of health care services and number of work days lost. |
| Despite concerns, quinolones appear safe for use in pediatric patients | February 1997: Quinolones are not currently indicated for pediatric use because of the possible adverse effects. These effects have occurred in animals, however, not children. |
| Doctor fails to change syringes between patients | December 1997: Although chances of exposure to bloodborne disease are remote, post-exposure prophylaxis was recommended. |
| Doctors accepting IPV/OPV vaccine schedule | July 1997: Acceptance of the new recommended schedule varies between the states. |
| Effectiveness of Virodene P058 questioned | June 1997: Trials have been suspended until safety issues are addressed. |
| Experimental AIDS vaccine protects chimps | June 1997: The DNA vaccine may also stimulate immune responses against viral hepatitis and tuberculosis. |
| Famciclovir found effective in treating herpes zoster in HIV-infected patients | April 1997: Famvir halted the progression, relieved pain and accelerated healing. |
| Famvir appears safe and effective for treatment of hepatitis B virus | January 1997: Famciclovir appears to reduce viral replication and the amount of alanine aminotransferase. |
| FDA advisory panel needs more data before deciding on new AIDS drug | January 1997: Panel wants more information on the uses of delavirdine in combination therapy. |
| FDA approves first oral monotherapy for PID | February 1997: One million U.S. women a year are afflicted with pelvic inflammatory disease. |
| FDA looking at feasibility of vaccinating adults against pertussis | July 1997: Protection wanes, and adults are becoming reservoirs of infection for children. |
| FDA poised to give thalidomide a socond chance at U.S. approval | October 1997: "Notorious" drug still has many detractors who do not want to see its approval in the United States. |
| FDA seeks to withdraw approval for non-sedating antihistamine | March 1997: Seldane was the first non-sedating antihistamine to gain FDA approval. |
| Global status of HIV/AIDS dismal | May 1997: Successful response entails leadership and access to affordable regimens. |
| Government aid needed to boost STD prevention, IOM report says | April 1997: Study focuses on underlying issues that need to be addressed to effectively prevent STDs. |
| Hantavirus outbreak investigated in Chile | November 1997: Twenty-one people were infected with the virus; a high rodent population seems to blame. |
| Health care workers should be vaccinated against influenza | November 1997: In one study, immunizing nursing home workers reduced patient mortality by 7%. |
| HIV/AIDS infection rates continue to rise worldwide | January 1997: The majority of the 2.7 million newly infected adults are younger than 25 years old; nearly 50% are women. |
| HIV treatments may enable patients to stop chemotherapy against KS | September 1997: Improved Kaposi’s sarcoma treatment may come from control measures for HIV. |
| Human papillomavirus may clear itself from the system | September 1997: As much as 60% of the study population cleared the virus from their system. |
| Ibuprofen may mask secondary infection following chickenpox | November 1997: A study found an association with ibuprofen's use and necrotizing fasciitis, but could not prove causality. |
| Iceman proves that the more things change, the more they stay the same | July 1997: Microbes in the iceman's stomach and intestines are similar to those found today. |
| IDSA develops treatment options for Lyme disease | December 1997: Committee recommends physicians in endemic areas know clinical manifestations of the disease |
| If more widely used, DOTS could strike powerful blow against TB | October 1997: DOTS is most important public health breakthrough of this decade, according to WHO officials. |
| Increase in campylobacter could be from using too many antibiotics | November 1997: Scientists' concerns mount over surge in campylobacter infections in poultry population. |
| Influenza clock is ticking; surveillance group is trying to tell us what time it is | January 1997: A working group of federal health officials is trying to get the country ready to face the next flu pandemic. |
| Influenza type A dominates the 1996-1997 season | March 1997: More morbidity and mortality associated with this strain. |
| International effort to prevent neonatal tetanus underway | January 1997: About 725,000 cases are prevented each year; however, 350,000 neonates still die from tetanus. |
| Is another influenza pandemic coming soon? | May 1997: Researchers investigate Spanish influenza sample found in WWI soldier's lungs. |
| It might be time to consider acellular pertussis vaccination for adolescents | July 1997: Pertussis cases are increasing; the highest incidence rates are among those age 12 to 17 years. |
| Lamivudine may suppress HBV for at least one year | January 1997: Results from a small study suggest that extended treatment is well tolerated. |
| Led by New York City, TB cases fall nationwide | May 1997: Directly Observed Therapy is helping to reduce resistant TB cases dramatically. |
| Malaria vaccine studies target principal antigen of protein | March 1997: More than 2 million people, mostly children, die from malaria each year. |
| Monkeypox virus kills three in African villages | May 1997: Ninety-two cases were reported — the largest known human cluster. |
| More evidence points to link between infections and heart disease | May 1997:Chlamydia pneumoniae appears to be a powerful trigger of heart attack and stroke. |
| Mumps vaccine may have decreased incidence of some heart disease | February 1997: Researchers now investigating other vaccines for potential unknown disease-preventing qualities. |
| Nasal spray flu vaccine proves effective in children | September 1997: Live-attenuated vaccine provided 93% protection against influenza in young children. |
| New centralized reporting system initiated to track antimicrobial resistance | September 1997: The new system can rapidly process and catalogue infectious organisms for use throughout the U.S. |
| New class of antibiotic may be answer to vancomycin resistance | December 1997: Synercid, a streptogramin, will be effective against gram-positive cocci that are resistant to other antimicrobials. |
| New guidelines released for AIDS drug use | August 1997: The standard of AIDS care should consist of two older drugs, like AZT and 3TC, with one protease inhibitor. |
| New HIV drug cleared for adult and pediatric use | April 1997: When used with AZT and 3TC, the protease inhibitor produced a 98% mean reduction in viral load. |
| New methods are needed to combat unsafe food | December 1997: Scattered bacterial outbreaks marked most of 1997; irradiation offers one solution |
| New quinolone receives marketing approval | January 1997: Sparfloxacin can be dosed once a day for community-acquired pneumonia and chronic bronchitis. |
| NIH drafts consensus statement on managing HCV | May 1997: Hepatitis C is now the leading reason for liver transplantation in the United States. |
| No difference between ARDS drug and placebo | July 1997 |
| Nontuberculous mycobacterium gaining scientists' and industries' attention | August 1997: Update on nontuberculous mycobacterium, a pulmonary disease, and its treatments. |
| Offer ZDV to pregnant women with HIV regardless of their CD4 counts | February 1997: ZDV reduces risk of vertical transmission to fetus, regardless of mother's stage of disease. |
| Officials report first N.J. rabies death since 1971 | November 1997: New Jersey man is infected with rabies after being attacked by rabid bat in his home. |
| Oral manifestations of viral infections more pronounced in immunosuppressed | July 1997 |
| Outbreak investigators ask, 'Which came first - the chicken or the egg?' | November 1997: The use of common mixing bowls and blenders helped to spread the bacteria. |
| Panel reaffirms need for ZDV therapy to reduce perinatal HIV transmission | March 1997: Although zidovudine has been shown to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV, a recent study found cancers in the offspring of pregnant mice. |
| Person-to-person transmission of Hantavirus suspected in outbreak | August 1997: The respiratory illness begins with flu-like illness, but the lungs quickly fill with fluid and the heart rate slows. |
| Post-herpetic neuralgia therapies vary in their ability to relieve pain | July 1997: Lidocaine patch appears highly beneficial with minimal adverse events. |
| President should apologize to blacks for the Tuskegee study, panel says | March 1997: NVAC's resolution asks the president to make a formal apology to study participants and their families; members said 65 years is long enough to wait. |
| Primary immune response to HIV predicts disease progression | February 1997: Immunologic and virologic factors are critical determinants of the outcome of HIV disease progression. |
| Progress made in developing new TB vaccine | July 1997: Deaths from tuberculosis remain on the rise in HIV-positive patients. |
| Pseudo-infection outbreaks in Florida and NYC | June 1997 |
| Rare influenza type A virus discovered in Chinese youth | November 1997: Investigators find no indication that the rare strain, type A (H5N1), has spread. |
| Rare respiratory diphtheria reported in unvaccinated Indiana woman | May 1997: Toxin-producingCorynebacterium ulcerans, normally found in cattle, implicated in outbreak. |
| Recent varicella outbreak in Kenya requires help of CDC | November 1997 |
| Reported cases of HCV declined from 180,000 to 28,000 since 1984 | September 1997: HCV can be transmitted in a variety of ways; health care workers should use caution. |
| Researchers clone infectious hepatitis C virus | August 1997: Until now, scientists have been unable to grow the virus efficiently in tissue culture or purify it using other laboratory procedures. |
| Researchers continue to investigate teratogenic effects of thalidomide | April 1997: The known teratogenic effects must be weighed against the drug's potential. |
| Researchers making progress in the development of tuberculosis vaccine | June 1997: Deaths from TB remain on the rise in HIV-positive patients. |
| Results show more adverse events reported after Td vs. TT | October 1997: ACIP has had long-standing recommendations to administer Td for primary vaccination of adults or as boosters every 10 years. |
| Risk of transfusion-transmitted parasitic diseases is unknown | December 1997: While the risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections is low, little is known about hte risk of transmitting parasitic diseases through transfusions. |
| Rolereversal: using mosquitoes to fight malaria | August 1997: Genetically altered pests could someday be used to transmit a malaria vaccine to their human victims. |
| Salmonella outbreak following church dinner reported in Maryland | December 1997: Outbreak resulted in 746 reported illnesses and one confirmed death. |
| Several infectious diseases appear to hit minority communities harder | July 1997: Poverty and incarceration may create an increased risk of infectious disease among minorities. |
| Significant drop seen in AIDS cases in 1996 | October 1997: The number of people contracting and dying from AIDS dropped significantly for the first time since the start of the epidemic. |
| Single-celled parasites could be key to new therapy | June 1997: Exciting new study about parasitic cellular evolution reported. |
| Some terrorists putting down guns and picking up shigella and other organisms | October 1997: Could "fringe" groups deliberately contaminate food to cause widespread illness? |
| Structural flaw found in zidovudine | September 1997: Study could prove helpful in the better understanding of other antiretroviral drugs. |
| Studies indicate HIV may be a master of disguise | December 1997: Even when HIV reaches undetectable levels, a reservoir of HIV-infected CD4 T cells remains. |
| Insects are an unwelcome sign of summer | June 1997 |
| Syphilis rates are at an all time low. | October 1997: But rates among minorities are still a cause for concern, according to the CDC. |
| Thalidomide may hold promise as treatment for a variety of illnesses | April 1997: Thalidomide treatment is being investigated for leprosy, wasting syndrome and aphthous ulcers, among others. |
| Too many colds could mean not enough diverse friendships | September 1997: Results indicate it is the diversity of the network, rather than simply the number of network members. |
| Toxic fungus suspected in death of three children in Cleveland | March 1997: Three infants died and 18 others became ill after breathing toxins fromStachybotrys atra. |
| Treatment to forestall HIV transmission is tested | August 1997: The program's value has promise, say health officials. |
| Two human rabies cases first diagnosed as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | October 1997: Bats were implicated as the source of both infections, but neither patient had a history of bat bites. |
| Unsafe food has officials calling for new methods of processing and storage | June 1997: Health officials say food irradiation is one way of ensuring safe meals. |
| Vaccine cuisine could be the wave of the future | January 1997: Future vaccinations against some diseases may be as simple as eating a piece of fruit. |
| Vancomycin-resistant staph was reported in Michigan and New Jersey | October 1997: Last line of antibiotic defense breached for serious infections by bacterium. |
| Varicella incidence decreasing in United States | July 1997: Cyclic pattern of varicella could be cause of the decline in cases during 1996. |
| Warn asthmatic patients about sulfites in some major brands of canned tuna | April 1997: No adverse effects by asthma sufferers have been reported but potential is there. |
| ZDV linked to cancer in offspring of pregnant mice | February 1997 |
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