Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced that it has
received FDA clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
for a new test for Campylobacter. Launched as PREMIER CAMPY, the rapid
EIA test provides for optimized detection of Campylobacter infection,
the most commonly diagnosed bacteria for food borne illness in the U.S.
Approximately 20 million tests are conducted each year in the U.S. to
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Being engaged brought
out a lot of changes in actor-host Ryan Agoncillo's outlook.
, Ryan openly revealed gaining
a sense of purpose in everything he does since proposing to girlfriend Judy
Ann Santos.
“Dati when you get to
work, you do it to buy a particular toy, a car, or maybe pang-date mo. But now,
I'm saving up for a house in a village where you know there's a good school
near that you can Read the rest of this entry »
Foundation said Wednesday it has revised its grant-making strategies and decided to stop making health-care technology grants this year, so it can focus on other priorities in tough economic times.
Instead, the foundation, which is affiliated with San Francisco-based Blue Shield of California, will focus on three areas, officials said:
• Achieving universal coverage for all Californians “using a shared responsibility approach.” Read the rest of this entry »
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Health will unveil a draft ethical framework on Friday for allocating critical health care resources during a severe influenza pandemic.
While public concern about “bird flu” may have waned over the past two years, the department says the threat of a possible influenza pandemic remains very real. It says a severe pandemic, like the one in 1918, could sicken up to a third of Minnesota’s population, Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s your Thanksgiving checklist: Eat turkey. Watch football. Talk to your relatives about their health.
Five years ago, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Thanksgiving as National Family Health History Day. Since people tend to be with their loved ones on that holiday, the Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are encouraging everyone to use that opportunity to compile a family history.
“Many important diseases, Read the rest of this entry »
President Barack Obama hasn’t yet presented his official health care reform plan to Congress. But already, new health spending is spinning out of control. Obama and congressional Democrats included more than $150 billion for health care in the $787 billion stimulus package.
About $90 billion is intended to help states with budget deficits fund Medicaid, the government health insurance plan for the poor. Another $21 billion is earmarked for Read the rest of this entry »
• Published January 03, 2009
MERIDIAN, Idaho – Two people arrested in November at a Meridian home where a 1-year-old boy died with drugs in his system have now been charged with multiple counts of felony injury to a child.
Denyel Loos, 25, and Christopher William Azary, 31, were charged in 4th District Court on Friday.
According to Ada County prosecutors, they were charged due to the poor living conditions authorities discovered Read the rest of this entry »
A state administrative law judge on Tuesday upheld a previous denial of new hospital in Clemmons.
Officials with Winston-Salem-based Novant Health, who have proposed building a new hospital in Clemmons, said they plan to appeal to the N.C. Court of Appeals.
“Although we are disappointed that the administrative law judge did not agree with our appeal of the state’s denial … we are not surprised at this recommendation,” a statement Read the rest of this entry »
A delay in plans to demolish the old Quo Vadis theater and build a $5 million fitness center has prompted two local teens to renew their efforts to save the once-plush movie house.
Developers had hoped to tear down the Quo Vadis as early as last summer to make way for a 45,000-square-foot L.A. Fitness Center on Wayne Road, across from Westland Shopping Center.
But the project has stalled amid a persistent economic downturn, and developers on Tuesday Read the rest of this entry »
announced Monday it will eliminate 100 jobs by the end of February and freeze capital spending on anything that doesn’t have a binding contract in place.
About 80 percent of the jobs cut by HCMC are currently vacant, but the other 20 percent of the cuts will be a combination of layoffs and reduced hours.
The job and spending cuts are a response to Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s reduction of $73 million in Minnesota Health and Human Services funding Read the rest of this entry »