Tech Refresher: Helping patients prevent cold and fluPharmacy technicians have an important role to play in helping patients prevent cold and flu. Intranasal flu vaccine now availableAstraZeneca’s new needle- and preservative-free influenza vaccine hits Canadian market. Varicella: two-dose primary vaccination schedule now recommended NACI now recommends two doses of varicella vaccine for routine vaccination of Canadian children against chicken pox. Single-dose drug beats multi-dose treatment for cholera Decreasing susceptibility to ciprofloxacin seen in Vibrio cholerae One Olympic legacy: B.C.’s biggest measles outbreak since 1997 ‘Residual susceptibility’ stands in the way of measles elimination Prenatal flu vaccine benefits mom, baby – and fetus Lower rate of small for gestational age, higher birthweights seen Protein may make some people resistant to HIV infection ‘Elite controllers’ have 10 to 20 times higher expression of p21 than other HIV patients Diversity of new anti-infective agents reported at ICAAC growing Review of 50 years of abstracts shows biggest shift in beta-lactams Needlestick, sharps injuries pose continuing risks in U.S. Mom’s flu shot linked to benefits for infants First Previous 111 112 113 114 115 Next Last
