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Table of Contents . . . February 16th, 2003
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Hepatitis Prevention - CDC issues recommendations for correctional settings
Smallpox - Minimum vaccination is best strategy for now, experts say
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Environment - Cost-effective approach treats problem of high lead in inner city soils
Genetics and Genomics - Novel glutathione S-transferase from Cunninghamella elegans characterized
Hemorrhagic Disorders - Researchers investigate the extent of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the Americas
Adolescent Health - Growth at puberty involves complex hormonal interactions
Adolescent Health - Researchers investigate mass media effects on American adolescents' health
Appointments - Volkow named new director of NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Asthma - FDA issues warning on drug
Carcinogens - Study: View Master employees have higher levels of some cancers
Chronic Hepatitis B - Society gains economic advantages from vaccinating prisoners
Environmental Health - Human urothelial cell gene expression may protect against sodium arsenite
Fitness - Medical care system for NASA-Mir space flights discussed
HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Virion-based vaccine protects animals against disease
Heart Failure - Inflammatory mediators and their role in the failing heart reviewed
Hepatitis A - Cases decrease in Southern California
Immunology - HLA-DP4 defines a new supertype of peptide-binding specificity
Melanoma - T cell clones eliminate antigen-positive malignant melanoma tumor cells
Nosocomial Infections - Regulatory group stepping up efforts to reduce fatal hospital infections
Public Health - U.N. health agency meets to decide who will lead WHO
Rabies Vaccine - Rabies treatment done within a day of injury is effective
Regulatory Issues - Bush to speed FDA generic drug approval
Regulatory Issues - FDA warns OxyContin maker over safety statement in ads
Regulatory Issues - Feds to begin clinical tests on drugs commonly prescribed for children
Smallpox - CDC begins shipping smallpox vaccine to the states
Smallpox - Healthcare organization says workers will face unnecessary risk
Smallpox - Vaccinations for Florida health workers delayed
Smallpox - Virus sent to state lab as bioterror test
Vaccine Adjuvant - Clinical trial indicates GM-CSF is not a broadly effective vaccine adjuvant
Vaccine Safety - U.S. adverse events compiled for decade
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