Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA

Lymphoma - FDA issues special protocol assessment for phase III trial of FavId

Malaria - Insect nets shown to be a simple disease-fighting tool in developing nations

Malaria - Proteomics in malaria reviewed

Malaria Vaccine - Merozoite surface protein antibodies inhibit malaria antibody responses

Measles Outbreaks - Measles outbreak control in adult populations discussed

Measles Risk Factor - Risk of measles transmission low after exposure on airline flight

Measles Vaccine - Clinical significance of measles reviewed

Measles Vaccine - Evolution of measles elimination strategies in the United States

Measles Vaccine - Progress toward measles eradication in the Americas updated

Medicare - Unclassified, FDA-approved drugs administered to outpatients will be reimbursed

Mental Illness - Study of 14 countries finds mental illness is prevalent

Metapneumovirus - Human metapneumovirus recovered from cDNA

Microbial Testing - FDA approves ues of microbiological test as part of drug quality control process

Myelodysplastic Syndromes - FDA approves Vidaza (azacitidine for injectable suspension) for MDS

Nicotine Addiction - List linking smoking to diseases expands

Nicotine Addiction - More effort needed to get low-income smokers to quit

Nicotine Addiction - Research center details why teens are vulnerable to smoking addiction

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - FDA accepts Onco TCS new drug application

Nutrition - Americans not eating enough fruits and veggies

Obesity Epidemiology - Increasing obesity rates will lead to higher disability rates

Ophthamology - Ocular inflammation treatment on file with FDA

Osteoporosis - Website helps parents raise strong daughters

Osteoporosis - sNDA submitted to FDA for once-monthly dose of Boniva

Pain Management - FDA gives approval for generic morphine doses

Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic islet cell tumors have non-islet origin

Patient Satisfaction - Survey: Canada, U.S. report high level of health

Pharmaceutical Development - Generic versions of two drugs receive FDA approval

Pharmacokinetics - Method to measure kinetics of penicillin thermal decomposition reported

Pneumonia - FDA approves Avelox (moxifloxacin HCI) for community-acquired pneumonia

Pneumovirus - Molecular genetics and pathogenesis of animal pneumoviruses reviewed

Polio - Two African countries focus of effort to interrupt transmission

Polio Vaccine - Seroprevalence of poliovirus antibody among children in Korea reported

Prescription Drugs - Meetings to help Medicare beneficiaries choose discount cards

Prescription Drugs - West Virginia customers experience prescription delays

Prion Disease - Prion protein undergoes alpha- and beta- cleavages of amino-terminus

Quality Assurance - Report shows FDA inspectors found quality-control problems at Wyeth plant

Regulatory Issues - Report finds problems at Wyeth vaccine plant

Sleep Disorders - PD-6735 granted Orphan Drug Status for sleep disorders in blind patients

Smallpox Vaccine - Smallpox DNA vaccine protects primates against lethal monkeypox

Streptococcus - Streptococci from infants with invasive disease characterized

Tissue Regeneration - FDA issues special protocol assessment approval

Tobacco Lawsuit - Judge orders tobacco company to hand over memo

Tobacco Policy - Underhand activities by tobacco companies rife in former Soviet Union

Viral Disease - Biotech company testing possible antidote for bioterrorism viruses

Virology - Hepatitis E virus can replicate in primate cells in vitro