Fungal meningitis outbreak waning, says CDC

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So far, 541 cases in 19 states – including one each from Georgia and South Carolina – have been identified from the outbreak, which is tied to contaminated steroid injections. The case … A North Carolina case allowed them to narrow the potential …
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Georgia colleges move research from campus labs to marketplace

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Work from the center, which was established in 1985, has been used to produce more efficient biofuels and develop diagnostic tests and new drugs to prevent and treat diseases. The center has also lured existing companies to Georgia. For example …
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Fungal Infections After Joplin Tornado Proved Deadly

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… surgical débridement are associated with improved outcomes," study authors Robyn Neblett Fanfair, MD, MPH, an epidemic intelligence service officer in the Mycotic Disease Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia …
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Telestroke cost effective for rural hospitals

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The Circulation study estimates that compared with no network, a telestroke system of a single hub and seven spoke hospitals may result in the use of more clot-busting drugs, procedures and other stroke therapies, more stroke patients discharged home …
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