Africa: New One-Dose Meningitis Treatment 'Effective, Safer'

Africa: New One-Dose Meningitis Treatment ‘Effective, Safer’

Members of MSF Nigeria Emergency Response Unit (NERU) precede to make the triage to the people arriving in the meningitis treatment center run by MSF in Sokoto Mutalah Mohamad Hospital (file photo). Nairobi — A new short-course treatment is effective against HIV -associated cryptococcal meningitis with fewer serious side effects, and has the potential to […]

New one-dose meningitis treatment ‘effective, safer’

New one-dose meningitis treatment ‘effective, safer’

[NAIROBI] A new short-course treatment is effective against HIV -associated cryptococcal meningitis with fewer serious side effects, and has the potential to reduce the length and cost of hospital admissions, a study shows. According to estimates produced by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal infection which invades the lining […]

New short-course treatment effective against HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

New short-course treatment effective against HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

A new short-course treatment is effective against HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis with fewer serious side effects, and has the potential to reduce the length and cost of hospital admissions, a study shows. According to estimates produced by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal infection which invades the lining of the […]

Patient care and safety put at risk in A&E at brand new £350m hospital

Patient care and safety put at risk in A&E at brand new £350m hospital

The Grange University Hospital based in Cwmbran Patients visiting Wales’ newest emergency department were likely to have been put at risk of harm due to the lack of processes and systems in place, inspectors found. Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) carried out an unannounced inspection of The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran between November 1 and […]

Olympics-Formidable Russian coach and doctor with doping past in focus over Valieva case

Olympics-Formidable Russian coach and doctor with doping past in focus over Valieva case

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Polina Nikolskaya and Luc Cohen BEIJING/MOSCOW/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The turmoil engulfing a 15-year-old Russian figure skater who tested positive for a banned substance has thrust her eminent coach and a doctor with past doping offences into the spotlight at the Beijing Games. Teen skater Kamila Valieva was cleared on Monday to […]

Omicron resistance prompts Logan Health to halt antibody program

Omicron resistance prompts Logan Health to halt antibody program

People walk past a new sign for Logan Health at the entrance to the hospital in Kalispell on Tuesday, May 19, 2021. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake) Logan Health’s monoclonal antibody program that has successfully treated thousands of Covid-19 patients ended last week after emerging guidelines indicate that available treatments are not effective against the highly […]

Ghana: NHIs - Beam of Light for the Childhood Cancer Journey

Ghana: NHIs – Beam of Light for the Childhood Cancer Journey

The news of the diagnosis in children is received with anxiety, astonishment, and sorrow regardless of social class and status. Hitherto, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) did not cover the treatment of these diagnoses, adding on to the overwhelming bewilderment when parents are informed of total cost involved for treatment. With limited higher treatment […]