More than 65,000 people from 80 countries attended the 30th A+A trade fair last month in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Slips, trips, and falls are an everyday risk at hospitals and comprise one of the top accident categories.
A study published in Environmental Research Letters says the excess pollution directly contributed to the deaths of 60 people in the U.S.
The ANA has asked nurses to get the flu vaccine as well as advise their patients to do the same.
More than 8 million Americans have diabetic retinopathy and total cases of the disease are projected to increase by 35 percent by 2032 and by 63 percent by 2050.
Highly addictive medicines are overprescribed, and the council urged DEA to require more education for the medical practitioners who prescribe them.
CDC awarded a total of $11 million to six academic institutions, which will work to identify possible new ways to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as Ebola in health care facilities.
Robert Lytle of Rapid City, S.D., marketed the QLaser devices with labeling claims they could be used for treating conditions such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes. "Although two of the devices are cleared for providing temporary relief of pain associated with osteoarthritis of the hand, none of the devices have been cleared by the FDA or otherwise approved to treat any other medical conditions," according to DOJ.
"These products are intended to offer greater options and help create a continuum of care in a mass casualty incident. Together, they have the potential to eliminate resource-intensive steps, shorten hospital stays, and improve patient outcomes," said BARDA Director Robin Robinson, Ph.D.
The agency recommended that Park Compounding Pharmacy cease sterile operations and recall all non-expired sterile drug products; the company agreed to halt sterile operations but not to the recall.
"We recognize the concerns that many have regarding infectious disease in today's environment, including the Middle East respiratory disease coronavirus. However, since the onset of the disease in 2012, there have not been any cases among hajj pilgrims, and we are working to keep it that way," said Khalid Al-Falih, minister of health of Saudi Arabia.
ASPR and BARDA are working together to fund a new monoclonal antibody drug.
According to WHO, an increasing number of countries are on the verge of eliminating malaria: 13 countries reported zero cases of the disease and six others reported fewer than 10 cases in 2014.
An estimated 2 million people in the United States each year are infected with bacteria that antibiotics cannot treat because the bacteria no longer respond to antibiotics.
The announcement discusses the benefits of walking while also addressing limitations for some civilians.
Penny Pritzker, the commerce secretary, announced the plan during the White House Apprenticeship Summit on Sept. 8. President Obama on Sept. 9 said DOL is awarding $175 million in American Apprenticeship Grants to 46 public-private partnerships that have pledged to train and hire more than 34,000 new apprentices in high-growth and high-tech industries during the next five years.
According to MSF, the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi stopped making Fav-Afrique, which is the world's only antivenom proven safe and effective to treat envenoming from different types of snakes across sub-Saharan Africa, at the end of 2014. The last batch of Fav-Afrique is due to expire in June 2016 and no replacement will be available for another two years.
Proposed changes include new data security and information protection standards to reduce the potential for violations of privacy and confidentiality.
An expert panel's report finds WHO does not possess the capacity or organizational culture to deliver a full emergency public response.
"It is a serious issue. It's the number of serious violations that were found. It means that many employees were at risk of serious injury," Norman R. Deitch said.