Perdue Farms is growing over 50% of its chickens without using antibiotics of any kind, including human or animal, a move that comes after the company stopped using human antibiotics in chicken production. The human antibiotics are either ...
US-based XOMA Corporation (XOMA) has received Orphan Drug Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its IL-1 beta modulating antibody 'gevokizumab' for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). Gevokizumab is a ...
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The United States is safer if it works with countries to fight infectious diseases because nations are connected by food and drinking water, officials say. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said ...
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The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking veterinarians from around the world to participate in a laminitis study in 2014. Laminitis (a hoof disease in which the interlocking leaflike tissues called laminae anchoring the ...
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As experts continue to sound alarm bells about the rising resistance of microbes to antibiotics used by humans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced it was curbing the use of the drugs in livestock nationwide. "FDA ...
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Low levels of vitamin D have been implicated as a potential cause of diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes. Now an extensive review suggests it's really the other way around: Low levels of the "sunshine vitamin" are more likely a ...
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There are a number of scientifically-proven reasons why supplementing with high-quality fish oil is an important part of a healthy diet. Your brain, joints, muscles, heart, and skin all rely on the omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients in ...
Humans have been consuming omega-3 fats from natural fish, nut and seed sources for countless generations. Our core genetic structure depends on a regular supply of the long chain omega-3 fats EPA and DHA to form cell wall structures and ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline's Flulaval Quadrivalent (Influenza Virus Vaccine) for the active immunization of people three years of age and more to help prevent disease caused by seasonal influenza ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supply of GlaxoSmithKline's four-strain (quadrivalent) influenza vaccine, Fluarix Quadrivalent, to CDC distribution centers and healthcare providers in the US. Fluarix ...
The US FDA has approved Chembio Diagnostics' Dual Path Platform (DPP) point-of-care HIV 1/2 rapid test. The DPP HIV 1/2 assay is developed to detect HIV-1/2 antibodies in either oral fluid or blood samples, which will bind directly with ...
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