The 2009 influenza H1N1 virus likely infected 35% of students and 10% of employees at a New York City school in the spring of 2009, but the virus did not cause severe illness, based on data from more than 800 students and employees at the school with confirmed or suspected cases.
Premarketing approval of cardiovascular devices by the Food and Drug Administration often rests on a very shaky foundation, according to a report in the Dec. 23/30 issue of JAMA.
Researchers have identified a genetic locus on chromosome 1q31 that is significantly associated with susceptibility to asthma, according to a study published online Dec. 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Three distinct histological patterns were found in the lungs of 21 Brazilian patients who died of the novel human influenza A(H1N1) infection in July and August of 2009.
The diagnosis of melanoma is delayed in Hispanic and black patients, compared with whites, and thus, the mortality burden is disproportionately high in these minority populations, according to a report in the December issue of the Archives of Dermatology.
Approximately 1% of 8-year-old children in the United States meet criteria for an autism spectrum disorder, based on results of a nationwide study of 8-year-olds conducted in 2006. The findings were published Dec. 18 in a surveillance summary as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
A from the U.S. Government Accountability Office concludes that the current Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza needs improvement.
