Researchers find weaknesses in Arkansas public health system
CHICAGO Several obstacles in the public health system of Arkansas were encountered during the 2001-2002 outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough), emphasizing a need for better testing procedures, organization and communication, and underscoring the vulnerability of the public health system in the event of a bioterrorist attack, according to an article in the February issue of The Archives of Pedia...Sandia-developed foam likely would stop SARS virus quickly, Sandia/Kansas State team shows
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Researchers at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories and Kansas State University have shown that chemical formulations previously developed at Sandia to decontaminate chemical and biological warfare agents are likely effective at killing the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). ......In a series of tests conduct...First medication to target PCP addiction is reported by Arkansas researchers
.Animal studies by researchers at the University of.Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) used an antibody-based drug to provide.immediate protection against the chronic abuse of phencyclidine (PCP). The.studies mark the first time that a long-acting treatment has been developed to.block or reduce the psychoactive effects of PCP in drug addicts, according to.UAMS scientist S. Michael Owens, Ph.D...