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...itors. One-on-one interviews with international authorities in all areas of pulmonology, critical care, sleep medicine, cardiology, infectious disease, disaster medicine, and quality improvement. Full-service press room with access to computer workstations and Internet. ...Helicopter flight trials for EGNOS
...tion market while demonstrating to the responsible authorities that the required safety levels are achieved. The helicopter trials follow on from the fixed-wing EGNOS/GIANT trials held at Valencia, in Spain, during late 2006. Additional GIANT flight trials will be performed in 2007, at other European airports...Extreme weather monitoring boosted by space sensor
...d operational. The research stage encourages water authorities in Africa to undertake research initiatives and supports them with Earth observation (EO) data, training and tools. The pre-operational stage aims to demonstrate tailored EO-based services and systems for collecting water-related information. The ope...Cancer on the agenda of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency
...hoped for recognition by the national and European authorities of the recommendations agreed upon by the experts gathered together for this meeting. ...Veterinarians at increased risk of avian influenza virus infection
... minimize the effects of the next pandemic. Health authorities worldwide are closely monitoring the H5N1 virus strain that emerged in Asia as a possible source of a pandemic. "While these avian influenza virus infections in veterinarians were likely mild or subclinical, the story might be very different should...Chinese space agency joins the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'
...mes. With CNSA's addition, disaster management authorities will now not only have access to Chinese satellite data archives but also to data from new CNSA missions. Last month, two American commercial satellite imagery firms DigitalGlobe and GeoEye joined forces with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a...Follow-up care for breast cancer patients is 'devalued and deregulated'
...ity-based teams of doctors and nurses, then health authorities could make large financial savings that could be put towards giving patients better access to new and expensive adjuvant drugs (such as aromatase inhibitors), as well as enabling them to see relevant hospital specialists more quickly. Cancer speciali...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2007
...ors with a communications network that would allow authorities to respond rapidly, mitigating adverse impacts and protecting the energy infrastructure. The system uses very little power and can integrate with renewable power sources, minimizing operator intervention and maintenance costs. Such a network could pl...Smoking, growing private hospital care for poor and US flu vaccine policies
... the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and British authorities suspended the license of one of only two manufacturers that provided the U.S. supply of inactivated influenza vaccine. The CDC stepped in and recommended that adults older than 65 and those with chronic health conditions, among other groups, should r...Dealing deadly cancers a knockout punch
...Oncolytics has permission from the U.K. regulatory authorities to test Reolysin in three separate human trials in combination with the cancer drugs gemcitabine, paclitaxel/carboplatin and docetaxel. Perhaps the most exciting findings of Reolysin combination therapy were reported at the American Association fo...Is the UK prepared for pandemic flu?
Giving local authorities responsibility for implementing pandemic flu plans may not be the best policy, says a senior public health doctor in this weeks BMJ. He warns that, in the event of a pandemic, much of the planning could be redundant. In the worse case scenario, a...Faster and better emergency response through satellite telecoms
...eatment protocols. HEWS will give civil protection authorities the ability to supply this information and coordinate the field teams correctly....Hurricane Katrina evacuees had deep distrust of public health authorities
...ences of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, when authorities performed controlled breaks along the levee to sel...n mentioned by evacuees involved the competency of authorities in handling the emergency; perceived equity that is, whether authorities treated the hurricane vict...Howe School lecture -- Changing the Management of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, May 3
... processes for compliance with relevant regulatory authorities and doing so utilizing the most effective and pragmatic means. Such is the case of pharmacovigilance and drug safety. Despite years of dealing with issues of adverse event management and reporting, the regulated industries still tend approach this ...Satellite images aid implementation of agricultural reforms
...ossibly maintained badly can be detected, allowing authorities to visit the fields in question to detect whether they are abandoned or neglected. ...International study finds ways to maximize effective responses after terrorism incidents
...e them. Further, community awareness and notifying authorities if something seemed out of the norm was found to be important, particularly by the Israelis who feel that their population is always alert and reports anything that seems suspicious. "This project provides an initial framework for learning lessons...General physicals prompt needed cancer screenings
...hen they feel sick or have a medical problem, some authorities have questioned whether preventive, or general, health examinations are worth the extra time and effort," said lead author Joshua Fenton, assistant professor of family and community medicine at UC Davis. "Our study suggests they are. If people ove...Medical, IT, engineering experts form advisory panel for electronic health record safety
...uch errors. To meet this need, a panel of national authorities has formed the Advisory Board of the EHR Safety Institute. "The EHR has the potential to impact the life of every American," said Homer Chin, MD, Medical Director for Clinical Information Systems, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region. "We want to hel...Flu experts call for mandatory shots for health care workers
...iling of antibiotics and antivirals. Public health authorities should have enough medicines to respond to a pandemic on hand ahead of time. New drugs need to be developed. Currently available antivirals are only moderately effective, and resistance to them is emerging. Improve diagnostic tools. Influenza share...Experts urge strongest isolation for new drug-resistant tuberculosis cases appearing in South Africa
... tribunals to oversee the process. The paper says authorities have "a strong reciprocal obligation" to support isolated patients with humane and decent living conditions. "In fact, the restriction of their liberties is more for a collective good than for their own. Thus every effort must be made to ensure co...