Va. Hospital Urges Endoscopy Patients to Get Tested
Washington Post - Aug 23 8:43 PM
Officials with Inova Loudoun Hospital have contacted 144 patients who underwent endoscopic exams last month and urged them to get tested for HIV and hepatitis, citing the hospital's failure to properly disinfect its equipment.

Hospital Offers Hotline For Patients Affected By Error
Leesburg Today - Aug 26 7:22 AM
Aug 26, 2005 -- Citing the privacy of patients, Inova Loudoun Hospital representatives said this week the hospital will not be scheduling any public forums for the 144 people who received a letter in the mail 10 days ago informing them to return for free blood tests after the hospital discovered an error in its scope disinfection process that could leave the patients susceptible to disease.

CHINA TO IMPOSE COMPULSORY BATCH INSPECTION ON VACCINE PRODUCTS
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance - Aug 28 8:51 PM
Regulations / Law China will impose compulsory inspection and examination on every batch of ex-factory and imported attenuated live vaccine of encephalitis B, inactivated vaccine of encephalitis B, and A-group and A plus C group meningococcal polysaccharose vaccine products starting from October 1 this year, according to a circular issued recently by the State Food and Drug Administration.

Scientists Make Breakthrough in Developing SARS Treatment
RedNova - Aug 27 8:54 AM
Scientists make breakthrough in developing SARS treatment GUANGZHOU, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have made a breakthrough in developing a treatment for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Hepatitis A Vaccine: More 'C' Patients Need It
WebMD - Aug 24 1:03 PM
Despite recommendations, few people with chronic hepatitis C are being vaccinated against the hepatitis A virus.

Worldwide Biotech & Pharmaceutical Obtains the China Patent Golden Medal For Its 'Intact Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 25 6:00 AM
Worldwide Biotech & Pharmaceutical Company has obtained the China Patent Golden Medal for ''the Intact Hepatitis C Virus and Method for Culturing HCV in Vitro by Cell Culture.''