by PEPID Newsroom | Apr 16, 2019 | Alerts
The American College of Physicians (ACP) issued new guidance statements on breast cancer screening for asymptomatic women of average-risk. This issue follows a thorough review and inclusion of the following existing guidelines and associated evidence: American...
by PEPID Newsroom | Apr 12, 2019 | Alerts
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling to contain the 10th deadly wave of the Ebola virus to sweep the nation. As of April 14, the outbreak has logged 1,198 confirmed infected cases and 768 confirmed fatalities. WHO officials are monitoring the outbreak...
by PEPID Newsroom | Apr 10, 2019 | Alerts
Update to Pulse Alert: Second Highest Record of Measles Since Elimination, 6 Outbreaks within U.S. As of April 4, 2019, 465 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 19 states. This year officially marks the second highest number of individual cases of...
by PEPID Newsroom | Apr 10, 2019 | Alerts
Sanofi and Cigna are responding to the escalating financial and mortality costs of insulin with affordable patient assistance programs – a first in America’s broken drug pricing system. Beginning June, Sanofi’s Insulins Valyou Savings Program will...
by PEPID Newsroom | Apr 5, 2019 | Alerts
The CDC, several states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Services, and the U.S. FDA are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E.Coli) O103 infections. There is not yet an identification of a...
