Tamiflu report comes under fire

Large quinacrine study comes under fire from family planners.

A large study among 31,781 women, in 24 provinces of Vietnam, who underwent nonsurgical female sterilization via insertion of 2 doses of quinacrine 30 days apart has various flaws, according to many family planning specialists and researchers. The authors of the study based their findings on just 11,686 women and then extrapolated the results to all 31,781 women. Study providers did not follo...

Meeting Report: Risk Assessment of Tamiflu Use Under Pandemic Conditions

On 3 October 2007, 40 participants with diverse expertise attended the workshop Tamiflu and the Environment: Implications of Use under Pandemic Conditions to assess the potential human health impact and environmental hazards associated with use of Tamiflu during an influenza pandemic. Based on the identification and risk-ranking of knowledge gaps, the consensus was that oseltamivir ethylester-p...

Smokey comes of age: unmanned aerial systems for fire management

Fire Under Fire: Proton Probabilities at Perihelion

This paper computes the probabilities that the near-Sun flyby mission, Fire, might be bombarded by high energy protons from solar-activity related proton acceleration lying beneath Fire’s perihelion altitude of three solar radii. Although the very largest interplanetary proton events are commonly believed to be caused by interplanetary shocks, this paper assumes the working hypothesis that ther...

PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS: Triclosan Comes under Scrutiny

Triclosan, the antimicrobial agent marketed for its germ-fighting capability in personal care products, is coming under close scrutiny. In April 2010 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is conducting a scientific and regulatory review of triclosan in FDAregulated products, with publication of results expected in spring 2011. The agency also is collaborating with the U.S. En...