Vets have welcomed the publication of the progress report for the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Group for England (TBEG).

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A Florida State University researcher has received a major research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to screen small molecules that could be potential drug targets in the fight against tuberculosis, a common and deadly infectious disease that kills nearly 2 million people worldwide each year. Timothy A.

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Personalized, proactive telephone counseling centered on motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral skills training has been found to favorably impact quit rates among teen smokers, according to a pair of studies published online October 12 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Arthur V. Peterson, Ph.D.

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Last Thursday, the WHO Regional Office for Europe launches its Night noise guidelines for Europe (1). The book provides ground-breaking evidence on how exposure to night noise can damage people's health, and recommends guideline levels to protect health.

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Plans to change NHS dental registration in Scotland could harm patient care, according to a survey of high street dentists. Dentists are worried that proposals to introduce continuous registration, a scheme which would sweep away the need for patients to visit their dentist in order to remain registered with them, sends the wrong message about the value of regular check-ups.

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Hybrigenics (ALHYG), a bio-pharmaceutical company listed on Alternext (NYSE-Euronext) in Paris, with a focus on research and development of new cancer treatments and specialized in protein interactions, announces today preclinical results demonstrating the potential of inecalcitol alone and in a syne

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The latest guidance on swine flu vaccination for healthcare professionals is now available. It will be published as a learning module on BMJ Learning and as a downloadable audio file on the BMJ's pandemic flu microsite. The 30 minute podcast contains advice on vaccination for healthcare staff including information on where to inject the vaccine and how best to store it.

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Cancer charities will today join Gordon Brown to highlight the lifesaving importance of breast cancer screening. The NHS breast cancer screening programme currently diagnoses over 14,000 cases of breast cancer each year and saves around 1,400 lives every year. However in 2008 27% of women failed to take up their right to breast screening.

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Lancet Comment Examines Efforts To Subsidize ACTs A Lancet comment examines an Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm) program to help countries procure subsidized artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs).

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A clinical trial of an Indian-made "modified killed-whole-cell" oral cholera vaccine "that meets WHO standards" has found that the vaccine is safe and effective in children living in parts of India where the disease is endemic, Reuters reports. The researchers, who reported their findings in the journal Lancet, hope to soon introduce the vaccine into other cholera endemic settings.

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