The following releases focus on the Ebola outbreak:
SALT LAKE CITY--Sorenson Legacy Foundation Commits
$1.5 Million to Aid the Ongoing Battle Against Ebola Source:
The Sorenson Legacy Foundation
SAN ANTONIO--Xenex Secures $25 Million in Funding;
Interest in Germ-Zapping Robot Heightened by Ebola Outbreak,
Hospital Penalties for Infections Source: Xenex Disinfection
Services
RICHMOND, Va.--ChildFund International receives 2014
NGO Partner of the Year Award Source: ChildFund
International
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Vaxart Completes
Financing to Fund Expanding Development Portfolio Source:
Vaxart, Inc.
LONGMONT, Colo.--NGA, DigitalGlobe Human Geography Data
and Satellite Imagery Aid International Ebola
Response Source: Digital Global
LONDON--Increased Need for Bio-security Will Influence
the Growth of the Global Bio-Detection Market by 2019:
TechNavio Source: TechNavio
LOS ANGELES--AHF: Rose Parade Ebola Float Family to Meet
Media Wed. Dec. 31st in Hollywood Source: AIDS
Healthcare Foundation
LOS ANGELES--New Ebola “Lest We Forget” Billboards
Amplify Message of AHF Rose Parade FloatSource: AIDS
Healthcare Foundation
DENVER--Corgenix Announces New Grants to Advance Work on
Ebola Test Kit Source: Corgenix Medical Corporation
LUXEMBOURG--SES Partners in the Fight against Ebola in
Guinea Through Deployment of Mobile Laboratory
“B-LiFE” Source: SES
BOSTON and ELLICOTT CITY, Md.--SPR Advanced Technologies
Receives Funding From USAID To Deploy Innovative Solution To Combat
Ebola Epidemic Source: SPR Advanced Technologies,
Inc.
LOS ANGELES--AHF’s 2015 Rose Parade Float to Honor ‘Ebola
First Responders’ Source: AIDS Healthcare
Foundation
WAYNE, Pa.--GENEX Develops Ebola Guidelines for the
Workers’ Comp Industry Source: GENEX
STERLING, Va.--BringCom Receives $3.1 Million Order for
Ebola Operation United Assistance Circuit from Liberia to Germany
and Implements in Two Weeks Source: BringCom
CONCORD, Calif.--FDA Approves INTERCEPT Blood System for
Plasma Source: Cerus Corporation
PARIS--Eutelsat Provides Equipment and Satellite
Connectivity for NetHope to Support Ebola Relief Effort in West
Africa Source: Eutelsat
PRINCETON, N.J.--US Army Adopts and Deploys Provodine®
from Microdermis to Fight Ebola Source: Microdermis
Corporation
HARTFORD, Conn.--Lyme Disease, Like Ebola, Should be
Diagnosed by DNA Sequencing Source: Coalition Against Lyme
and Related Borrelioses
CONCORD, Calif.--FDA Accepts IDE Supplement for INTERCEPT
Blood System Treatment of Ebola Convalescent
Plasma Source: CERUS
LOS ANGELES--AHF’s ‘AirheadCelebs.com’ Campaign &
Billboards Target Anti-vaccine Celebrities Source: AIDS
Healthcare Foundation
ENGELWOOD, Colo.--Western Union Launches Million-Dollar
Global Challenge to Fight Ebola Source: Western
Union
NEW YORK--New Liberia Foundation Urges Calm in Planned
Demonstrations Source: New Liberia Foundation
INDIANAPOLIS--WellPoint Offers New E-Learning Tool on
Global Medicine Source: WellPoint
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & AMES, IA--Merck and
NewLink Genetics Enter Into Licensing and Collaboration Agreement
for Investigational Ebola
Vaccine Source: Merck
WASHINGTON, D.C. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SAN
DIEGO--USAID, Broad Institute and Illumina Form a
Public-Private Partnership Combating the Ebola Epidemic in West
Africa Source: Illumina, Inc.
DANBURY, Conn.--Report: Spectra254 Ultraviolet Light
System 99.9 Percent Effective in Killing Ebola
SurrogateSource: Spectra254
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone--Sierra Leone Action Receives
Donation of Transfusion Medicine Equipment from Fresenius
Kabi Source: Sierra Leone Action
SAN FRANCISCO--YoMinder App Delivers Geo-Local Alerts and
Recommendations on Ebola, Flu and Infectious
Diseases Source: Cloudwear
SAN DIEGO--Ichor Medical Systems Awarded DARPA Contract
for Development of TriGrid Platform for Passive
Immunization Source: Ichor Medical Systems
WEST HAVEN, Conn.--NanoViricides, Inc. Files Quarterly
Report - Reports Further Improved Strong Cash Position Sufficient
for Clinical Trials of its First Two Drug
Candidates Source: NanoViricides Inc.
NEW ORLEANS--Center for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) to Present at Supercomputing 2014: Utilizing High Performance
Computers to Battle Infectious
Diseases Source: Supercomputing 2014
PHILADELPHIA--Integral Molecular awarded $3.5M contract
from NIH to study Ebola and Hepatitis C virus antibody
response Source: Integral Molecular, Inc.
ST. PAUL, Minn.--108 Tons of Ecolab Infection Prevention
Products Arrive in West Africa to Fight Spread of
Ebola Source: Ecolab Inc.
IRVINE, Calif.--Media Advisory: UC Irvine School of Law
Holds Public Forum with Reverend Jesse Jackson on Constitutional
Implications of Ebola Source: UC Irvine School of
Law
LUXEMBOURG & ACCRA, Ghana--SES Joins the Fight
against Ebola Source: SES
DALLAS--MD Buyline Announces Ebola Resource Center and
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Pricing
Guidelines Source: MD Buyline
OLATHE, Kan.--ITW Pro Brands Offers Complete Line of
CDC-Recommended Cleaning Products to Combat Ebola
Virus Source: ITW Pro Brands
WALTHAM, Mass.--Fresenius Medical Care Urges At-Risk
Populations to Get Annual Flu Shots, And Shares Four Simple Truths
About the Vaccine Source: Fresenius Medical
Care
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C.--Vector Analytics Has Quantified the
Potential Effect of Ebola On Retail Sales By Analyzing Consumer
Sentiment and Past Crises Source: Vector Analytics
NEW YORK & MONTVALE, N.J.--New ACCA/IMA Survey Finds
Global Economy Faces Dangerous Period of
Uncertainty Source: Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants
NEWARK, Calif.--RMS Catastrophe Models Estimate U.S.
Could Experience 15 to 130 New Ebola Cases Before Year’s
End Source: RMS
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va.--U.S. Air Force Hospital
Langley Adds Xenex Ebola-Zapping Robot to
Inventory Source: Xenex
SONOMA, Calif.--Sonoma Valley Hospital Acquires Xenex
Germ-Killing Robot to Enhance Patient
SafetySource: Xenex
NORWALK, Conn.--Xerox Updates Market-Leading
Ebola-Tracking Software for Instant, Secure Cloud
AccessSource: Xerox
DALLAS--Healthcare Training Firm Releases Free App
Download for Ebola Training for Physicians, Mid-Level Providers and
Nurses Source: ImplementHIT
LOS ANGELES--Eagan Avenatti, LLP Announces $500 Million
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Kimberly-Clark Over Concerns
That Protective Medical Gowns Fail Safety Tests and Spark
Ebola Concerns Source: Eagan Avenatti, LLP
LOS ANGELES--Ebola: AHF & Holman United Methodist
Church Partner in Community Town Hall Forum—Thurs., Oct. 30th,
7:30pm-9pm Source: AIDS Healthcare Foundation
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Retail Orphan Initiative Rallies Retail
Industry for Ebola Relief in Liberia Source: Retail Orphan
Initiative
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--COREwafer Industries Inc. to Purchase
Innovative Ebola App for Android/iPhone MarketSource: COREwafer
Industries Inc.
WEST HAVEN. Conn.--NanoViricides, Inc. Signs CRADA for
Material Transfer with USAMRIID for Evaluating Its Anti-Ebola Drug
Candidates Source: NanoViricides, Inc.
WASHINGTON--AHF on Ebola: World Must Rethink Role of
World Health Organization Source: AIDS Healthcare
Foundation
SAN ANTONIO--Ebola Virus Highlights Importance of
Infection Prevention; Xenex Integrates Germ-Zapping Robot with CDC
Hospital Protocols for Outbreak Response Source: Xenex
Disinfection Services
ANN ARBOR, Mich. & WASHINGTON--Truven Health
Analytics-NPR Health Poll Finds Over 56 Percent of Americans Worry
of Ebola Outbreak, Opinions on U.S. Response Split Source:
Truven Health Analytics
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.--Protecting Those Who Protect
Others™: First Responders and Healthcare Workers Eligible for
Never-Before-Offered Ebola Insurance Coverage Offered through
Lloyd’s of London Source: Specialty Insurance
Advisors
NEW YORK--JPMorgan Chase and Employees to Donate up to
$600,000 to Help Curtail West Africa’s Ebola
Outbreak Source: JPMorgan Chase
SAN FRANCISCO--Wells Fargo Donates $150,000 to Fight
Ebola Crisis Source: Wells Fargo
SEATTLE--TapImmune Provides Update on PolyStart™ Vaccine
Platform Applicable to Cancer and Infectious
Disease Source: TapImmune Inc.
MONROVIA, Calif.--Immunotech Laboratories, Inc. Enters
into Agreement to Market Potential Ebola Virus Disease (“EVD”)
Treatment and Implement Strategy for Company's ITV-1 Infectious
Diseases Treatment in AfricaSource:Immunotech Laboratories,
Inc.
TAIPEI, Taiwan--Cleancoating LLC Signs MOU with China
Realty Developer Association (CRDA) to Bring XTIO2 Self-Cleaning
Products to the Chinese Market Source: International
Self-Powered Building Council
NEW YORK--Jones N. Williams, Founder of New Liberia
Foundation, Applauds Appointment of Ebola Czar by US
Government Source: The New Liberia Foundation
CONCORD, Calif.--Cerus Submits Compassionate Use IDE
Supplement for INTERCEPT Blood System Treatment of Ebola
Convalescent Plasma Source: Cerus Corporation
MONTREAL--Tamino Minerals, Inc. Announces Corporate
Strategy For Mineral Explorations Due To Surging Iron Ore Prices
Caused By Ebola Outbreak Source: Tamino Minerals,
Inc.
WASHINGTON--Association for Professionals in Infection
Control and Epidemiology (APIC) statement on EbolaSource:
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
(APIC)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Sarepta Therapeutics Announces
Publication of Ebola and Marburg Phase I Clinical Study Results in
Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy Source: Serepta
TAMPA, Fla.--Laser Spine Institute Combines Health Care
IT and Clinical Expertise to Help Manage Ebola and Other Infection
Control Threats in the U.S. Source: Laser Spine
Institute
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--Acme United Corporation Donates
Respirator Masks for Ebola Efforts Source: Acme United
Corporation
WILLINGTON, Conn.--Ebola Screening Available in One
Medical Passport's Online Patient Pre-Admission SystemSource:
One Medical Passport
TUCSON, Ariz.--Peptide Mimics as a Drug Target for Ebola:
University of Utah Researchers Create a Tool to Develop Treatments
for Ebola Using Protein Technologies, Inc.’s Peptide
Synthesizer Source: Protein Technologies,
Inc.
MUNDELEIN, Ill.--Medical Supply Chain in an Ebola
Context: Helping Hospitals Prepare Source: Medline
Industries, Inc.
TAMPA, Fla.--NTRR and Partners Offer Critical Assistance
to First Responders as Panic Over Ebola and Enterovirus
SpreadsSource: Neutra Corp.
HUBBARD, Ohio--NanoLogix Technology Being Configured For
Rapid Ebola Virus Detection Source: NanoLogix
Technology
KAMPALA, Uganda--AHF Mourns Liberia’s Dr. Taban Dada;
Urges African Union and W.H.O. to Accelerate Ebola
Response Source: AIDS Healthcare Foundation
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--DisasterReady.org Now Providing
Training to More Than 30,000 Humanitarian Aid Workers
GloballySource: Cornerstone OnDemand
INDIANAPOLIS--Telework Solutions Play Strategic Role in
Public Health Emergency Response Source: Telework
Solutions
VIENNA--IMED 2014: Ebola, MERS & Co. – On the Trail
of Infectious Diseases Source: The International Society
for Infectious Diseases
SAN DIEGO--What Are We Doing to Fight Ebola and Other
Disease Outbreaks? Not Enough! Says the International Council on
Systems Engineering Source: INCOSE
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--Western Union and the Western Union
Foundation Respond to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Source:
Western Union
WEST HAVEN, Conn.--NanoViricides CEO, Eugene Seymour, MD,
MPH, Invited to Discuss the Current Ebola Outbreak on Fox Business
News at 9PM EDT Tonight Source: NanoViricides, Inc.
MONROVIA, Liberia--ChildFund International Opens First
Interim Care Center for Children Orphaned by Ebola Source:
ChildFund International
MINNEAPOLIS--VigiLanz Real-Time Software Helps U.S.
Hospitals Identify Ebola Virus Source: VigiLanz
Corporation
WASHINGTON--Technology is the Solution to Ebola Medical
Waste Threat at US Hospitals, Not Lowering DOT Safety Standards,
Says Healthcare Coalition Source: Healthcare Coalition for
Emergency Preparedness
INDIANAPOLIS--Telework Solutions Play Strategic Role in
Public Health Emergency Response Source: Officescape,
Inc.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--Most Effective Weapon against Ebola
May Be Telemedicine Technology Source: GlobalMed
BALTIMORE--Global Virus Network Joins Forces with Private
Sector to Combat Viral Epidemics Source: Global Virus
Network
WEST HAVEN, Conn.--NanoViricides Reports FluCide™ Samples
Were Shipped To BASi For Start of Safety/Toxicology Studies; Also
Reports That Ebola Drug Candidates are Being
Synthesized Source: NanoViricides, Inc.
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