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Specials

Doctors Told to Be Alert for Childhood Infections during Hib Vaccine Shortage

Doctors Told to Be Alert for Childhood Infections during Hib Vaccine Shortage

On Thursday, U.S. health officials urged doctors to be more vigilant for suspected cases of...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 16:00
Autism Associated With Wet Weather

Autism Associated With Wet Weather

Children in U.S.’s wettest climates stand more chances to suffer from autism, according to a study...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 14:10
CDC: Merck’s Rotateq Lowered Cases of Rotavirus by 80 Percent since Approval

CDC: Merck’s Rotateq Lowered Cases of Rotavirus by 80 Percent since Approval

Rotateq, the vaccine against rotavirus, has reduced the number of illnesses by at least two-thirds...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 15:10
Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts

Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts

More girls in the United States are vaccinated with Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 15:30
1 in 4 US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

1 in 4 US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that only 25 percent of...
» read full story October 11th, 2008 - 14:40

German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries

Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 16:18

Two Rival Biotech Companies Receive Approval to Develop Anthrax Vaccines

Emergent BioSolutions of Rockville and PharmAthene of Annapolis received separate federal...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 19:30
Flu Season Is Almost Here, Get Vaccinated, CDC Recommends

Flu Season Is Almost Here, Get Vaccinated, CDC Recommends

In an attempt to reduce the number of people getting influenza or dying from it, on Wednesday, the...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 14:20
Controversial Autism Study Canceled over “Unethical” Reasons

Controversial Autism Study Canceled over “Unethical” Reasons

The National Institute of Mental Health decided to give up on its study of a therapy called...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 14:42

Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Still Immune

Although hard to believe antibodies from survivors of the most devastating 1918 influenza pandemic...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 18:46
FBI Reveals New Details in Anthrax Case

FBI Reveals New Details in Anthrax Case

Bruce E. Ivins, the US scientist who killed himself amid an anthrax investigation, used two...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 16:20
FDA Makes This Year’s Flu Vaccines Public

FDA Makes This Year’s Flu Vaccines Public

As autumn is approaching, people should be ready to welcome the flu season. And the best way to do...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 17:15
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 13:42
AIDS Vaccine Trial Suspended

AIDS Vaccine Trial Suspended

Plans for a large-scale human trial of a prospecting HIV vaccine in the United States were...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 14:28
Yellowstone Elks Under Suspicion of Disease Source

Yellowstone Elks Under Suspicion of Disease Source

U.S. federal officials are taking under consideration a tentative plan that requires capturing or...
» read full story July 07th, 2008 - 16:22
"Green Our Vaccine" Takes Jim Carrey to a March

"Green Our Vaccine" Takes Jim Carrey to a March

Wednesday, Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy along with other national autism advocacy groups...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 13:44
Manufacturers to Boost Number of Flu Vaccines for Next Season

Manufacturers to Boost Number of Flu Vaccines for Next Season

Despite inefficiency of the flu vaccines this year in the U.S., the five companies manufacturing...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 11:12
Sanofi-Aventis Teams up with Danish SSI to Develop New TB Vaccine

Sanofi-Aventis Teams up with Danish SSI to Develop New TB Vaccine

French drugs group Sanofi-Aventis announced on Thursday its intention to team up with Danish...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 09:24
ABC Defends "Eli Stone" Autism Episode

ABC Defends "Eli Stone" Autism Episode

Pediatricians may be protesting that the first episode of ABC’s upcoming new legal drama...
» read full story January 29th, 2008 - 12:52
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Science

EPA Adopts Tighter Medical Waste Management Regulations

The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to move forward with the proposed regulations over...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 15:34
The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine

Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 16:32
Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

The tobacco plant could actually aid patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers...
» read full story July 22nd, 2008 - 22:49
Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies

Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies

The U.S researchers have discovered a new technology to identify and clone human antibodies...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 16:08
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Health

Autumn Babies More Likely To Develop Asthma

Autumn Babies More Likely To Develop Asthma

U.S. researchers concluded on Friday that babies that are born four months before the peak cold and...
» read full story November 23rd, 2008 - 10:53

Vaccines Shortage For Hib May Lead To An Epidemic

Epidemics and pandemics are very hard to keep under control or be successfully quarantined. A...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 21:44
Doctors Should Be Alert During Hib Vaccine Shortage, CDC Says

Doctors Should Be Alert During Hib Vaccine Shortage, CDC Says

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged doctors and health agencies to...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 16:00
Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is such a hardy pathogen that the concept of curing a poor...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 17:51
Update: Google Tool Tracks Flu Outbreaks Faster

Update: Google Tool Tracks Flu Outbreaks Faster

Fever? Headache? Sore Throat? You might find answers to all these symptoms through a new tool as...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 13:40
Google Will Keep Track Of Flu Searches

Google Will Keep Track Of Flu Searches

Google, through its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is trying to help U.S. authorities fight the flu...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 19:38
The Gates Foundation Plans to Fund 104 Researchers around the World

The Gates Foundation Plans to Fund 104 Researchers around the World

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation made public its intention to give 104 grants of $100...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 14:00
CDC Calls Merck’s Gardasil Safe

CDC Calls Merck’s Gardasil Safe

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Immunization Safety Office on Wednesday...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 13:47
The Safety of Biological Products Questioned

The Safety of Biological Products Questioned

A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 14:22
Biological Drugs Not Necessarily Safe

Biological Drugs Not Necessarily Safe

Biological products have gained popularity in the recent years but according to a study published...
» read full story October 22nd, 2008 - 12:53
Hope for South Africa! “HIV Causes AIDS,” Health Minister Barbara Hogan States

Hope for South Africa! “HIV Causes AIDS,” Health Minister Barbara Hogan States

This week, South Africa’s new Health Minister, Barbara Hogan, said it was unquestionable that HIV...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 15:00
U.S. Vaccine Use Increased in 2007

U.S. Vaccine Use Increased in 2007

In June 2006, Merck’s drug Gardasil was approved by the FDA. Gardasil is a drug designed to...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 16:40
Report: 25 Percent Of US Teen Girls Got Cervical Cancer Vaccine In 2007

Report: 25 Percent Of US Teen Girls Got Cervical Cancer Vaccine In 2007

However controversial Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has been considered since approval,...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 14:13
Nobel Prize in Medicine Ends Debate between American and French Researchers

Nobel Prize in Medicine Ends Debate between American and French Researchers

The long-running debate between US researcher Robert Gallo and French scientist Luc Montaginer...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 15:30
New TB vaccine offers hope for AIDS patients, German researchers say

New TB vaccine offers hope for AIDS patients, German researchers say

Hamburg - An early tuberculosis vaccine dating back to the 1920s has been vastly improved thanks to...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 07:37
Study Finds Anthrax Vaccine Works In Fewer Doses

Study Finds Anthrax Vaccine Works In Fewer Doses

Giving fewer doses of the anthrax vaccine could be just as effective, offering protection from the...
» read full story October 01st, 2008 - 14:39
Two Biotech Companies Are to Develop Anthrax Vaccines

Two Biotech Companies Are to Develop Anthrax Vaccines

Emergent BioSolutions of Rockville and PharmAthene of Annapolis are two biotech companies that have...
» read full story September 28th, 2008 - 17:23

PharmAthene And Emergent To Develop Anthrax Vaccine

PharmAthene Inc. announced Friday that it received a federal multi-year contract to fight anthrax....
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 17:40
Lots Of Vaccines Available This Influenza Season

Lots Of Vaccines Available This Influenza Season

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen Wednesday to be the official first day of...
» read full story September 27th, 2008 - 16:01
CDC Expands Recommendations for Influenza Shots

CDC Expands Recommendations for Influenza Shots

Wednesday, health officials assembled in Washington D.C. endorsed the Centers for Disease Control...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 21:15
Flu Vaccine Recommended For Children Of School Age

Flu Vaccine Recommended For Children Of School Age

As the flu season approaches, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday...
» read full story September 25th, 2008 - 18:49
Health Officials Call Off Chelation Therapy Study For Autism

Health Officials Call Off Chelation Therapy Study For Autism

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM) has called off plans for a study examining a...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 15:30
FBI Requests Scientific Review Of Controversial Anthrax Case

FBI Requests Scientific Review Of Controversial Anthrax Case

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said an independent team of researchers and engineers from the...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 14:30
New York Pharmacists Allowed to Give Flu and Pneumonia Shots

New York Pharmacists Allowed to Give Flu and Pneumonia Shots

New York pharmacists who complete state training and certification will be permitted to give...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 15:54
Do Measles Vaccines Put Children At Risk For Autism?

Do Measles Vaccines Put Children At Risk For Autism?

Scientists found that there is no link between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, also known as MMR...
» read full story September 07th, 2008 - 13:30
Measles Vaccine Not Linked To Autism, Study Finds

Measles Vaccine Not Linked To Autism, Study Finds

According to a study published this week, the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine doesn’t raise the...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 14:38
Scientists Claim Measles Vaccines Are Safe, No Autism Link

Scientists Claim Measles Vaccines Are Safe, No Autism Link

Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 20:09
Childhood Vaccination Rates At Record Levels

Childhood Vaccination Rates At Record Levels

The rate of U.S. children getting their recommended vaccinations against childhood diseases has...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 15:30
Scientists Fail To Find MMR Vaccine - Autism Link

Scientists Fail To Find MMR Vaccine - Autism Link

Scientists with the Mailman School of Public Health Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 17:59
Flu Shots Have Been Overestimated

Flu Shots Have Been Overestimated

It appears that old people aren’t actually protected from potentially deadly diseases such as...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 07:22
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U.S.

Update: U.S. Vaccine Use Increased In 2007

Update: U.S. Vaccine Use Increased In 2007

In June 2006, Merck’s drug Gardasil was approved by the FDA. Gardasil is a drug designed to...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 08:45
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Business

GSK’s Shares Up on EU Permission to Sell Bird-Flu Vaccine

GSK’s Shares Up on EU Permission to Sell Bird-Flu Vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline, the United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical, biological, and healthcare company,...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 21:51
Merck Offers 4.85 Billion Dollars To Settle Vioxx Cases

Merck Offers 4.85 Billion Dollars To Settle Vioxx Cases

The US drug maker Merck & Co announced on Friday it will pay 4,85 billion dollars to settle...
» read full story November 10th, 2007 - 14:26
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World

One In Four US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

One In Four US Teen Girls Received Merck’s HPV Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that only 25 percent of...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 12:56
United Nations Plan to Eliminate Malaria by 2015

United Nations Plan to Eliminate Malaria by 2015

United Nations officials stated Thursday that a plan backed by approximately $3 billion in...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 21:25
US Delays the Delivery of AIDS Vaccine

US Delays the Delivery of AIDS Vaccine

On Thursday, federal researchers gave up on their plans to carry out the large scale experimental...
» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 14:38
CDC: US Faces Biggest Measles Outbreak in Seven Years

CDC: US Faces Biggest Measles Outbreak in Seven Years

The U.S. faces the biggest measles outbreak in seven years, the federal Centers for Disease...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 14:36
EU Permits UK to Resume Meat Exports

EU Permits UK to Resume Meat Exports

The United Kingdom can resume exports of meat and dairy products to other countries after the...
» read full story August 23rd, 2007 - 15:44
EU to Reappraise Ban on British Meat Exports

EU to Reappraise Ban on British Meat Exports

After Britain eased restrictions on livestock movement, the European Commission is expected to...
» read full story August 21st, 2007 - 18:51
New Foot-and-Mouth Case Confirmed in Britain

New Foot-and-Mouth Case Confirmed in Britain

British authorities said on Tuesday that tests confirmed the existence of a second foot-and-mouth...
» read full story August 07th, 2007 - 13:15
Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Linked to Laboratory

Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Linked to Laboratory

The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey, Britain could be linked to a laboratory located...
» read full story August 05th, 2007 - 14:03
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