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Health

Tamiflu Maker Tries to Convince Companies to Stockpile Drug

Tamiflu Maker Tries to Convince Companies to Stockpile Drug

Roche is apparently discontent that sales of its Tamiflu influenza drug have dropped and seeks new...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 20:49

Report: Tropical Diseases Common among US Poor

Tropical diseases usually common in Africa, Asia and Latin American appear to be also common among...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 12:34
Baxter’s New Bird Flu Vaccine May Be Best Choice

Baxter’s New Bird Flu Vaccine May Be Best Choice

Bird flu virus is closer than ever to finding its enemy, as the first experimental bird flu...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 13:35
US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years

US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years

Finally, some good news is coming from the federal US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 12:07
Mass Bird Cull in Hong Kong over Bird Flu Threat

Mass Bird Cull in Hong Kong over Bird Flu Threat

Just days after Hong Kong health workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry after excrement samples tested...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 14:43
All Hong Kong Markets to be Inspected for Bird Flu Virus

All Hong Kong Markets to be Inspected for Bird Flu Virus

Hong Kong health workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry on Saturday after excrement samples taken from...
» read full story June 09th, 2008 - 15:37
Bird Flu Strain at Tyson Foods Leads to Killing of 15,000 Hens

Bird Flu Strain at Tyson Foods Leads to Killing of 15,000 Hens

Routine blood tests conducted Friday on hens at Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 13:14
Minn. Health Dept. Warns: Tick-Borne Illnesses on the Rise

Minn. Health Dept. Warns: Tick-Borne Illnesses on the Rise

Minnesota health officials announced that bites from blacklegged ticks (also called deer ticks)...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 14:53
Glaxo’s Bird Flu Vaccine Prepandrix Gets EU Clearance

Glaxo’s Bird Flu Vaccine Prepandrix Gets EU Clearance

GlaxoSmithKline Plc. has received the European Union approval for the world’s first wide-spectrum...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 10:46

Lab Tests Show No Serious Infectious Illness on Via Rail Train

The Via Rail train quarantined by Canadian authorities after a passenger woman died and up to six...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 14:11
Flu Shot Manufacturers Plan More Doses for Next Season

Flu Shot Manufacturers Plan More Doses for Next Season

Although this year’s vaccine against flu was largely ineffective, the five companies manufacturing...
» read full story May 11th, 2008 - 19:51
WHO: ‘Threat of a Pandemic Influenza Has Not Diminished’

WHO: ‘Threat of a Pandemic Influenza Has Not Diminished’

During a conference held in Geneva on May 6, World Health Organization experts warned on the...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 16:37
Scientists' Perfect Way to Rapidly Generate Human Antibodies

Scientists' Perfect Way to Rapidly Generate Human Antibodies

Scientists have perfected a way to generate protein sentinels of the immune system, known as...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 11:21
CDC: A Quarter of US Kids Don’t Meet Vaccination Guidelines

CDC: A Quarter of US Kids Don’t Meet Vaccination Guidelines

New research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that about a quarter...
» read full story April 29th, 2008 - 16:41
World’s First Microchip to Detect Influenza Now on Sale

World’s First Microchip to Detect Influenza Now on Sale

STMicrolectronics NV, Europe’s largest semiconductor maker and medical diagnostics research...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 12:33
Massachusetts Confirms Its Fourth Pediatric Death from Influenza

Massachusetts Confirms Its Fourth Pediatric Death from Influenza

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed the fourth flu-related death of a child...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 14:54
Hong Kong Flu Outbreak under Control

Hong Kong Flu Outbreak under Control

Hong Kong’s government ordered more than half a million primary and kindergarten students Wednesday...
» read full story March 15th, 2008 - 20:28
Concern over Flu Outbreak Shuts Hong Kong Schools

Concern over Flu Outbreak Shuts Hong Kong Schools

The Hong Kong’s government ordered more than half a million primary and kindergarten students...
» read full story March 13th, 2008 - 10:27
Influenza Study Sheds Light on "Flu Season"

Influenza Study Sheds Light on "Flu Season"

A new US study on the Influenza viruses, published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, has shed...
» read full story March 02nd, 2008 - 21:36
CDC Panel: All Children up to Age 18 Should Get Flu Shots

CDC Panel: All Children up to Age 18 Should Get Flu Shots

A panel of federal vaccine advisers recommended Wednesday that all children aged from six months...
» read full story February 28th, 2008 - 11:18
China Reports Its Third Bird Flu Victim for 2008

China Reports Its Third Bird Flu Victim for 2008

A 44-year-old woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the southern Chinese province of...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 11:16
US Health Officials Held Urgent Meeting over Next Year’s Vaccine

US Health Officials Held Urgent Meeting over Next Year’s Vaccine

The number of states affected by influenza in the U.S. has risen from 44 at the middle of this...
» read full story February 23rd, 2008 - 18:30
CDC: As Viruses Mutate, Flu Vaccine Becomes Inefficient

CDC: As Viruses Mutate, Flu Vaccine Becomes Inefficient

The World Health Organizations issued a warning about the necessity of adapting next year’s...
» read full story February 16th, 2008 - 10:27
CDC: Flu Vaccine Ineffective This Year, but Still Worth Having

CDC: Flu Vaccine Ineffective This Year, but Still Worth Having

Flu vaccine being used this winter is not as well matched to the strains of flu starting to appear...
» read full story February 12th, 2008 - 13:06
Half of Bangladesh Districts Affected by Bird Flu

Half of Bangladesh Districts Affected by Bird Flu

Three more districts of Bangladesh have been affected by the avian influenza, raising the number...
» read full story February 04th, 2008 - 10:13
Tamiflu Resistant Flu Virus Strikes European Countries

Tamiflu Resistant Flu Virus Strikes European Countries

A small but significant number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu have been detected in more than...
» read full story February 01st, 2008 - 11:11
A Needle-Free Flu Vaccine for the Squeamish

A Needle-Free Flu Vaccine for the Squeamish

Patients afraid of flu shots, young or old, may soon be spared the nervousness of another prick as...
» read full story January 29th, 2008 - 11:12
Indonesia Reports Its 100th Bird Flu Victim

Indonesia Reports Its 100th Bird Flu Victim

An Indonesia woman, 23, from East Jakarta has died from bird flu, raising the country’s death toll...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 17:43
Indonesia Reports Its 95th Bird Flu Death

Indonesia Reports Its 95th Bird Flu Death

The death of a woman in West Java’s Banten province has brought Indonesia’s human death toll from...
» read full story January 14th, 2008 - 12:00
xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel Gets Clearance for FDA

xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel Gets Clearance for FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Thursday a new test that can quickly inform...
» read full story January 05th, 2008 - 17:16
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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
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Specials

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
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World

Bird-Flu Strikes At Ukraine Poultry Farm

Bird-Flu Strikes At Ukraine Poultry Farm

According to the Interfax news agency, 153 birds have died from the H5N1 bird-flu virus, at the...
» read full story January 18th, 2008 - 20:27
Equine Influenza Outbreak in Australia Hinders Racing

Equine Influenza Outbreak in Australia Hinders Racing

The recent outbreak of equine influenza (horse flu) in Australia has required the country to impose...
» read full story August 28th, 2007 - 20:11
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Science

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
Scientists Map Worldwide Journey of Seasonal Flu

Scientists Map Worldwide Journey of Seasonal Flu

Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery of where seasonal flu viruses originate and...
» read full story April 17th, 2008 - 15:43

Magpie Infected With H5N1 Virus Found In China

Hong Kong went into alert this week when a dead magpie found in an urban area of the region tested...
» read full story June 08th, 2007 - 15:48
Indonesian Health Officials Still Alert Over Bird Flu Threat

Indonesian Health Officials Still Alert Over Bird Flu Threat

Indonesian health officials say the country’s efforts to contain the deadly H5N1 virus have...
» read full story June 06th, 2007 - 15:49
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