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Health

Glaxo’s Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervarix, Delayed US Approval

Glaxo’s Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervarix, Delayed US Approval

GlaxoSmithKline, the second biggest pharmaceutical company in the world, announced on Monday that...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 14:10
Cervarix Approval By The FDA Might Be Delayed

Cervarix Approval By The FDA Might Be Delayed

GlaxoSmithKline, the second biggest pharmaceutical company in the world, has announced that it will...
» read full story June 30th, 2008 - 20:01
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
Gardasil Use Denied in Older Women

Gardasil Use Denied in Older Women

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration denied Merck & Co Inc.’s request to market its...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 14:33
CDC Adds Glaxo’s Rotavirus Vaccine After Merck’s Proves Efficient

CDC Adds Glaxo’s Rotavirus Vaccine After Merck’s Proves Efficient

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 10:26
FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline Combination Vaccine

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline Combination Vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a four-in-one vaccine by GlaxoSmithKline. The...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 22:25

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
CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu

CDC Head Warns of Complacency and Bird Flu

Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned at a...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 18:45
West Nile Warning Stronger than Ever

West Nile Warning Stronger than Ever

Warm weather brings with it not only the joy of living but also waves of mosquitoes that could be...
» read full story June 21st, 2008 - 11:10
Researchers Announce New Bird Flu Vaccine

Researchers Announce New Bird Flu Vaccine

Researchers have announced in this week's New England Journal of Medicine the development of a new...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 23:29
Patch Proves Efficient in Keeping Traveler’s Diarrhea Away

Patch Proves Efficient in Keeping Traveler’s Diarrhea Away

People facing digestive troubles while traveling can now breathe relieved, as results of a...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 15:30
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
Family History Adds to People’s Risk of Developing Shingles

Family History Adds to People’s Risk of Developing Shingles

Just days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that people aged...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 16:26
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
Report: Clinic Employees Responsible For Hepatitis C Outbreak

Report: Clinic Employees Responsible For Hepatitis C Outbreak

A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday established that...
» read full story May 17th, 2008 - 09:16
CDC: People over 60 Should Get Shingles Vaccine

CDC: People over 60 Should Get Shingles Vaccine

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Thursday that people aged 60...
» read full story May 16th, 2008 - 12:09
Court Hears More Claims Linking Thimesoral in Vaccines to Autism

Court Hears More Claims Linking Thimesoral in Vaccines to Autism

The parents of two 10-year-old boys who believe that a mercury-based preservative, thimesoral,...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 13:38
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
Novartis Reports Promising Results of  Meningitis Vaccine Trial

Novartis Reports Promising Results of Meningitis Vaccine Trial

Novartis AG’s experimental vaccine Menveo appeared to generate more potent immunity against four...
» read full story May 07th, 2008 - 11:03

China On Nationwide Alert As Deadly Virus Spreads

China ordered a nationwide alert in order to control the outbreak of a fatal virus that managed to...
» read full story May 03rd, 2008 - 18:40
CDC Reports Measles Outbreaks in the United States

CDC Reports Measles Outbreaks in the United States

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 64 reports of confirmed...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 23:34
Viruses May Increase Lung Cancer Risk

Viruses May Increase Lung Cancer Risk

Although smoking is the No. 1 cause of lung cancer, viruses may also contribute to the development...
» read full story April 26th, 2008 - 10:01
New Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial

New Breast Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial

A small clinical trial (conducted by the U.S. military) of an experimental vaccine designed to...
» read full story April 14th, 2008 - 11:19
Study Blames Failure of Mumps Vaccines for the 2006 Outbreak

Study Blames Failure of Mumps Vaccines for the 2006 Outbreak

The large mumps outbreak in the United States in 2006 was the first ever caused by the failure of...
» read full story April 10th, 2008 - 10:43
Antigenics’ Kidney Cancer Drug Oncophage Gets Clearance in Russia

Antigenics’ Kidney Cancer Drug Oncophage Gets Clearance in Russia

New York-based biotechnology company Antigenics Inc. announced Tuesday that it has won approval to...
» read full story April 08th, 2008 - 15:45
Military Supports Thousands of Brazilians Hit by Dengue Epidemic

Military Supports Thousands of Brazilians Hit by Dengue Epidemic

Brazilian soldiers were deployed last week in Rio de Janeiro to help local authorities fight...
» read full story April 06th, 2008 - 18:18
Outbreak of Dengue Fever in Brazil Calls for Military Support

Outbreak of Dengue Fever in Brazil Calls for Military Support

Brazilian army joined health care experts this week to fight against the deadliest outbreak of...
» read full story April 04th, 2008 - 14:09
Glaxo’s Rotavirus Vaccine Rotarix Gets FDA Clearance

Glaxo’s Rotavirus Vaccine Rotarix Gets FDA Clearance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Thursday GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s vaccine Rotarix, for...
» read full story April 04th, 2008 - 11:21
AIDS Drugs Ziagen and Videx May Increase Heart Attack Risk

AIDS Drugs Ziagen and Videx May Increase Heart Attack Risk

European researchers found that the anti-retroviral Ziagen (also known as Abacavir), included as...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 10:25
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Science

A New Patch To Fight Traveler’s Diarrhea

According to a study published in the medical journal the Lancet, a patch impregnated with the...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 11:36
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
The First Malaysian Astronaut Arrives At ISS

The First Malaysian Astronaut Arrives At ISS

The Soyuz capsule TMA-11, carrying the Malaysia’s first astronaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, along...
» read full story October 12th, 2007 - 20:50
Salmonella Grown in Space is Several Times Deadlier

Salmonella Grown in Space is Several Times Deadlier

A study has found that Salmonella grown during the Atlantis space-shuttle mission STS-115 in 2006...
» read full story September 26th, 2007 - 00:09
Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene

Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene

The researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a new cause for obesity. According...
» read full story September 05th, 2007 - 16:08
Vietnamese Health Officials Fear Dengue Fever Increase

Vietnamese Health Officials Fear Dengue Fever Increase

Vietnamese health officials have expressed worries that dengue fever could spread and cause more...
» read full story June 22nd, 2007 - 15:10
Singapore Hit With Dengue Fever Epidemic

Singapore Hit With Dengue Fever Epidemic

Singaporean health authorities warn that the current dengue fever making victims in the country has...
» read full story June 20th, 2007 - 14:54
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Specials

Stay Alert! West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victims in the US

Stay Alert! West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victims in the US

With the return of summer, the risk of getting infected with West Nile virus is higher than in any...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 14:32
Tomato-Borne Salmonella Infection – Facts You Should Know

Tomato-Borne Salmonella Infection – Facts You Should Know

As the source of tomatoes-borne salmonella infections has not been discovered yet, here are some...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 14:26
Salmonella Scare Prompts Tomato Withdrawal Nationwide

Salmonella Scare Prompts Tomato Withdrawal Nationwide

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s tomato warning, more restaurants and grocery...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 10:03
"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
Tomatoes May Be Blamed for Salmonella Outbreak in 9 States

Tomatoes May Be Blamed for Salmonella Outbreak in 9 States

Health authorities are blaming tomatoes for an outbreak of salmonella in nine U.S. states after...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 10:43
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
California Hall of Fame Inducts 13 Legendary Individuals

California Hall of Fame Inducts 13 Legendary Individuals

Author John Steinbeck, actress Elizabeth Taylor, comedian Milton Berle and Justice Earl Warren were...
» read full story December 06th, 2007 - 11:35
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Business

Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine

Avant Shares Soar on Release of Brain Cancer Vaccine

A newly released cancer vaccine which reportedly doubles the survival time of people with brain...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 22:35
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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World

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
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