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WHO reports 1,658 confirmed cases of swine flu
Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed 1,658 cases of the new...
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European pharma industry holds flu talks in Brussels
Brussels - Representatives of the European pharmaceutical industry Wednesday discussed their...
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What is swine flu?
Stockholm - The current outbreak of swine flu which has caused alarm around the world is a...
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No travel restrictions needed, EU says ahead of swine flu talks
Brussels - The European Union's top health official Tuesday ruled out the need for travel...
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Spain calls for calm after case of swine flu is confirmed
Madrid - The Spanish government on Monday called for calm after Europe's first case of swine flu...
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Malaria Vaccine Moves to Trials
A new vaccine made by Rockville-based pharmaceutical company Sanaria Inc. received clearance from...
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Dendreon’s Provenge Improved Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients
Dendreon Corp. announced Tuesday that the pivotal Phase 3 IMPACT study of its drug Provenge in men...
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Immunotherapy against pollen allergy can help prevent asthma
Hamburg, Germany - Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere - and with it, a time of...
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Red Cross says polio resurging in Africa
Geneva - The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) warned Wednesday that polio is...
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy Might Help Smokers Quit After All
People who are not ready to quit smoking right now, but they want to reduce their smoking are twice...
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FDA Clears Ixiaro for Japanese Encephalitis
The Us Food and Drug Administration said Monday it approved Ixiaro, a vaccine designed to prevent...
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CMV Vaccine Proves Successful in Trial
An experimental vaccine from Sanofi-Aventis proved effective in preventing infection with...
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HIV - Among the Greatest Battles In The History of Humanity
A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature confirms the fact that the battle against the HIV...
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Researchers Develop a Macaque Model of HIV Infection
Researchers have made an important step in AIDS field by creating a new HIV strain that infects a...
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Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
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Take Your Flu Vaccine Right Away!
Even if winter is in its last days, this doesn’t mean you should avoid taking the vaccine...
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Deaths of Two Children from Flu – A Wakeup Call to Get Vaccinated
The recent deaths of two children in New York and Boston because of the flu underline once...
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It’s High Time Children Were Strongly Protected Against the Flu’s Massive Attack
It appears that the flu caused the death of the 10-year-old Long Island, New York child. Cynthia...
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10-Year-Old Girl Dies of Flu in Long Island
A Levittown elementary school student died over the weekend apparently because influenza,...
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Court Finds That Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism
A special court ruling that there is no connection between autism and some specific childhood...
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Autism-Vaccine Debate Not Over Yet
Vaccines do not cause autism, a special court ruled Thursday in three cases...
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Vaccines Are Not Responsible For Autism Whatsoever
Thursday, the United State's Vaccine Court Omnibus Autism Proceeding delivered its ruling to three...
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Scientists Decode Genetic Map of Cold Virus
Science moves one step closer to finding an effective treatment for the common cold, as University...
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Court Finds No Link Between Vaccines And Autism
Three families who claimed vaccines caused their children’s autism were denied compensation...
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Flu Strikes In North Carolina, 6-Year-Old Dies
Unfortunately, flu has made its first victim this season in North Carolina, as health leaders...
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First Case of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever in the US Confirmed
A Colorado woman diagnosed with Marburg hemorrhagic fever has recovered, US health authorities...
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CDC: Flu Season at Peak, Get Your Vaccine Now!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of an increased number of people getting...
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Gates Optimistic About Malaria Vaccine and Eradication Of The Disease
Malaria is considered by many a thing of the past, or perhaps a disease restricted to the poor...
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More Hong Kong Birds Test Positive for H5N1
Three of the 21 dead birds that were recently discovered on Hong Kong’s shores tested...
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Scientists Announce Breakthrough in Flu Vaccine Development
A team of researchers working under Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has...
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Dundreon Shares Soar on Prostate Cancer Vaccine Success
Shares of Seattle-based Dendreon Corp. soared Tuesday on the news that its experimental vaccine for...
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New Flu Vaccine Based on Human Antibodies May Come in Years
A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
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Court Ruling in Autism/Vaccines Cases Reassuring
Following the ruling of a special federal court in favor of childhood vaccines, health experts in...
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U.S. Court Denies Autism Case
Thursday, a United States special court denied a case that had been brought forth by three...
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Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute
On Wednesday, the Massachusetts General Hospital was donated $100 million to create an...
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CDC Urges Vaccination against Hib
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged parents to have their children vaccinated...
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Despite Economic Distress, Bill Gates Donates Money For A Good Cause: Polio
In a time of economic distress, Bill Gates has donated through its foundation $255 million for...
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Merck’s Gardasil Denied Approval Once Again
The Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve Gardasil for women 27 to 45 for the...
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Expanded Use of Merck’s Gardasil Postponed Once Again
The situation of Merck’s papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil is uncertain after the Food and...
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Merck’s Gardasil For Older Women, Put On Hold By The FDA
There has been talk in the medical world of allowing the administration of Merck & Co’s...
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Scientists Move One Step Closer in Developing Breast Cancer Vaccine
Scientists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences move one step closer to developing a...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Flu Shots for All Children Six Months and Older
For those who don’t know yet, the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending flu shots...
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Bird Flu Outbreak in China Raises Concern Over Human Transmission
Chinese authorities announced on Tuesday that they had begun destroying and vaccinating...
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Experimental Malaria Vaccine May Protect Infants, Children
Results from a malaria vaccine trial have so far shown promise that it may open new pathways for...
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Update: The Efficacy Of Hong Kong’s Bird Flu Vaccine Questioned
This week’s bird flu outbreak is the first
incident of this type on a Hong Kong farm
since 2003,...
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Guinea Worm Disease Will Be Completely Eradicated
It is hoped that Guinea worm disease, a parasitic
infection caused by the nematode, Dracunculus...
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A New Treatment Could Prevent HIV
A recent discovery might help people with HIV. A combination of universal voluntary HIV testing and...
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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...
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Fall Babies Have 30 Percent Higher Risk of Developing Asthma
Children born four months before peak flu season are more
likely to develop childhood asthma...
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Gardasil Might Get Clearance For Preventing Genital Warts In Boys
Gardasil can also be given to men as a way to prevent genital warts, a study presented Thursday at...
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Google Flu Trends – A New Tool to Track Flu Outbreaks
Google wants to be more than a giant search engine; it wants to be closer to its users through its...
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Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?
A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
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Gardasil Prevents Genital Warts In Males, Study Reveals
In 2006, Merck & Co.’s Gardasil made headlines when it was approved by the Food and Drug...
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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...
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S. African Health Minister: “We Desperately Need an Effective HIV Vaccine”
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Africa is the country experiencing one of
the most severe AIDS epidemics in the world....
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Gardasil Vaccination Rate Tops 25 Percent despite Initial Doubts
More girls in the United States are vaccinated with
Gardasil, the vaccine designed to prevent...
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25% Of U.S. Teen Girls Received Protection Against Cervical Cancer
An estimated 25 percent of American teenage girls received
at least one dose of the Gardasil...
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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...
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German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries
Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
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Virus hunters track HIV to 100 years back
Washington - A decades-old paraffin wax-encased block of tissue has added a curious chapter to the...
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Science
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New Flu Vaccine Based On Human Antibodies May Come In Years
A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
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Scientists Decode Genetic Map Of Cold Virus
Science moves one step closer to finding an effective treatment for the common cold, as University...
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Researchers Will Test Breast Cancer Vaccine
Good news for cancer fighters all around the world! Scientists at the University of Arkansas for...
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Study Says Immune System Works Stronger At Night
Medical research is an on-going process, whether the aim is to find cures for cancer and AIDS or a...
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A Vaccine Against Malaria That Promises To Drastically Cut Infection Rates
Researchers reported on Monday that a revolutionary vaccine against
malaria protected up to 65...
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Study: Autumn Babies Are More Prone To Childhood Asthma
Are you afraid of having a child with
asthma? A new study suggests that the time of the year in...
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Rotateq Slows Down The Rotavirus In Non-Immunized Children
A vaccine against rotavirus, Rotateq, which causes diarrhea
and vomiting in thousands of children...
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Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists
The 2008 Nobel Prize
for medicine was awarded on Monday. Two French scientists who discovered...
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Anthrax Suspect: Killed By The FBI's Pressure?
Dr. Russell Byrne, a former colleague of scientist Bruce E. Ivins, the government expert who killed...
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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,...
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Tobacco Plant Could Aid Patients With Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
The tobacco plant could actually aid
patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers...
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Large Human Trial Of HIV Vaccine Canceled By NIAID
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday canceled a US human trial
of a human...
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A New Patch To Fight Traveler’s Diarrhea
According to a study published in the medical journal the
Lancet, a patch impregnated with the...
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Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies
The U.S researchers have discovered a new technology to
identify and clone human antibodies...
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Scientists Map Worldwide Journey of Seasonal Flu
Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery of
where seasonal flu viruses originate and...
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The First Malaysian Astronaut Arrives At ISS
The Soyuz capsule TMA-11, carrying the Malaysia’s first astronaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor,
along...
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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...
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Researchers Claim They Found The “Skinny” Gene
The researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have
found a new cause for obesity. According...
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Vietnamese Health Officials Fear Dengue Fever Increase
Vietnamese health officials have expressed worries that dengue fever could spread and cause more...
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Singapore Hit With Dengue Fever Epidemic
Singaporean health authorities warn that the current dengue fever making victims in the country has...
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