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Sweden opens inquiry into suspect flu vaccine

... Agency opened an inquiry Wednesday into vaccinations for swine flu made by British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, suspected of ...

Story - editor - 08/19/2010 - 09:00 - 0 comments

WHO list reveals flu advisors with industry ties

... experts that advised the World Health Organisation about swine flu pandemic alerts had received support from the drugs industry, including for ...

Story - editor - 08/12/2010 - 09:30 - 0 comments

Early Tamiflu Might Benefit Transplant Patients With H1N1 Flu

... illness and death in organ transplant patients with H1N1 swine flu, researchers say. ...

Story - editor - 07/22/2010 - 18:30 - 0 comments

WHO probe grapples with differing views on flu pandemic

... Organisation probe into the international handling of the swine flu pandemic said Friday that it was proving to be difficult to get a coherent ...

Story - editor - 07/05/2010 - 12:30 - 0 comments

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World Health Organization says swine flu pandemic is over. ...

Story - editor - 08/11/2010 - 14:00 - 0 comments

WHO still monitoring H1N1 pandemic: spokesman

... will not meet this week to review data on the H1N1 swine flu pandemic nor will it declare for now an end to the pandemic, a WHO ...

Story - editor - 07/28/2010 - 10:00 - 0 comments

Few people cover coughs and sneezes

... according to a study conducted during last year's H1N1 swine flu pandemic. ...

Story - editor - 07/13/2010 - 21:30 - 0 comments

Pandemic virus enters pigs in HK, swaps genes: study

The H1N1 swine flu virus has been spreading quietly in pigs in Hong Kong and swapping genes ...

Story - editor - 07/08/2010 - 20:30 - 0 comments

AP IMPACT: Millions of vaccine doses to be burned

About a quarter of the swine flu vaccine produced for the U.S. public has expired — meaning that a ...

Story - editor - 07/02/2010 - 10:30 - 0 comments

Glaxo adjuvanted H1N1 shot scores top in children

The first head-to-head study comparing swine flu vaccines in Britain found that children given a shot containing a booster, ...

Story - editor - 05/30/2010 - 23:00 - 0 comments

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U.S. medical programs missing millions of kids: report

An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.

Protein test ups diabetes diagnoses in some races

Efforts to adopt a more accurate test for diagnosing diabetes may have hit a snag. Comparing the age-old oral glucose tolerance test to the newer hemoglobin A1c test confirms earlier evidence that race may influence test results, Danish researcher...

Bangladesh issues red alert over spread of anthrax

Bangladesh issued a red alert on Sunday over an outbreak of anthrax which has infected nearly 300 people and killed about 150 cattle in the north of the country in the past two weeks.

Israeli researchers develop promising new HIV treatment

Israeli researchers have developed a new treatment for HIV that kills human cells infected with the virus and could lead to a breakthrough in treating AIDS, the Haaretz newspaper said on Friday.

Odds of getting new kidney uneven

People with kidney disease are more likely to be added to the waiting list for a kidney transplant if they've had a previous heart, lung or liver transplant, a new study suggests.

Bangladesh on alert as anthrax spreads

Bangladesh has put livestock and health officials on high alert after an outbreak of anthrax spread to more districts, infecting 327 people since mid-August, officials said Sunday.

Corrected: An outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads

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Sanofi ready to raise bid if Genzyme talks: report

French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis would be prepared to moderately raise its $69 per share offer for Genzyme if the U.S. biotech agreed to negotiate, Dow Jones reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists

Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a year compared with those who have the procedure done by a gastroenterologist, a new report finds.

Cholera kills 41 in Central African nation of Chad

Health officials in Chad say an outbreak of cholera in the Central African nation has killed at least 41 people.