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FDA says Pfizer's Prevnar vaccine works in adults
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health scientists say Pfizer's best-selling vaccine Prevnar is at least as effective as a competing vaccine from Merck at helping prevent potentially deadly infections in adults Prevnar 13 is designed to reduce the risk of...Tags: Immune System, Health, Ear Infection, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Vaccines group plans to buy cervical cancer shots
LONDON (AP) — A global vaccines group says it is working to buy shots to protect up to 2 million women and young girls in poor countries from cervical cancer. After a meeting in Bangladesh this week, the GAVI alliance said women and young girls...Tags: Chemical Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Charity, Health
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Niles veterinarian pleads not guilty
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterST. JOSEPH — A trial date has been set for a Niles veterinarian who pleaded not guilty to accusations related to falsifying medical records in order to personally use the clinic’s supply of drugs. Kimberly Morrow, 39, of Elkhart, who waived a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chemical Industry, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Man contends Illinois jail denied him HIV drugs
CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Department of Corrections is investigating allegations that a man who spent a week in a county jail was denied his prescribed medications for HIV. Arick (AYR'-ik) Buckles of Chicago says officials at the Bureau County...Tags: HIV Treatment, Chemical Industry, John Thompson, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Man who allegedly threatened Donnelly ruled unfit for trial
Tribune Staff WriterA federal judge ruled on Tuesday the Granger man charged with threatening U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly and his South Bend office staff unfit to stand trial. Brett Keiling, 46, was arrested Jan. 24 after he called Donnelly’s downtown office and...Tags: Judges, Psychiatry, Chemical Industry, Justice System, Behavioral Conditions
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Mother battles Michigan over daughter's medication
DETROIT (AP) — Frustration over her physically impaired daughter's medical care led Maryanne Godboldo to lash out at what she considered state interference and into a 12-hour standoff when Detroit police came to take the girl away. When it ended,...Tags: Bronx (New York City), Hospitals and Clinics, Symptoms, Detroit, Justice System
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Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not
ATLANTA (AP) — Vaccine makers said this month they plan to make a record amount of flu vaccine for this fall and winter — enough for more than half the population. It's just not clear all those people will need it. This year's flu shot will...Tags: Flu, Chemical Industry, Flu Vaccine, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Local hospitals feel effects of nationwide drug shortage
Indiana hospitals are delaying some treatments and searching for alternate medications because of a growing shortage of drugs that medical professionals say is the worst in a decade.
The University of Utah's Drug Information Service says the number of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemical Industry, Health and Medical Professionals, Companies and Corporations
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Hospitals hunt substitutes as drug shortages rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical experts say a growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses — from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest is troubling. Hospitals sometimes scramble for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and even...Tags: Chemical Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Washington, DC, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Berrien County immunization goals are on track
The Berrien County Health Department require preschools and daycare centers in the county submit their immunization reports twice per year, health officials said.
It is an effort to raise county immunization rates and have children ready for kindergarten...Tags: Schools, Education, Health, Preschools, Chemical Industry
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Colorado mom-to-be mistakenly given chemo drugs; long wait to see if baby OK
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Doctors say the early stages of pregnancy are an especially bad time for a pharmacological mix-up where a woman prescribed antibiotics instead is given a powerful drug used in chemotherapy. Yet a pharmacist at a Colorado...Tags: Chemotherapy, Tumors, Biotechnology, Uterus, Health Treatments
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Flu expert: Vaccine sourcing key in pandemic
GENEVA (AP) — An American expert tasked with reviewing the World Health Organization's response to the swine flu outbreak says a more efficient way of sourcing vaccines is needed to prepare for future pandemics. Dr. Harvey Fineberg says rich...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Health, Politics, Elections, Swine Flu
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