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CDC panel OKs use of Cervarix HPV vaccine in girls, Gardasil in boys
Booster ShotsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted today to recommend the use of the Cervarix human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine in girls age 11 and 12. Cervarix was approved by the Food and Drug...... -
Swine flu increases 9% on college campuses from previous week
Booster ShotsInfluenza-like illnesses, presumed to be mostly pandemic H1N1 influenza, continued to increase on college campuses last week, according to weekly results from the American College Health Assn. There were 7,099 new cases reported among college... -
Massive malaria vaccine trial has begun in Africa
Booster ShotsA massive Phase 3 trial of a malaria vaccine is now underway in Africa, with 5,000 children enrolled already out of a target population of 16,000. If results are favorable, marketing approval could be sought as early as 2012, making...... -
FDA commissioner reassures doctors about swine flu vaccine safety
Booster ShotsDr. Margaret A. Hamburg, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, sent a letter to all U.S. physicians today thanking them for their help in combating the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus and reassuring them about the safety of the vaccine...... -
Swine flu seems to be trailing off -- for now, at least
Booster ShotsThe current wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza infections is trailing off a little, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this morning, and other indicators seem to confirm that diagnosis. In particular, the numbers of prescriptions written for... -
Nearly 8,000 H1N1 flu deaths worldwide, WHO says
Booster ShotsAt least 7,826 people worldwide have died from laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza, an increase of more than 1,000 in the last week, but the actual number is probably much larger than that, the World Health Organization said today....... -
'Listening to Prozac' author feels 'vindicated' by new antidepressant study
Booster ShotsPeter D. Kramer, the psychiatrist and author of the path-breaking 1993 book "Listening to Prozac," said in an interview today that he felt "vindicated" by a newly published study ("Personality Change During Depression Treatment," by Tony Z. Tang et al)...... -
The Morning Fix: Drug company really wants to produce! Warner Bros. wants you to wait. Justice to review Comcast-NBC. Avatar heading to FX
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before deciding if it'll be Alabama or Texas. (Hint: Texas) Warner Bros. wants you to wait. Hoping to boost DVD sales, Warner Bros. struck a deal with Netflix in which the online-DVD-rental powerhouse will agree to wait...... -
Consumer Confidential: Chevron profits, Wells penalty fee, nurdle rights
Money & CompanyHere's your frosted-flakes Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- Well, all I can say is, "Thank goodness!" Our friends at Chevron are pleased to report that their quarterly profit more than tripled to $5.4 billion from...... -
A documentary on obesity, brought to you by Big Pharma
Booster ShotsWe love a good documentary as much as the next person and were intrigued when we got a news release touting a soon-to-be-made film exploring obesity helmed by none other than respected director-writer-producer Barry Levinson, who won an Oscar for...... -
Going through two tubes a week of Poligrip? You might want to reconsider.
Booster ShotsDenture wearers tend to want their dentures to stay in place. As this is not a fleeting or a temporary need, they must use adhesives for the long term. Some of them likely and perhaps understandably use too much. Don't,...... -
For benign prostate enlargement, a combination of drugs may be better
Booster ShotsA combination of drugs is better than either one alone for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH, an enlargement of the prostate gland that impedes normal urinary functions, researchers reported in the journal European Urology. The study is the...
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