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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine “is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line.”
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A report from the Government Accountability Office shows that the FDA has never pulled a drug off the market due to a lack of required follow-up about its actual benefits — even when such information is more than a decade overdue.
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President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
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Looking for happy faces? Don’t go near employer health fairs in the coming months.
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Supermarket pizzas now say they’re just as good. Are they, or is it worth paying more for something brought to your door?
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Health care legislation taking shape in the House carries a price tag of at least $1 trillion over a decade, significantly higher than the target President Barack Obama has set, congressional officials said Friday as they struggled to finish work on the measure for a vote early next month.
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A food industry group is voluntarily halting promotion of its nutrition labeling program after federal regulators said such systems may be misleading consumers, officials with the group said Friday.
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More Americans have been vaccinated against seasonal flu this fall than ever before by this time of year, federal health officials said Friday.
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Nearly 5,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged this year and developed into a global epidemic, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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A study finds that male monkeys exposed to cocaine before birth have more trouble controlling themselves even in middle age.
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