Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Tamiflu-Resistant Swine Flu Cluster Reported In NC – 1252th Edition

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.
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WHO Investigating Norway Swine Flu Mutations – 1253th Edition

Friday, November 20th, 2009

The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.
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Cost Of Child Vaccines Fall, More Kids Saved – 1245th Edition

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.
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Experts Say Radical Measures Won’t Stop H1N1 – 1244th Edition

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease.
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1.5M Per Day Getting Swine Flu Vaccine In China – 1238th Edition

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

China’s health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world’s most populous country by year’s end.
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AP Poll: Support For Curbs On Malpractice Lawsuits – 1239th Edition

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

It’s an issue that Democrats would rather not deal with as they shape a health care overhaul. Yet a new Associated Press poll says most Americans support curbs on medical malpractice lawsuits.
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1 Conjoined Twin Talking After Surgery – 1240th Edition

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.
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Health Bill Nears Debate After Positive CBO Review – 1241th Edition

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Congressional budget crunchers said Thurday the Democrats’ latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that gave supporters hope as the Senate moved gingerly toward a historic debate.
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Doctor On Panel Stands By Mammogram Advice – 1242th Edition

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force’s report, saying that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate information available.
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US Survey Shows Southern Counties Most Obese – 1243th Edition

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
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