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Panel nixes platelet donation proposal
Mar 10 2006 7:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal proposal to limit personal donations of platelets _ the substance that makes blood clot _ is headed back to the drawing board after government advisers said the new curb would drastically cut the nation's supply.
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Mo. agency sees spike in mercury cases
Mar 10 2006 7:35PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri officials already have responded to nine incidents involving mercury this year, compared with 16 all of last year, the Department of Natural Resources said Friday.
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Fewer NYC high schoolers are lighting up
Mar 10 2006 7:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fewer New York City public high schoolers are lighting up, a trend officials credit to such factors as better health education, smoking bans in workplaces and higher cigarette sales taxes.
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Measles deaths drop by nearly half
Mar 10 2006 6:51PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A global immunization drive has cut measles deaths by nearly half during the last six years, the World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund said Friday.
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Panel recommends development of polio drugs
Mar 10 2006 6:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Development of one or more drugs to treat polio was recommended Thursday to provide protection in any outbreaks of the disease that might occur after vaccination programs are ended.
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Indonesia's bird-flu death toll up to 22
Mar 10 2006 3:23PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia, which has come under fire for its attempts to prevent the spread of bird flu, said Friday that two children had died of the disease, bringing the country's death toll to 22.
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Bird flu worries may curb poultry exports
Mar 10 2006 11:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Worries about bird flu have dampened trade prospects for American poultry, which already is facing lower prices, the Agriculture Department said Friday.
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N.C. probes flesh-eating bacteria death
Mar 10 2006 9:42AM (CT)
DUNN, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina health officials are investigating the death of a woman who died last week of a flesh-eating bacteria three days after accidentally jamming her hand in a wheelchair while working at a nursing home.
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Bird flu found in stone marten in Germany
Mar 10 2006 9:42AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - A weasel-like animal called a stone marten was infected with the deadly bird flu virus, marking the disease's spread to another mammal species, a German laboratory said Thursday.
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