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FDA panel backs lifting breast implant ban
Apr 13 2005 10:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a surprising turnaround, federal health advisers Wednesday recommended allowing silicone-gel breast implants to return to the U.S. market after a 13-year ban on most uses of the devices _ but only under strict conditions that will limit how easily women can get them.
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Officials work to limit labs handling flu
Apr 13 2005 10:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as they sought to reassure a wary public, federal health officials detailed plans Wednesday to restrict the number of labs that can handle deadly flu viruses like the ones sent to thousands of facilities worldwide.
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Nutrition 21 FDA decision delayed
Apr 13 2005 7:51PM (CT)
PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) - Nutrition 21 Inc. said Wednesday that it agreed to the Food and Drug Administration's request for a 60-day extension to review qualified health claims for chromium picolinate, pushing the agency's decision date to June 17.
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Company thought flu virus was 'innocuous'
Apr 13 2005 5:21PM (CT)
NEWTOWN, Ohio (AP) - The company at the center of distress over its shipment of samples of a killer flu virus to thousands of labs apparently wasn't even aware it had sent such a deadly virus.
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Most fearsome germs require more security
Apr 13 2005 5:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The revelation that pandemic flu strains were sent out to thousands of labs raises questions about the handling of other potentially deadly germs.
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Wisconsin man diagnosed with measles
Apr 13 2005 10:38AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Health officials are screening people who came into contact with a man who contracted measles, the first case of the disease in Wisconsin since 1996.
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Bird flu widespread in Mekong Delta
Apr 13 2005 10:04AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - More than 70 percent of random duck and geese samples have tested positive for bird flu in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta, but many farmers have refused to slaughter their flocks, officials said Wednesday.
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AARP: Drug prices jump 7.1 percent in '04
Apr 13 2005 7:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wholesale prices for brand-name prescription drugs jumped an average of 7.1 percent in 2004, the largest increase in five years and more than twice the overall rate of inflation, the AARP said Tuesday.
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Calif. cities vie for stem cell center
Apr 13 2005 6:08AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco emerged as the early front-runner to land California's new $3 billion stem cell headquarters after its incentive-laden bid scored the highest marks among the four cities named to a short list of contenders.
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