|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WHO reports 2 bird flu deaths in Indonesia
May 19 2006 7:52PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Two young boys died of bird flu in Indonesia _ one from a family that has already lost four members to the disease, the World Health Organization said Friday.
|
|
|
Crohn's disease drug cleared for children
May 19 2006 7:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators approved Remicade as a treatment for Crohn's disease in children on Friday, just days after publication of a study linking the Johnson & Johnson drug to an increased risk of some cancers in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
|
|
|
Antibiotic linked to liver problems
May 19 2006 7:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An antibiotic linked to a growing number of reports of liver failure, including four deaths, should bear stricter warnings about its effect on the liver, according to an internal Food and Drug Administration memo. The drug's manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis, said Friday it was in talks with FDA officials about those reports.
|
|
|
Rare disease traced to sperm donor
May 19 2006 7:20PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A sperm donor passed an extremely rare and dangerous genetic ailment to five children born to four couples, doctors reported Friday in a case that exposes a gap in the screening process.
|
|
|
FDA panel endorses cervical cancer vaccine
May 19 2006 7:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A drug company hopes to win federal approval early next month for a novel cervical cancer vaccine that it touts as the next biggest thing since the pap test in fighting the No. 2 cancer in women.
|
|
|
Cancer-causing benzene found in drinks
May 19 2006 7:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government analysis of more than 100 soft drinks and other beverages turned up five with levels of cancer-causing benzene that exceed federal drinking-water standards, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
|
|
|
Russia at risk to lose AIDS funding
May 19 2006 7:17PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Although it faces an escalating epidemic, Russia stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in international AIDS funding because the World Bank has reclassified it as an upper middle-income country, officials said Friday.
|
|
|
Doctor: States unprepared for bird flu
May 19 2006 2:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bird flu will hit the United States _ it's only a matter of time _ and not all states are ready to respond to the deadly virus, the Homeland Security Department's top doctor warns.
|
|
|
|
|
|