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Brain-dead woman dies after giving birth
Aug 3 2005 9:59PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - A brain-dead woman who was kept alive for three months so she could deliver the child she was carrying was removed from life support Wednesday and died, a day after giving birth.
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Exercise guidelines for women established
Aug 3 2005 7:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the first time, researchers have established how much exercise women should be able to do for their age and found that their capacity is slightly lower than men's. It also declines a bit faster than men's as they grow older.
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West Nile blood screening effective
Aug 3 2005 7:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Screening blood donations for the West Nile virus to prevent its spread has proved remarkably effective, though a few contaminated units have been missed, according to reports on the first two years of testing.
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700,000 flu shots bought by Ill. expired
Aug 3 2005 7:22PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of flu shots ordered from Europe last year amid fears of a nationwide shortage now have expired and may go to waste, potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars, officials said Wednesday.
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Vietnam begins mass vaccination of poultry
Aug 3 2005 12:11PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam this week began administering the first of about 20 million shots to the nation's poultry stock in the largest-scale bird flu vaccination program ever conducted here.
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HHS secretary lauds governors on Medicaid
Aug 3 2005 8:49AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's governors likely will play an influential role in federal efforts to slow the growth of Medicaid, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said.
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