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Bush presses vaccine makers on bird flu
Oct 6 2005 10:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush summoned vaccine manufacturers to a White House meeting Friday, hoping to personally boost the rickety industry amid increasing fears of a worldwide outbreak of bird flu. It's the latest in a flurry of preparations for a possible pandemic after criticism of the government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
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Merck: Cervical cancer vaccine effective
Oct 6 2005 10:02PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn cancerous, the drugmaker Merck & Co. said Thursday. Its shares rose nearly 6 percent.
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Study: 9/11 dust causing health problems
Oct 6 2005 7:34PM (CT)
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) - The dust and debris that billowed into the air when the World Trade Center towers collapsed after the 9/11 terror attacks has had long-reaching detrimental health effects, most notably on firefighters, experts said.
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Lab tests confirm E. coli in bags of salad
Oct 6 2005 7:29PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Laboratory tests confirmed E. coli bacteria was found in two bags of Dole prepackaged lettuce, the Department of Agriculture announced Thursday.
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FDA adviser resigns over Plan B handling
Oct 6 2005 7:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A consultant to a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has resigned in protest of the agency's handling of the Plan B contraceptive.
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Toronto officials: Illness Legionnaires'
Oct 6 2005 5:54PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Toronto health officials on Thursday said Legionnaires' disease was likely the cause of 16 deaths at a Toronto nursing home and warned that more deaths were possible before the bacteria was fully contained.
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Containing bird flu abroad key to U.S.
Oct 6 2005 2:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration's top health official said Thursday that "no one in the world is ready" for a potentially catastrophic outbreak of Avian bird flu.
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Study ties kids' weight gain, produce cost
Oct 6 2005 6:11AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new study suggests the price of fresh fruits and vegetables has a stronger connection to weight gain among children than whether they live near fast-food outlets.
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Researchers reconstruct 1918 flu virus
Oct 6 2005 6:11AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - It sounds like a sci-fi thriller. For the first time, scientists have made from scratch the Spanish flu virus that killed millions of people in 1918.
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