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| FDA Mulls Tougher Warning Label on Kids' Flu Drugs
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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:59:47 GMT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug
Administration panel is meeting Tuesday to debate stronger warning
labeling for the prescription flu drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir), linked
recently to anecdotal reports of bizarre behaviors and deaths among
children.... [more] |
| Report Finds Washington Has Highest AIDS Infection Rate Among U.S. Cities |
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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:08:42 GMT
The disease is being transmitted to infants, older adults, women and heterosexual men at an epidemic pace, according to city health officials.... [more] |
| Study Calls HIV in D.C. A 'Modern Epidemic' |
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Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST
The first statistics ever amassed on HIV in the District, released today in a sweeping report, reveal ... [more] |
| Indian Tribe Get Air Pollution Voice |
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Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:01:46 EST
ST. REGIS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. -- The Environmental Protection Agency has given St. Regis Mohawks a voice in enforcing federal air quality rules on the tribe's reservation in northern New York, following a five-year review. ... [more] |
| CDC: New Respiratory Bug Has Killed 10 |
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Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:03:51 EST
ATLANTA -- A mutated version of a common cold virus has caused 10 deaths in the last 18 months, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Adenoviruses usually cause respiratory infections that aren't considered lethal. But a new variant has caused at least 140 illnesses in New York, Oregon, Washington... ... [more] |
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