GlaxoSmithKline studies batch of swine flu vaccines in Canada over allergy fears Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of ...
An unusual number of severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been recorded in Canada, where a batch of the vaccine from ...
Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna have left intensive care as they continue their remarkable recovery from surgery to separate their conjoined heads, the hospital said. The two-year-old girls, rescued from a Dhaka orphanage, moved to a shared room on the normal ward ...
Oncolytics says it sold $12.8M in stock and options to fund trial of cancer drug Reolysin Canadian drug developer Oncolytics Biotech Inc. said Monday it raised $12.8 million through a sale of stock and options. Oncolytics said a group of underwriters bought ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over. Officials also said they were investigating several troubling outbreaks of drug-resistant ...
Mass. transgender killer seeking sex-change asks judge to order electrolysis treatments A convicted murderer who is seeking a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation has asked a judge to order Massachusetts prison officials to provide electrolysis treatments. A lawyer for Michelle Kosilek (KOH'-sih-leck) argued Monday ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Some Canadian provinces have stopped using a particular batch of the H1N1 flu vaccine after six people experienced severe allergic reactions, the country's health agency said on Monday. The Public Health Agency of Canada and vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline ...
Pfizer, Immunovaccine will collaborate on cattle vaccines; terms of partnership not disclosed Immunovaccine Inc. said Monday that Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, is licensing its technology for use in vaccines for cattle. Terms of the deal between Pfizer Animal Health and ...
A leading association of clinicians on Monday accused an "anti-vaccination movement" of breeding suspicion about the (A)H1N1 swine flu vaccine in Europe and declared public health and lives were at risk. The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) said ...
A Cypriot Health Ministry official says authorities have begun inoculating health care workers, pregnant women and high-risk patients against swine flu. Olga Kalakouta says the estimated 50,000 voluntary vaccinations started Monday and will continue over the next three weeks at designated health ...
Lawmakers argue whether mammogram guidelines show what's wrong with health care overhaul Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay ...
Health workers are about to launch a yellow fever vaccination campaign for nearly 12 million West Africans. World Health Organization spokeswoman Aphaluck Bhatiasevi said the workers will begin vaccinating in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone on Monday. She says local health teams ...
