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China reporta cuatro muertes más por gripe aviaria, cifra sube a 31
ReutersPEKIN (Reuters) - Cuatro personas más murieron en China debido a una nueva cepa de gripe aviaria, elevando a 31 la cantidad de fallecidos por el misterioso virus H7N9, y la cantidad de infecciones aumentó en dos casos a 129, según autoridades de...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, China, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Check your child's vaccination record
The Kid's Doctorhttp://www.kidsdr.com It's important to remember that not only infants and young children need vaccines. Older children (and even adults) continue to need vaccinations, and some vaccines are not given until a child is in his or her 'tween and teen years....Tags: Coughing, Pharmaceuticals, Human papillomavirus, Diseases and Illnesses, Whooping Cough
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Norovirus is still going around
The Kid's Doctorhttp://www.kidsdr.com Another on call weekend just completed, it seems that gastroenteritis, also known as the "tummy bug" or "stomach flu," is still hanging around. I walked into a lot of exam rooms with tired parents and kids, all of whom had been...Tags: Diarrhea, Viral Diseases and Infections, Gastritis, Symptoms, Rotavirus
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Free meningitis vaccines offered after West Hollywood man's death
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation will offer free meningitis vaccines starting Monday. The move comes just days after a West Hollywood man died from the disease. Anyone who might have been exposed to the disease or might be at risk should to make plans...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms, Headaches
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Dozens line up for meningitis vaccine in West Hollywood
Dozens of men lined up Monday morning at an AIDS Healthcare Foundation pharmacy in West Hollywood to get a free meningitis vaccine, days after a local man died from the disease. Allen Smith, a 21-year-old dance student, said he had a weak immune...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Diseases and Illnesses, Common Cold, Preventative Medicine
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U.S.-backed HIV vaccine fails; study halted
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health on Thursday halted a study testing an experimental HIV vaccine after an independent review board found the vaccine did not prevent HIV infection and did not reduce the amount of HIV in the blood....Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Viral Diseases and Infections, HIV, Allergies
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Doctor whose work saved millions reflects on career
The publication of Alfred Sommer's new memoir, "10 Lessons in Public Health," comes precisely 30 years after the publication of the most important thing he's ever written: "Increased mortality in children with mild vitamin A deficiency," a report of a...
Tags: Health Organizations, Physical Conditions, Viral Diseases and Infections, Family, Drugs and Medicines
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Who should own DNA? All of us
Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money can seem painfully irrelevant, especially when so...
Tags: Health Organizations, American Civil Liberties Union, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Medical Research
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation gives hundreds of meningitis vaccines
Reacting to the death of a young West Hollywood lawyer over the weekend and growing concerns about the possible spread of bacterial meningitis, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation gave hundreds of free vaccinations to visitors who showed up Monday at its...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Health Organizations, AIDS, Health and Medical Professionals, Death
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Addicted to added sugar? It's 13% of calories consumed by Americans
Sugar. Honey. Maple syrup. Molasses. High fructose corn syrup. All of these are “added sugars,” and you are probably eating -- and drinking – too much of them. So says the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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As meningitis fears rise, foundation to offer free vaccine
Responding to fears of a deadly meningitis outbreak among gay men, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced Sunday that it will begin offering free vaccines to help counter a spread of the potentially deadly disease. Worry over a meningitis outbreak...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Auction Service, Diseases and Illnesses, Symptoms
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HIV vaccine trial shut down
In another major setback for efforts to develop an HIV vaccine, federal researchers have shut down a key clinical trial after an independent panel of safety experts determined that volunteers who got an experimental vaccine appeared to be slightly more...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Health Organizations, Columbia University, Viral Diseases and Infections
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