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Cervical-cancer mobile unit to serve Johor from March 11 to 14
| newsdesk@thestar.com.my | JOHOR BARU: The National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) will send its Power Over Cervical Cancer Pink Mobile out of the Klang Valley to create awareness and educate the public on cervical cancer. | Besides making stops here, the Pink Mobile w...Full Story
Flu Shots in Children Help People of All Ages
| An unusual study done in 49 remote Hutterite farming colonies in western Canada has provided the surest proof yet that giving flu shots to schoolchildren protects a whole community from the disease. | Although previous studies have demonstrated what scientists call &l...Full Story
Recognition for Rotarians
| MAmin@thestar.com.my | THE Rotary Foundation Recognition Night of Rotary Club district 3300 was held at the Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, in commemoration of World Peace recently. | The event in the Rotary calendar is where fellow Rotarians honour other members f...Full Story
Tapeworm related brain disease can be eliminated with a new pig vaccine
| Sydney: A pig vaccine can eliminate the spread of a fatal form of brain disease known as neurocysticercosis. Tapeworm plays a vital role in the disease. | The disease causes cysts on the brain and spinal column - the most common cause of acquired epilepsy in the devel...Full Story
GSK to lower prices to woo India mkt
NEW DELHI: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) would cut retail prices in India to cater to the lower-income segment besides pumping in Rs 430 crore to develop vaccines from its local facilities, according to Andrew Witty, global CEO of the world’s second-largest drugmaker. | GSK w...Full Story
Merck and Sanofi Combine Animal Health Units
| TRENTON (AP) — Two of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies said Tuesday that they were uniting their animal health businesses in a deal to become largest supplier of veterinary medicines. Add to Portfolio | Pfizer Inc Sanofi-Aventis SA | Go to your...Full Story
Cuba Does Not Accept Pressure or Blackmail
| By Alberto Núñez Betancourt, in Granma | Major western media outlets again draw attention to a pre-fabricated lie. Thus, they respond to imperialist interests against our country. While the vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis occurs in Cuba, for examp...Full Story
Mt. Lebanon Family's Drug Company Lawsuit Heads To US Supreme Court
MT. LEBANON, Pa. -- A Mt. Lebanon couple’s lawsuit against a drug company is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. | Russell and Robalee Bruesewitz claim their daughter, Hannah, started having seizures just two hours after she got her third diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus...Full Story
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Low cost spay/neuter clinic goes mobile in Indiana
The Examiner | Neuter Scooter Logo Neutercooter.com | Starting on March 10, 2010, the Neuter Scooter Mobile Cat Spay and Neuter Clinic ventures back to Indiana. The Neuter Scooter Mobile Cat Spay and Neuter Clinic is a mobile veterinary clinic that offers low cos...
Socialization strategies for puppies around York Maine
The Examiner | Boris enjoys his day on the beachMannerly Mutts | Puppies are in need of much learning and guidance.   One of the most important things to do is to socialize your puppy well in the critical early weeks and months.  The first thi...
Roberts: Scene at State of Union `very troubling'
The State | TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says the scene at this year's State of the Union address by President Obama was "very troubling," and he wonders if justices should attend in the future. | Obama chided the court dur...
Canadian vaccination study proves 'herd immunity'
Yahoo Daily News | CHICAGO (Reuters) – Inoculating children against flu protects more people of all ages in the larger community, probably because young people tend to spread viruses through physical play, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday. | Researchers at ...
Create Jobs in Continent, and All Else Will Follow
All Africa Bill Gates' commitment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to give $10 billion over the next decade to develop and distribute vaccines to children in the world's poorest countries has stimulated an interesting discussion on what would ...
Violence Delays Polio Vaccinations
All Africa A polio vaccination campaign in the violence-wracked central Nigerian city of Jos has been delayed until 13 March due to the violence and an on-going health worker strike, aid workers said. | ...
Kids Who Get Flu Shots Protect the Unvaccinated
Yahoo Daily News | (HealthDay News) -- Children who get a flu shot help prevent flu from spreading in their communities, Canadian researchers say. | "By immunizing children and adolescents, there is a substantial protective effect in people who themselves were n...
Humane Society Offers Half-Price Adoptions
MSNBC updated 3:48 p.m. ET March 9, 2010 | OMAHA, Neb. - | The Nebraska Humane Society is cutting the cost to adopt a dog in half. The organization said it’s being overrun with dogs. | advertisement | In a news release, NHS said it’s unusual to have a ...
Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
Yahoo Daily News | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countries, a new study suggest...
NIGERIA: Violence delays polio vaccinations
IRINnews web | DAKAR, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - A polio vaccination campaign in the violence-wracked central Nigerian city of Jos has been delayed until 13 March due to the violence and an on-going health worker strike, aid workers said. | "We needed more time to...
Reportlinker Adds Homecare Information Software and Services Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016
PR Newswire | NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: | Homecare Information Software and Services Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016 | http://ww...
Reportlinker Adds Global Anti-Hypertensive Drugs Industry
PR Newswire | NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: | Global Anti-Hypertensive Drugs Industry | http://www.reportlinker.com/p0181076/Global-Anti-Hypertensive-Drugs-Industry.h...
Merck, Sanofi combining animal med businesses
Philadelphia Daily News | Linda A. Johnson | ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON - Two of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies said Tuesday that they are uniting their animal health businesses in a deal to become the top dog in the veterinary industry. | Merck & Co. and France...
Report: NY private medical practices pay $4.5B in state taxes
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Kansas Bioscience Authority approves $1.7M in investments for construction, jobs
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New research may expand drug arsenal used to fight HIV
DNA India | London: A new Canada-US research may shed more light on how to fortify the immunity of HIV patients. | The study, by Université de Montréal and the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida (VGTI) in collaboration with scientists ...
A new way of thinking about social networks and the world
The Boston Globe | Our social networks and where we sit in them set the course for much of what happens in our lives, say Nicholas A. Christakis, a doctor and sociology professor at Harvard, and James H. Fowler, a political scientist at the University of California-S...
Supreme Court To Hear Vaccine Safety Case
redOrbit Posted on: Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 10:05 CST | The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case regarding the right of parents to sue companies they claim manufactured preventative vaccines that gave their children other serious medical conditions. | The c...
Supreme Court to decide if parents can sue drug makers over vaccines
The Dallas Morning News | WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will decide whether drug makers can be sued by parents who claim their children suffered serious health problems from vaccines. | The justices on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from parents in Pittsburgh who want to ...
Smartphone app botnet experiment blows up a storm
The Register | Security researchers fooled nearly 8,000 iPhone and Android users into joining a mobile smartphone "botnet" under the guise of installing an apparently innocuous weather app. | Derek Brown and Daniel Tijerina of TippingPoint's Digital Vaccine Group...
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Closes $18 Million in Registered Direct Offering
Stockhouse LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Mar 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- | BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) today announced the closing of the sale, directly to funds affiliated with two institutional investors, of an aggregate of approximately 10.4 million ...
Inhibitex to Host Conference Call to Report Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Financial Results on ...
Stockhouse ATLANTA, Mar 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- | Inhibitex, Inc. (NASDAQ: INHX) announced today that it will host a conference call on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. EST to review the Company's fourth quarter and year-end December 31, 2009 financ...
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. and Target Discovery, Inc. Announce Product Licensing, Manufacturing, Co-Marketing, and Collaborative R&D Agreement
Stockhouse SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Mar 9, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- | Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO) ("PBI") and Target Discovery, Inc. ("TDI"), (together "the companies"), today announced a strategic p...
Oncothyreon announces termination of arrangement agreement
Stockhouse SEATTLE, WA, March 8, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- | Oncothyreon Inc. (Nasdaq: ONTY) today announced that Gamehost Income Fund ("Gamehost") has determined that certain proposed changes to the Income Tax Act (Canada) announce...
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