AP – Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington’s decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu. …
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Archive for October, 2009
Castro: more US visitors mean more Cuban swine flu (AP)
October 31st, 2009Children swine flu deaths spike in US amid vaccine shortage (AFP)
October 31st, 2009AFP – The United States will release its entire stock of children’s Tamiflu antivirals, a top health official said, as the pediatric swine flu toll spiked well above the annual toll for kids from seasonal flu. …
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Children swine flu deaths spike in US amid vaccine shortage (AFP)
October 31st, 2009AFP – The United States will release its entire stock of children’s Tamiflu antivirals, a top health official said, as the pediatric swine flu toll spiked well above the annual toll for kids from seasonal flu. …
» More: Children swine flu deaths spike in US amid vaccine shortage (AFP)
Side effects not always due to swine flu shot (AP)
October 31st, 2009AP – Hundreds of people on any given day will die, develop the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome or have spontaneous abortions, and that doesn’t necessarily mean that their swine flu vaccination shot was to blame, a new study says. …
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People will fear flu vaccine “adverse events”: study (Reuters)
October 30th, 2009Reuters – Fear of adverse events such as miscarriages, rare neurological conditions and ordinary heart attacks will discourage some people from participating in mass vaccination efforts to fight swine flu, but public health experts said on Friday they could fight back with statistics. …
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Health Highlights: Oct. 30, 2009 (HealthDay)
October 30th, 2009HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay: …
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Child swine flu deaths spike in US amid vaccine shortage (AFP)
October 30th, 2009AFP – The United States released Friday its entire stock of children’s Tamiflu antivirals, a top health official said, as the pediatric swine flu toll spiked well above the annual toll for kids from seasonal flu. …
» More: Child swine flu deaths spike in US amid vaccine shortage (AFP)
US to end travel ban on HIV-positive visitors: Obama (AFP)
October 30th, 2009AFP – The United States is poised to lift a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors from abroad that was based on fear and ignorance of the facts, President Barack Obama said Friday. …
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Coffee may lower endometrial cancer risk (Reuters)
October 30th, 2009Reuters – Women dread a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, but those who drink at least two cups of caffeinated coffee a day may have a lower risk for this cancer of cells lining the uterus. …
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Steroid shots don’t help hip pain long-term (Reuters)
October 30th, 2009Reuters – Corticosteroid shots provide quick relief for people suffering from a common type of hip pain, but the benefits don’t last, a new study in The American Journal of Sports Medicine shows. …
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