NEW YORK -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a settlement Tuesday with five health care facilities that flushed pharmaceutical waste into the New York City watersheds. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com [...more]
NEW DELHI - A 23-year-old man died of swine flu here Tuesday, taking the influenza A (H1N1) toll in Delhi to 68, health officials said. [...more]
The Warren County Combined Health District learned Tuesday several lots of its H1N1 nasal vaccine have been recalled. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines) [...more]
Bratislava - A 32-year-old Slovak man who died in hospital on Tuesday is suspected of being Slovakia's first swine flu fatality, public health officials said Wednesday. The chronically ill man, who was confirmed to have been infected with the H1N1 in... (source: Earth Times) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com [...more]
AFP - Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better. [...more]
AP - Pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccines in case they trigger life-threatening allergies. [...more]
Jackson says Ohio had seen 30 swine flu -related deaths as of Tuesday, and that there have been more than 2500 hospitalizations. He says several of the state's hospitals report they've seen up to 70 percent increases in emergency room ... [...more]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The flow of swine flu vaccines to the U.S. market is picking up, health and corporate officials said on Tuesday, and now the challenge will be to get the drugs to people. (source: Reuters) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com [...more]
The outcome of Tuesday's elections dispel the myth of a great political re-alignment supposedly heralded by the election of Barack Obama last year, writes Charles Krauthammer . Believers swore young and minority voters would establish a new liberal majority and bury the GOP. But Republican victories in Virginia and New Jersey... [...more]
AP - Get on the health overhaul bandwagon, or don't count on our help in your re-election. [...more]