Special Correspondent Health matters: A patented barrier fabric imported from USA promises to provide high degree of protection against swine flu. —...
updated 5:51 p.m. ET Oct. 2, 2009 Whitley County canceled classes in all of its schools this week, and school officials are keeping a close eye on the progress of a high school freshman diagnosed with H1N1 flu who is now in critical condition at a...
updated 3:26 p.m. ET Oct. 2, 2009 The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced three people have died recently from complications due to infection with the H1N1 novel influenza virus. They were a Watonwan County woman in her 40s, a Dakota County woman in her 50s...
Clinical trial launched in India to improve treatment for people bitten by rabid animals MassBiologics of the University of MassachusettsMedical School today announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial, testing the safety and activity of a human monoclonal...
A school trip to an adventure park in England has been abandoned after the outbreak of the Norovirus vomiting bug. The annual trip, involving about 80 pupils from Dunblane Primary School, began on...
Rhodiola is investigated as possible tool in the box against flu viruses I was strolling through Facebook and found a link that looked rather interesting. It took me to an article about the plant Rhodiola rosea. This plant, known popularly as Rhodiola or golden root, is...
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - U.S. financial regulators are demanding drugmaker Elan Corp. turn over records about a potentially lethal brain disease linked to its drug Tysabri, according to a government filing form. The Irish company said it received a subpoena...
updated 7:45 p.m. ET Sept. 29, 2009 FLOUR BLUFF - A 12-year-old Flour Bluff girl lapsed into a coma and died Tuesday from the H1N1 virus (swine flu). There was emotions of sadness and grief in the Flour Bluff School District for the 12-year-old girl who died from...
Health officials put a hold on a vaccination program in the English city of Coventry yesterday after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after receiving a jab against a virus that causes cervical cancer. //-->...
updated 12:39 p.m. ET Sept. 29, 2009 Microsoft Tuesday released its first free anti-virus software called Microsoft Security Essentials for computers running its Windows operating system. The company said it is not looking to compete with commercial makers of software,...
