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U.S. lawmaker would give FDA more oversight of drug compounding
ReutersBy Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Representative Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, on Thursday became the latest lawmaker to propose legislation that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greater regulatory authority...Tags: Biotechnology, Edward J Markey, Food and Drug Administration, AstraZeneca Plc, Biotechnology Industry
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Lawmaker would give FDA more oversight of drug compounding
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, on Thursday became the latest lawmaker to propose legislation that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greater regulatory authority over drug compounding. U....Tags: Biotechnology, Edward J Markey, Food and Drug Administration, AstraZeneca Plc, Biotechnology Industry
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RPT-FEATURE-Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year...Tags: Wyeth, AIDS, Vaccines, Pneumonia, MRSA
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Senate committee advances drug compounding bill
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal oversight for companies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines. The proposed legislation was introduced in response to...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Senate, Tom Harkin, Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Congress
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Will County activates its West Nile virus hotline for mosquito season
The Will County Health Department has responded to the opening of the 2013 mosquito season by activating its annual telephone line to help zero in on potential West Nile virus hot spots by identifying birds that died from the disease. Launched in May...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests, West Nile Virus
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Water advisories common during rainy season in South Mississippi
The Sun HeraldEach year near the beginning of summer, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality more frequently issues water-contact advisories. Thus far in May, four water advisories have been issued in Harrison County and four in Hancock County. These...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Lab Tests
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Parents' lawsuit claims Biloxi hospital failed to diagnose son's fatal meningitis
The Sun HeraldAn Alabama couple has filed a lawsuit alleging their 24-year-old son died while on a trip to Biloxi after a hospital failed to diagnose him with bacterial meningitis. The malpractice suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport, alleges Ryan Hooper of...Tags: Litigation, Laws, Trials, Hospitals and Clinics, Defendants
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Bryan ISD offering low-cost physicals, ECGs to athletes
The Eagle, Bryan, TexasAlmost two years ago, David Wilganowski collapsed on the football field and went into cardiac arrest. Rudder High School trainer Jamie Woodall and her staff rushed to the 6-foot-5, 240-pound defensive lineman and used an automated external defibrillator...Tags: Heart Murmur, Heart Problems, Teaching and Learning, Vaccines, Heart Failure
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Meningitis victim's mother files complaint against Meriter doctors
The Wisconsin State JournalMeredith Leigh, whose son Henry Mackaman died from bacterial meningitis last month at Meriter Hospital, filed a complaint with the state this week against two Meriter doctors involved in his care. The state Department of Safety and Professional Services...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Hospitals and Clinics, Pneumonia, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Heart Disease, Health Organizations, AIDS, Measles, Vaccines
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Bulls need time to rest and heal
Derrick Rose's health isn't the only injury situation the Bulls will focus on this offseason. Coach Tom Thibodeau said Thursday the team hopes to avoid surgery in the case of Joakim Noah's chronic plantar fasciitis, that Taj Gibson needs to strengthen...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Tom Thibodeau, Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose
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Ticks can spread numerous diseases
The Jamestown Sun, N.D.However welcome they are after a long winter, sunshine and springtime do bring with them some unwelcome visitors that spread disease -- ticks. Health officials from the North Dakota Department of Health and Central Valley Health District are reminding...Tags: Itching, Babesiosis , Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Chills, Pneumonia
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