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Judge bars military from forced anthrax shots
• Public Health • Oct 28 04
A federal judge on Wednesday barred the U.S. military from forcing troops to be vaccinated for anthrax without either getting their informed consent or…
Florida distributor to stop dealing flu vaccine
• Public Health • Oct 27 04
A Florida drug distributor accused of price gouging has agreed to stop buying and selling flu vaccines and will hand over its remaining inventory,…
Government says federal workers at risk from the flu
• Public Health • Oct 26 04
The government’s making sure there’s vaccine for federal workers most at risk from the flu.
The Health and Human Services Department says the workers…
Medical center health care workers protest low wages
• Public Health • Oct 26 04
Health care workers at the Alameda County Medical Center rallied Tuesday for higher wages amid contract negotiations, saying they haven’t gotten a raise in…
Chief Justice’s cancer raises new election issue
• Public Health • Oct 26 04
U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the leader of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, has undergone surgery for thyroid cancer, suddenly throwing a political spotlight…
Bush, Kerry both seen pressed to curb drug prices
• Public Health • Oct 25 04
The pharmaceutical industry is expected to face pressure to curb rising prescription-drug costs no matter which candidate wins next week’s U.S. presidential election.
Drug…
Israel to allow Arafat to leave his compound for medical treatment
• Public Health • Oct 25 04
Israel will allow Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to briefly leave his compound to receive medical treatment in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israeli…
Health premium for employees to pay, McGuinty says
• Public Health • Oct 25 04
Toronto - Individual taxpayers - not employers - are the ones who should pay Ontario’s new health premium, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.
Mr.…
U.S. looks north for vaccine system
• Public Health • Oct 25 04
When it comes to getting flu shots for its citizens, the United States may someday soon look like a giant version of Canada,…
Scientists: Biological weapons pose major threat
• Public Health • Oct 25 04
Biological weapons that can wipe out whole populations pose one of the biggest threats to the world today yet remain almost completely uncontrolled,…
Illinois Gov. wants to import European flu vaccine
• Public Health • Oct 25 04
Illinois authorities asked on Monday for federal approval to import from Europe thousands of doses of flu vaccine that the state located through its…
Open Enrollment Begins for State Health Insurance Plan
• Public Health • Oct 25 04
Today is the first day for state employees, teachers and retirees to enroll in the new health insurance plan.
For doctors, a difficult election year
• Public Health • Oct 25 04
New Hampshire doctors say the nation’s health care system is in desperate need of attention. But they don’t necessarily agree on who has the…
Patients fear closure of mental health program
• Public Health • Oct 24 04
Probable closure of a Napa County program serving about 60 patients with mental problems has many of those clients fearful they’ll wind up…
Record number of pool-related diseases in U.S.
• Public Health • Oct 22 04
The number of Americans who got sick from swimming or bathing in tainted pools, spas and other facilities jumped 21 percent to a record…
U.S. military short of flu vaccine too - Pentagon
• Public Health • Oct 22 04
The U.S. military will give flu shots to troops in Iraq and other key areas overseas and to high-risk family dependents, but thousands of…
UK court rules on seriously ill baby Luke
• Public Health • Oct 22 04
London’s High Court has decided a seriously ill baby can be refused potentially life-saving mechanical ventilation if he stops breathing, mirroring a ruling for…
Annan backs stem cell studies, differs with Bush
• Public Health • Oct 21 04
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday endorsed scientific studies that involve the cloning of human embryos, differing with the Bush administration’s push for a…
Nearly 1.7 million veterans lack health care - study
• Public Health • Oct 19 04
Nearly 1.7 million U.S. veterans under the age of 65 had no health care coverage in 2003 - no access to private insurance,…
Paris anger at moves on wine adverts
• Public Health • Oct 17 04
A French government minister has denounced a parliamentary move to loosen the law restricting alcohol advertising, saying it could undermine efforts to combat alcoholism…
U.S. worried by health disparities among Hispanics
• Public Health • Oct 14 04
Hispanics in the United States are more likely to be overweight or obese, develop diabetes and die from strokes, AIDS and…
Schwarzenegger opposes four Calif. health measures
• Public Health • Oct 13 04
To the delight of business groups, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out against four out of five health-care measures on the state’s Nov.…
Wealthy new lab aims to capture dreams, literally
• Public Health • Oct 13 04
Gerald Rubin is looking for someone who can take a picture of a thought.
To do it, he and colleagues are harnessing the powerful…
American Indians’ Cancer Rates Discussed
• Public Health • Oct 11 04
Health statistics show that once diagnosed with cancer, American Indians have a lower five-year survival rate than any other group in the country.
Organizers…
More private plans to join Medicare
• Public Health • Oct 07 04
Reversing a trend in which private health plans have been quitting the federal Medicare program, U.S. officials Wednesday announced that more plans will join…