Security concern halted Wis. Ebola study
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University of Wisconsin-Madison research on the deadly Ebola virus was conducted for a year in a less-secure laboratory than required, until the National Institutes of Health alerted the school to the problem.
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Tests have confirmed that a Milwaukee man died this year from West Nile virus, the manager of disease control and prevention for the Milwaukee Health Department says.
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Coos County Public Health has canceled all flu shot clinics due to the vaccine shortage. The department will update residents on its plans as vaccine becomes available from the state.
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Merck & Co has halted testing of its experimental HIV vaccine -- long considered one of the most promising vaccines in development -- after a monitoring board found it was ineffective, the company said on Friday.
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Uganda said on Wednesday it had eradicated an outbreak of Ebola that infected 149 people, of whom 37 died, mostly in a remote western district.
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A foot and mouth outbreak last month was probably caused by leaking drains, flooding and vehicles moving from nearby laboratories, investigators said Friday, without specifying the exact source.
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Long lines have formed at flu clinics in retail stores, and others are being canceled for lack of vaccine. The unexpected vaccine shortage has raised many questions about how people can best protect themselves.
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With influenza season just around the corner, the East Bay maker of half the nation&#39;s 100 million flu shots has temporarily halted distribution after tests found that up to 4 million doses of unreleased vaccine might have been tainted.
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An increased risk of heart attack and stroke from the drug naproxen halted a major US study on Alzheimer&#39;s disease prevention.
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_ Westchester County will stop administering flu shots after Friday to conserve its waning supply of vaccine for possible outbreaks in hospitals or nursing homes, the county Health Department announced.
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Baxter International has pulled its flu vaccine from a clinical trial in Britain because of side effects. Baxter, of Deerfield, Ill.
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According to Dorchester County Health Department Communicable Disease Director, Lisa Lee CRNP, &quot;We are unable to schedule flu clinics at this time, due to the recent notification of a major flu vaccine shortage.
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Scores of patients at the V.A. hospital in Albany were put at risk, and employees say bigger concerns were dismissed by officials.
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In a setback for flu vaccine development, Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. said today it has suspended enrollment in a late-stage European trial for a cell-based flu vaccine.
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Federal health officials yesterday scuttled the largest piece of the Bush administration's two-year program to counter bioterrorism, canceling an $877.5 million contract with VaxGen to develop an anthrax vaccine after the company missed a deadline to begin human testing.
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Hong Kong&#39;s 30 government departments and agencies and the Center for Health Protection CHP)ended here Friday a two-day drill to test their preparedness against an outbreak of an unknown communicable disease in Hong Kong.
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JOHANNESBURG - International medical personnel and supplies are being airlifted to a remote region of central Democratic Republic of Congo to combat what threatens to become the world's most serious outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in years.