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Group backs mandatory flu shots for health workers (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - Flu vaccination should be required for all doctors, nurses and other health workers, the nation's largest pediatricians' group says, calling it a long overdue step to protect patients.
CVS Caremark to give away up to $5M in flu shots (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - CVS Caremark Corp. said Wednesday it will give away up to $5 million in seasonal flu vaccinations to people without health insurance.
AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business.
J&J giving $200 million for health of women, kids (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - Health giant Johnson & Johnson is donating about $200 million in cash and medicine to a sweeping United Nations program created to improve the health and lives of people in poor countries.
US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly, frustrated health officials reported Tuesday.
FDA cites claims on 2 green tea beverages (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - Federal health regulators have issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages.
Report says obesity surgery can save health costs (Reuters)
September 9, 2010Reuters - Providing surgical treatment for people who are morbidly obese could save British taxpayer-funded health services and the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds a year, leading surgeons said on Wednesday.
Doctors alarmed by HIV risk for European gays (AFP)
September 9, 2010
AFP - Homosexual men in Europe are increasingly failing to adhere to safe sex, according to two new studies. In France, transmission of the AIDS virus "seems to be out of control" among men who have sex with men, said a paper published on Thursday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 8, 2010 (HealthDay)
September 9, 2010HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Health Tip: Stay Safe Around the School Bus (HealthDay)
September 9, 2010HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Teaching children to take precautions while waiting for, entering and exiting a school bus can help keep them safe.
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