Health News Archives

FDA Wants More Time to Study Cold Meds for Kids
More data needed on whether OTC remedies are safe, agency official tells public meeting

Anti-Obesity Drugs Could Fight Viral Infections
Targeting increases in fatty acid metabolism inhibits replication, researchers find

Flu Vaccine Should Be More Effective: CDC
And officials are urging more Americans than ever before to get a shot this season

Regular Hand-Washing Can Prevent Against Colds, Flu
But group's survey finds fewer Americans taking this simple precaution

U.S. Barred 33 TB-Infected People From Flying Over Past Year
CDC's new 'do not board' list comes as a surprise to infectious disease experts

Pregnant Mom’s Flu Shot Protects Baby
U.S. health officials will mull new findings at vaccine meeting

Study Questions Flu Shot’s Mortality Protection for Elderly
Canadian study found benefit to be statistically insignificant

Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Immune 90 Years Later
Finding could lead to new strategies for fighting future pandemics, researchers say

FDA OKs Flu Vaccines for 2008-09 Season
The hope is they will be a better match than last year's shots

Immunotherapy Boosts Treatment of Kids’ High-Risk Sarcomas
Patients with recurrent or metastatic disease had better-than-normal survival, study finds