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Forgot to get your shots? Get them on the fly
Chicago Tribune reporterWhile most preventive inoculations should be administered anywhere from four weeks to six months before travel, a handful of routine immunizations, like tetanus shots, can be taken care of in an unlikely but convenient location: at the airport....Tags: Illnesses, Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Specialization, Emergency Planning
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Going abroad? Get a shot in the arm
Special to the Chicago TribunePassport? Check. Plane tickets? Check. Immunizations? Uh-oh. "Most people are so absorbed in the passport and tickets and reservations at the hotel that they don't think about health," said physician Phyllis Kozarsky, a consultant for the U.S. Centers...Tags: Medicine, Virus Diseases, Hotels and Accommodations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tourism and Leisure
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Indonesia seeks to shut Navy lab researching avian flu
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThreats to shut down a U.S. Navy medical research lab here may undermine the hunt for mutating viruses that could set off the next flu pandemic, Western scientists warn. Indonesia suspended negotiations with the United States over the fate of Naval...Tags: Virus Diseases, Animal Diseases, Research, Government, Diseases
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Dutch restaurants, bars send tobacco smokers away
Associated Press WriterDutch restaurants and bars sent tobacco smokers out the door Tuesday, enforcing a public smoking ban that went into effect even in the "coffee shops" where marijuana smokers were welcome to stay. Some bars hosted smoking parties to mark the end of indoor...Tags: Addiction, Heart Disease, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Smoking, Medical Specialization
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Doctor focuses on preventive care for Latinas
The Washington PostEmilia Uriarte and Mariluz Garcia are just the types of patients that Elmer Huerta loves to see. The first hasn't been to a doctor in 10 years; the second has been a faithful patient of the cancer prevention specialist for the past seven. With Uriarte,...Tags: Government Health Care, Medical Procedures or Tests, Television Industry, Cancer, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Federal panel OKs two combination vaccines
A federal advisory panel has endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. The panel approved a four-in-one shot made by GlaxoSmithKline. It offers...Tags: GlaxoSmithKline, Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, Health Organizations
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Cuban researchers claim development of lung cancer vaccine
Cuba has approved what is believed to be the world's first registered lung cancer vaccine. Researchers at Cuba's Center of Molecular Immunology announced last week that the therapeutic vaccine CimVax EGF extends life with few side effects. The drug...Tags: Medicine, Trials, Research, Cancer, Western Medicines
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Clinical Trials To Start On Vaccine For Meningitis B
Bloomberg NewsA pharmaceutical company's biologist says he may have found a way to wipe out meningitis B, a disease that can kill children within 24 hours of infection. Fifteen years after Rino Rappuoli undertook his meningitis project, the Basel, Switzerland-based...Tags: Illnesses, Diseases, Pharmaceuticals, Natural Science, Novartis
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Panel endorses new combo vaccines for children
ATLANTA - A federal advisory panel yesterday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of jabs young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. The panel gave its nod to a four-in-one shot made by GlaxoSmithKline...Tags: Diseases, GlaxoSmithKline, Pharmaceuticals, Communicable Diseases, Vaccines
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Emergency radio system gets field test
The Lake County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) will compete in the 2008 Field Day for 24 hours beginning at 2 p.m. today at Lake Idamere Park, 12335 County Road 448 in Tavares. The objective of the nationwide competition is for local radio...Tags: Hurricane Preparedness, Arts, Disasters, David Malone, Ceremonies
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