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Taliban detainees in Canadian custody in Afghanistan will receive swine flu vaccinations ahead of the majority of Canadians in Canada, where there is a shortage of the vaccine - a move Canada's health minister called outrageous.

Before you rise and shine tomorrow, you may want to hit that snooze button -- getting enough sleep could be the healthiest thing you do this flu season."It really is just as important as washing your hands and it's a major component of total body wellness," Dr.

The World Health Organization says it expects GlaxoSmithKline to complete shipping donations of swine flu vaccine to poor countries by May 2010.

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center officials said Monday that 260 patients had been exposed to high doses of radiation during CT brain scans during an 18-month period, up from the hospital's original estimate of 206 in September.

Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people quit smoking, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

Nov. 9 -- Pfizer Inc. has paid some of the largest fines in the industry after promising to stop marketing drugs for off-label uses in 2004.

Uzbekistan News.Net Monday 9th November, 2009 Women with heavier busts who have been treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of its recurrence, says a new study.

Swiss hearing aid firm Sonova Holding AG said Monday it is buying cochlear implant maker Advanced Bionics Corp., based in California, for $489 million in cash.

OTTAWA a ' With H1N1 now accounting for virtually all the flu being diagnosed in Canada, critics say Canada was wrong not to have halted production of the regular seasonal flu shots and switched production to H1N1 vaccine sooner.

Officials at Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics will soon use computers in a national effort to more closely track the flu pandemic.

A program is beginning this month to help Iowans safely dispose of unwanted medication.

Nov. 8 - An anti-Taliban village mayor is among the victims of the suicide attack on the outskirts of Peshawar.

North Carolina has launched a Web site to help the state's bars, restaurants and hotels to kick the smoking habit for good.

Today the House reaches another major milestone in the effort to pass health insurance reform, and effort decades in the making.

Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island -- prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.

The Associated Press 5 comments Daniel Hauser and his mother Colleen are shown during an interview with the Associated Press at the... Daniel Hauser and his mother Colleen are shown during an interview with the Associated Press at the family farm in this June 2009 file photo in Sleepy Eye, Minn.

Several people walked away from an H1N1 flu clinic in Manchester Thursday because they didn't want toreceivethe swine flu vaccine via nasal spray, stateHealth CommissionerDr.

A new mother of twins from Springfield Township died Thursday from possible complications of H1N1, the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department said on Friday.Health department spokesman Larry Vasko told FOX Toledo News that 24-year-old Mandy Kimbler died Thursday at Toledo Hospital.