J&J jumping into vaccine business - Arizona Business GazetteTRENTON, N.J. - Health-care giant Johnson & Johnson is jumping into the increasingly hot vaccine business by taking an 18 percent stake in Dutch biotechnology company Crucell NV and focusing more on preventive medicine. Under the pact announced
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Influenza-like illnesses remain widespread in Alabama - WSFAMONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama has experienced an elevated number of influenza-like illnesses during the past six weeks. About 18 percent of emergency room patients and 9 percent of patients presenting in doctors’ offices reported having flu-like symptoms
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Johnson & Johnson buys 18 percent stake in Crucell - Tacoma News TribuneHealth care giant Johnson & Johnson is jumping into the increasingly hot vaccine business by taking an 18 percent stake in Dutch biotechnology company Crucell NV and focusing more on preventive medicine. Under the deal the companies announced Monday
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NEW Flu cases up at Missouri colleges - KMOVCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri colleges and universities reported about 370 new flu cases two weeks ago. The Columbia Missourian reports the total numbers of cases went up from the previous week as more schools report to the American College Health
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New H1N1 wave hits Mexico - Straits TimesMEXICO CITY - THE next wave of swine flu has arrived, and Mexicans are bracing for an outbreak that may be even larger than the one here last spring that became a pandemic. Daily diagnoses reached higher levels in September than the H1N1 peak in
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Toledo preparing for first swine flu vaccines - Toledo BladeThe Toledo-Lucas County Health Department is about a week away from getting the first vaccine dosages to protect against swine flu, also known as H1N1, but who will get them - and how many - has yet to be determined. A few hundred dosages of vaccine [...]
Drugmaker reports shortage of kids’ Tamiflu - The GuardianAP Medical Writer= ATLANTA (AP) â The maker of Tamiflu on Wednesday said there’s a shortage of the children’s version of the drug â the first-line treatment for swine flu and seasonal flu. Switzerland-based Roche Holdings is sending a
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Age a factor in flu fight - Times UnionInjectable vaccines containing inactivated viruses prevent about 50 percent more seasonal flu in healthy adults than the intranasal vaccine containing a weakened virus, according to a report published online Wednesday in the New England Journal of
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Face Masks Fly Off Shelves in Preparation for Flu Season - Biloxi Sun HeraldMOORESVILLE, N.C., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Nukepills.com today announced the replenishment of its stock of N95 Particulate Masks just in time for the upcoming flu season. A deluge of online orders in May of this year, in response to media stories of [...]
Pregnant women urged to get vaccine - Jamestown SunBecause pregnant women infected with novel H1N1 influenza are more likely to experience severe illness and complications, the North Dakota Department of Health is urging pregnant women to take steps to avoid contracting the flu and to receive prompt
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