Texas governor defends vaccine order
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Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday angrily defended his relationship with Merck &amp; Co. and his executive order requiring that schoolgirls receive the drugmaker's vaccine against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus.
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Monday strongly defended his agency&#39;s oversight of a flu vaccine factory that was abruptly closed down last week because of safety concerns.
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WASHINGTON -- A Food and Drug Administration official is defending the agency&#39;s action with regards to Vioxx. The drug was taken off the market Sept.
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By Clay Robison, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 19--AUSTIN -- By now, it should be obvious that Gov. Rick Perry's legally questionable order on the cervical cancer vaccine is on a fast track to nowhere.
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Texas officials argue that a new rule to disclose the size of their health care obligation to retirees does not apply to their state.
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The attorneys general in Texas and Connecticut have sued a Florida-based flu shot distributor, accusing ASAP Meds Inc. of price gouging.
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By Houston Chronicle  Feb. 8--There are a lot of valid questions percolating around Gov. Rick Perry's executive order that Texas school girls be vaccinated against cervical cancer -- unless their parents decline. All deserve answers.
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Thursday joined Illinois&#39; pursuit of federal approval of European-manufactured flu vaccine the state has located.
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Embattled Gov. Ernie Fletcher's second in command endorsed an opponent Monday in the governor's race.
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The chief executive of Chiron Corp. told lawmakers Wednesday that the company first found signs of bacterial contamination in several batches of its flu vaccine in July -- even as it was beginning to ship
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Virus expert says government must order vaccination of livestock.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed a lawsuit against two flu shot distributors, accusing them of selling vials of vaccine to hospitals in Houston, Dallas and Sherman at inflated prices.
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By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 6--AUSTIN -- State Sen. Jane Nelson, a Lewisville Republican who heads the Senate's committee on health policy, urged Gov.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit Thursday against flu vaccine suppliers ASAP Meds Inc., doing business as Meds-Stat, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC revealed Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to grant a priority review to its experimental cancer vaccine Cervarix, adding to pressure on the drug maker after controversy surrounding its diabetes drug Avandia.
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A lawmaker and key ally of Gov. Rick Perry urged him Monday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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Florida joins Kansas in taking legal action against a supplier accused of running up prices on the scarce flu vaccine. By JAMIE THOMPSON.