CA offers 'insurance' against viral infection
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Only in America CA has put its money where its mouth is by offering to cover US users of its new range of anti-virus products for as much as $1,500 worth of clean-up costs if they still get infected by malware.â¦
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County health officials received promised flu vaccine from the state this week and now can offer shot clinics to seniors and others at risk of complications from influenza.
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OTTAWA (CP) - In a major policy shift, the federal government says it will consider compensating thousands of people infected with hepatitis C through tainted blood before 1986 and after 1990.
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With California facing a $5.5-billion budget gap, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have to pare his goal of providing health-care coverage to the nearly 7 million uninsured in the state, analysts said on Monday.
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By Sarah Vos, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 16--FRANKFORT -- Under a bill approved by the House Health and Welfare Committee yesterday, middle school girls would be required to be vaccinated for a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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(Miami, Florida) Oct. 27, 2004 - Ian Torres is healthy, so he isn&#39;t getting a flu shot this year, but he works in healthcare, so he wants to be protected, &quot;I&#39;m constantly in and out of doctors offices and hospitals.
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TRENTON - Medical professionals in New Jersey who give patients a flu shot even if they are not in a high-risk group could face a $500 fine.
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SACRAMENTO, California  - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vowed to continue pressing for legislation that would provide health insurance to his state's uninsured, a day after a universal health care bill he supported died in a Senate committee.
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State health departments, which are scrambling to ensure that their highest-risk residents get flu shots, can now log on to a secure, private government Web site
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Medicare will test the idea of  paying for antiviral drugs for some patients who catch  influenza, the U.S. government's health insurance plan for the  elderly said on Friday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - In a major policy shift, the federal government says it will consider compensating more people who contracted hepatitis C through tainted blood.
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Uninsured Washington area residents shopping for health coverage -- or convinced they have to go without -- have a new tool to help them assess the options available to them. A Web site first developed for California by the nonprofit Foundation for Health Coverage Education now includes informati...
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California health officials received more than a quarter-million doses of scarce influenza vaccine on Thursday and will begin distributing the new supply to county health departments on Monday, authorities said.
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With some luck, a small group of San Bernardino County residents will be able to have flu vaccines starting Friday. Flu shots from the San Bernardino County Department of
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Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) has decided to sign legislation requiring sixth-grade girls get immunized against a virus that causes cervical cancer if their parents don't object, his aides said this morning.
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New data shows a vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer partially blocks infection by 10 strains of the virus on top of the four types the vaccine targets.
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Patients and staff in two hospitals are offered anti-viral treatment by officials fighting a bird flu outbreak.