CDC urges doctors to combat birth-defect virus
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Too few U.S doctors are telling pregnant women about steps they can take to avoid a virus that causes serious birth defects in thousands of babies each year, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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Concerned that many people at high risk of serious health problems from contracting the flu still have not been vaccinated, the director of the federal Centers for Disease
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U.S. regulators on Thursday warned doctors of new risks to newborn babies, including death, associated with combining an antibiotic made by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG with certain other treatments.
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According to Dorchester County Health Department Communicable Disease Director, Lisa Lee CRNP, &quot;We are unable to schedule flu clinics at this time, due to the recent notification of a major flu vaccine shortage.
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Children should be exposed to fewer television ads for anti-impotence drugs and more for birth control, and need to be shielded from an advertising onslaught in general, the leading U.S. pediatricians' group said on Monday.
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Inside the corps of doctors trying to stem the tide of HIV among the continent's youngest patients
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A drug to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients may cause birth defects, health officials warned Monday.
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According to a study in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, infections in extremely low birth-weight infants are associated with impaired cognitive development and physical growth problems.
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Researchers are drawing closer to creating a vaccine that would prevent certain viral infections known to cause cervical cancer, a disease that strikes about 15,000 women in the United States each year and kills 5,000, according to the Associated Press.
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Women with congenital heart  disease who become pregnant face a heightened risk that their  infant may be premature or not survive long, according to a  report from the Netherlands.
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WASHINGTON - Frustrated doctors say they too often find themselves jury-rigging adult medical devices to fit children's tiny bodies and special needs. Now pediatric experts have begun a major push to fill the gap...
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Health officials are urging the public to stay patient -- even as some states are reporting a shortage of flu shots for their high-risk populations.
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The results of a new study suggest that doctors should take preventive action to treat some children for heart disease.
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On Aug. 27, 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Julie Gerberding held a press conference and made the following statement: &quot;Yesterday, Chiron announced that it would have a delay
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it was notifying health-care providers and consumers about reports of some 28 cases of infants suffering a serious bowel condition after receiving Merck & Co's new vaccine against the rotavirus.
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Doctors are calling for routine screening of pregnant women for toxoplasmosis, which can cause blindness and brain damage in newborns.
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Authors of a public-health article in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1984) are calling for urgent international action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS