New Law Allows Needle Exchanges in Washington
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President Bush signed legislation lifting a ban that for nearly a decade has prevented city officials from using local tax money for needle exchange programs.
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The Federal Government appears set to change its policy over compensation for people who contracted hepatitis C through the blood supply.
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Federal health officials said they were investigating dozens of blood infections in at least two states that have been linked to contaminated medical syringes.
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China has made it illegal to buy and sell blood, the state-run Xinhua news agency has reported. Amid fears that China faces a huge HIV epidemic, this is the country&#39;s first law targeting the disease.
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More patients with serious diseases could get experimental drugs under revised rules proposed on Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that also detail how manufacturers can charge for them.
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After weeks of warnings about a flu-shot shortage, Washington state yesterday relaxed restrictions on the vaccine supply and will make shots available to everyone 50 and older.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- HIV testing will soon become part of routine prenatal care and be required for some newborns in New Jersey under a new law that supporters say is putting the state in the forefront of the national fight against HIV transmission to babies.
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Employees will be subject to stringent new restrictions on stock holdings, outside consulting, and other forms of income from drug companies under new regulations to take effect this week.
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(12/03/04)-- In Washington State, police have arrested a woman they suspect of giving fake flu shots. They think she may be a registered nurse but police
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Senior citizens and low-wage working Kansans now have access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and Europe through a program announced Tuesday by Gov.
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CAMDEN, New Jersey -- A convenience-store owner has been charged with smuggling flu vaccine into the United States and offering it for sale to a hospital, apparently to cash in on the national shortage.
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Nearly a decade after it was first imposed, a unique congressional ban limiting the District's effort to fight AIDS could be lifted and the city again allowed to use local tax dollars for needle-exchange programs.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration would gain authority to ensure the safety of prescription drugs, including the power to mandate label changes that warn of newly emerging risks, under a bill passed yesterday by the House.
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The D.C. Council Committee on Health voted yesterday to send the full council a bill requiring pre-teen girls to be immunized against the virus that causes cervical cancer.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gained broad new powers to ensure the safety of prescription drugs used by millions of Americans under a bill President Bush signed into law.
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District officials, in an effort to offer residents access to cheaper prescription drugs, have placed a link on the city Web site to a guide for ordering drugs from Canadian pharmacies.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration yesterday gained broad new powers to ensure the safety of prescription drugs used by millions of Americans under a bill signed by President Bush.