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April 18, 2010
Break away from outbreaks

Merix Pharmaceutical unveiled its new Fast-Results! genital herpes treatment March 1. The only over-the-counter treatment...

April 11, 2010
Vaccines with two strains of influenza may be more effective in children, research team says

Vaccines likely would work better in protecting children from flu if they included both strains...

April 1, 2010
CDC: Tuberculosis rate drops more than 11%

The rate of reported tuberculosis cases in the United States has decreased more than 11%...

April 1, 2010
Strong efforts by retail pharmacy to boost offerings pay off

Serving as yet another indicator of the important role that retail pharmacists play in the...

March 30, 2010
CDC continues to urge citizens to receive H1N1 flu shots

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still is recommending people who have not yet...

March 28, 2010
Consumers deem cough-cold season 'slightly worse' than last year, survey shows

More people felt the 2009-2010 cough-cold season was “about the same” or only “slightly worse”...

March 28, 2010
GSK offers free vaccines to uninsured adults

GlaxoSmithKline is offering its vaccines free of charge to low-income adults, the British drug maker...

March 28, 2010
NBA Cares takes vaccination awareness program to Detroit

The charitable arm of the NBA is expanding its education program about adolescent vaccinations to...

March 24, 2010
NBA Cares puts focus on adolescent vaccinations

The charitable arm of the NBA is sending a basketball star out to educate parents...

March 21, 2010
FDA asks healthcare professionals to hold off administering rotavirus vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration has asked healthcare professionals to temporarily stop using a vaccine...

March 18, 2010
NHVR: Increased funding needed for viral hepatitis screening, intervention

“Systemic underfunding” at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Viral Hepatitis puts...

March 17, 2010
Pfizer presents efficacy data of Prevenar 13 at conference

A phase-3 clinical trial found that a pneumococcal disease vaccine was well-tolerated and immunogenic in...

March 14, 2010
Want Align? Get in line!

You don’t have to look any further than the Align box on the shelf—or the...

March 11, 2010
Merix unveils new over-the-counter genital herpes treatment

Merix Pharmaceutical unveiled its new Fast-Results! genital herpes treatment this month while attending the ECRM...

March 9, 2010
New grassroots prevention, education program to emphasize female contraception

The MAC AIDS Fund, the Female Health Company, CVS/pharmacy, Washington AIDS Partnership and the DC...

March 8, 2010
New CDC study shows herpes remains prevalent in United States

Approximately 1-in-6 Americans (16.2%) between the ages of 14 and 49 years is infected with...

February 28, 2010
Bad information to blame in vaccination hesitation

Despite recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and healthcare professionals, some Americans...

February 25, 2010
CDC panel expands influenza vaccination recommendations

A panel of immunization experts reporting to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on...

February 23, 2010
Prevnar 13 receives FDA approval

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine for preventing pneumococcal disease in children,...

February 22, 2010
FDA recommends H1N1 vaccine is included with next year's inoculation

The Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on Monday recommended...

February 21, 2010
FDA approves Menveo

Novartis has received Food and Drug Administration approval for a vaccine for meningococcal disease, the...

February 18, 2010
Investigational flu vaccine boosts immune response, clinical trial shows

Patients who received a dose of between 5 and 45 micrograms of an investigational flu...

February 18, 2010
WHO: H1N1 to be included in next year's seasonal flu vaccine

During a press conference held Thursday, the World Health Organization updated the status of the...

February 17, 2010
CDC: Flu-like illnesses driven by three U.S. regions, but numbers remain low

For the week ended Feb. 6, visits to doctors for influenza-like illness nationally increased slightly...

February 17, 2010
Meda, Medivir to develop, commercialize cold-sore drug

Meda plans to work with Medivir to commercialize a cold-sore drug in North America, the...

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