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AP - 1 hour , 36 minutes ago
Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday its animal health unit and the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation entered an exclusive partnership on new areas of research on dog diseases and treatments.
 
  • AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case
    AP - 1 hour , 46 minutes ago
    The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business.
  • Judge won't let stem cell money keep flowing
    AP - 22 hours , 18 minutes ago
    A federal judge on Tuesday refused to lift his order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, saying that a "parade of horribles" predicted by federal officials would not happen.
  • Merck, J&J arbitration on drug rights starts soon
    AP - 23 hours , 17 minutes ago
    Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Tuesday that arbitration will begin in late September in its dispute with Johnson & Johnson over revenue from two blockbuster drugs for rheumatoid arthritis and other immune disorders.
  • FDA cites claims on 2 green tea beverages
    AP - 1 day , 5 hours ago
    Federal health regulators have issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims about their green tea-flavored beverages.
  • Haiti quake survivor returns home after 6 months
    AP - 1 day , 7 hours ago
    Half-buried in rubble, Bazelais Suy struggled to breathe -- a dead woman lay on his chest. He knew he had to get her off, fast. Because he could still move his arms, he somehow managed to remove his belt, loop it around the woman's own belt and drag her off. But his legs were still pinned.
  • Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
    AP - 1 day , 9 hours ago
    Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.
  • Picking right blood pressure medicine challenging
    AP - 1 day , 14 hours ago
    It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better personalize therapy -- perhaps even using a blood test.
  • UK regulators want Avandia diabetes pill pulled
    AP - 1 day , 23 hours ago
    GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes pill Avandia should be pulled from the U.K. market because of concerns that the drug can increase the risk of heart attacks, British drug regulators said Monday.
  • FDA relents from midodrine withdrawal plan
    AP - 2 days , 4 hours ago
    Federal regulators have backed off a plan to remove a Shire PLC low blood-pressure treatment from the market after warning in August that the drug has not been proven effective.
  • WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production
    AP - 2 days , 10 hours ago
    The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday.
  • Expert warns of complacency after swine flu fizzle
    AP - 3 days , 7 hours ago
    A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak.
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