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Americans might have to line up twice next winter for flu shots _ once for the regular jab and again later for swine flu protection.
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The government is buying 13 million treatment courses of antiviral drugs to replenish the U.S. strategic stockpile and help fight the swine flu outbreak.
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U.S. scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May, but tell The Associated Press that the novel virus grows slowly in eggs _ the...
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AP, Atlanta
There is no vaccine available to prevent the new swine flu. However, there are antiflu drugs that do work once someone is sick.
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AP, Minneapolis
A Minnesota company has won federal approval to become the first in the U.S. to market an E. coli vaccine for cattle, a new weapon against a foodborne disease that can...
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Researchers reported promising results for what may become the world’s first vaccine to prevent malaria, a killer of 1 million people each year.
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Researchers are reporting promising results for what may become the world’s first malaria vaccine.
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Cows are seen in a cattle corral in Beaver Lake, Neb., Thursday, March 12, 2009. Epitopix LLC, a Minnesota company, has won federal approval to become the first in the U.S. to market an E. coli vaccine for cattle, a new weapon against the foodborne...
