(MedPage Today) — Internet-based surveys — increasingly being used by public health officials to investigate infectious disease outbreaks — are convenient but need careful design and follow-up if they are to be as reliable as telephone surveys, CDC researchers suggested.
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(MedPage Today) — The pertussis epidemic continues in California, which has seen 5,272 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases as of last week.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has expanded a class I recall — the agency’s most serious — of Huber needles to include all products containing the intravenous device.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case seeking to sue vaccine maker Wyeth outside the special forum established to assure continued availability of vaccines.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The number of people denied health insurance from four major insurers because of preexisting medical conditions rose by nearly half in the past several years, according to a memo released Tuesday by a congressional committee.
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(MedPage Today) — Many Medicare patients with advanced, poor-prognosis cancers still undergo routine screening with tests such as Pap smears, mammograms, cholesterol, and PSA tests — despite the improbability of such tests being beneficial — results of a large study showed.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim announced it is halting development of flibanserin (Girosa), a pill to treat female hypoactive sexual-desire disorder (HSDD).
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(MedPage Today) — When it comes to medical research related to children’s health, parents view the safety of vaccines and drugs as the most important areas on which to focus, researchers found.
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(MedPage Today) — The FDA has added opioid dependence as an indication for long-acting naltrexone (Vivitrol), a once-monthly injectable.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has expanded a class I recall — the agency’s most serious — of Huber needles to include all products containing the intravenous device.
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