LUBECK, Germany, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- A tumor-based vaccine to reduce recurrence of kidney cancer and increase survival rates showed promise in final clinical trials, German researchers reported.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Mark McClellan is tipped to oversee implementation of Medicare reform programs, the White House said Friday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization said Friday 10 African countries plan to immunize 63 million children against polio, which has spread in recent months.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are keeping a close watch on a Fort Detrick scientist accidentally exposed to the deadliest strain of the Ebola virus.
A gene that plays a key role in learning and memory also is a factor in drug addiction, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center acquires the biotechnology firm RheoGene Inc., and other genetic news.
A simple surgical procedure may ease sweating disorder, losing weight and exercising regularly can slow the progression of chronic liver disease in overweight patients, and other news of modern health.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Pesticide tests on willing humans have been approved by the National Academy of Sciences so long as no one is harmed, it was reported Friday.
OTTAWA, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A mild form of avian flu has been found on a farm in British Columbia while two more human deaths were confirmed in Southeast Asia Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Research Council Thursday recommended stricter standards for studies in which humans are given doses of toxic chemicals.
HOUSTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The next International Space Station crew said Thursday their mission will include experiments to support President Bush's goal of going to Mars.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The next U.S. astronaut headed to the International Space Station said Thursday the mission will continue to provide research on how humans can live and work in space, as well as support President Bush's new vision to return to the moon and then head to
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A consumer group sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday accusing the agency of falsely discounting the risk of mad cow disease in the nation's beef supply in an effort to convince consumers it is safe to eat.
WHIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- AIDS activists from ACT UP Thursday protested at an Abbott Laboratories plant in New Jersey over the company's pricing policy for the AIDS drug Norvir.
CAMPERDOWN, Australia, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Researchers in Britain and Australia said Thursday asthma patients should be more aware of potentially severe side effects from aspirin and other painkillers.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Inactivate influenza vaccine may be a safe and effective way to reduce flu risk in children as young as 6 months, U.S. researchers said Thursday.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The average teenage pregnancy rate in the United States continued to decline in 2000 following a 1990 high of 117 per 1,000 women, researchers said Thursday.
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A new generation of microchip could fill a gap in Microsoft programs that has left its software and Windows operating systems vulnerable to hackers.
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Low-dose nicotine patches may be just as effective has higher-dose patches in curbing smoking addiction, U.S. scientists say.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- One part of the brain may fool the rest of the body into responding to inactive drugs or placebos, U.S. neurologists reported Thursday.
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A report on a California program that for two years has give women easier access to emergency contraception said it has generated little interest.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Two more human deaths from avian influenza A have been confirmed in Southeast Asia, the World Health Organization reported Thursday.
