WOONSOCKET, R.I., April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — MinuteClinic, the largest provider of retail-based medical clinics in the United States, has expanded its suite of accessible and affordable health care services to include Vitamin B-12 injections and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination (GARDASIL®). “There is an increasing medical need for patients to gain more convenient access […]
Merck, Qiagen launch Rwandan cervical cancer deal
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent * Merck to donate 2 million doses of Gardasil HPV vaccine * Qiagen to give 250,000 tests for women aged 35-45 * Rwanda to pay “dramatically” cut price after first 3 years LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Merck and German diagnostics firm Qiagen are donating millions […]
Delavan company produces medicinal potatoes
By Ann Marie Ames DELAVAN — Outside, it was a chilly, damp April morning. Nothing much was growing in the industrial park on Delavan’s east side. Inside, however, the weather was sunny and bright and plants were bursting into life. They looked like plain, boring potato plants, although the bright green leaves were a pleasant […]
Drug watchdog halts injections after adverse reaction in patients
By Adam Cresswell THE drug regulator has told GPs to stop giving patients a second dose of a vaccine that protects against pneumococcal disease, after more than 80 Australians suffered severe reactions, including severe swelling and abcesses. The Therapeutic Goods Administration said it was investigating what could have caused 178 reports of reactions to the […]
PIDS releases position statement on immunization exemptions
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society recently issued a position statement that “opposes any legislation or regulation that would allow children to be exempted from mandatory immunizations based simply on their parents’, or in the case of adolescents, their own, secular personal beliefs.” In the statement, Christopher J. Harrison, MD, of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society […]
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