Single mother stereotypes
Filed under: Pregnancy and Birth, Moms, High-risk pregnancyEven today, being a single mother has a lot of stigma attached to it, especi...

West Bengal: Culling speeds up
Via The Telegraph: Govt sees big jump in culling. Excerpt from a long and interesting article:The flu fighters took a big leap today wi...

KOMNAS on the 97th Indonesian death
KOMNAS FBPI, Indonesia's official anti-flu organization, has published a report on the 8-year-old who died on January 18....

FDA UPDATES WARNING ON BLOOD CLOTS ORTHO EVRA CONTRACEPTIVE SKIN PATCH FOR BIRTH CONTROL STUDY SAYS PATCH HIGHER RISK FOR CLOTS THAN BIRTH CONTROL PIL
FDA UPDATES WARNING ON BLOOD CLOTS ORTHO EVRA CONTRACEPTIVE SKIN PATCH FOR BIRTH CONTROL STUDY SAYS PATCH HIGHER RISK FOR CLOTS THAN BI...

FDA OK's Real-Time Test for Respiratory Viruses
ProFlu+ test from Milwaukee based Prodesse, Inc. is a multiplex real-time PCR assay to simultaneously detect and differentiate influenz...

Five For Friday: A Potpourri of Safety - from medicines to computers to pools
Today's weekly wrap up includes headlines that range from the head scratching to the notable. First on deck, yesterday's FDA announceme...

Wake Up and Smell the Sugar Pill -- Or Don't and Let It Work!
Millions of people have used Benadryl to lull themselves to sleep. The medication, whose main ingredient is the antihistamine Diphenhyd...

Wake Up and Smell the Sugar Pill - Or Not
Millions of people have used Benadryl to lull themselves to sleep. The medication, whose main ingredient is the antihistamine Diphenhyd...

Filthy lucre
Via Yahoo News, an AFP story: Swiss scientists take note of bank flu risk: report. Excerpt:Forget retail therapy for some relief from t...