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Swine Flu Death Estimates Rise As CDC Revises Methods

By Scott Hensley There's been a big jump in the number of people who've died from the new H1N1 swine flu. Last week the pediatric death count between late April and mid-October stood at 129. This week it's 540 deaths, the Centers for Disease...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 1:20 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Advocates Press Congress To Pass Food Safety

By Maggie Mertens A coalition of food safety researchers and advocates is throwing some new fuel on the fire in an effort to press Congress to pass a food safety bill. The question is whether there is enough appetite in Congress to pass two health bills...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 12:34 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Congressional activity, FDA, Children, Food Safety

AMA Broadens Its Social Agenda

By Scott Hensley For generations the American Medical Association, the biggest trade group for doctors in the U.S., has pretty much symbolized the entrenched health-care establishment. The AMA even popularized the term "socialized medicine"...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 7:56 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Doctors

FDA Tackles Drugmaker Talk On Facebook, Twitter and Google

By Scott Hensley Fire up your computers and point your browsers toward fda.gov. Today's the day the Food and Drug Administration publicly starts coming to grips with the way consumers and drug companies talk to one another on the Internet. The two...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 5:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: FDA

Sick-Leave Legislation Gets A Boost From H1N1

By Maggie Mertens Mandatory paid sick-leave might have gotten thrown out of the House health overhaul bill, but Congressional Democrats haven't given up yet. They still have a chance to get legislation passed -- by tying it to swine flu. Democratic...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 1:32 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1), Congressional activity, Public Health

What Is Cough's Connection To Swine Flu?

By Maggie Mertens All around our neighborhood, people are coughing. So we weren't too surprised when a blog reader, who asked not to be identified, wrote in with a question about the hacking: Any H1N1 virus there? (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 11:38 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

FDA Approves Glaxo Swine Flu Vaccine

By Scott Hensley A little more vaccine help is on the way for swine flu. Information on flu shots at a California vaccine clinic. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) http://media.npr.org/assets/blogs/health/images/2009/11/fluvaxsheet_sq.jpg?s=12" alt...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 9:42 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Clinton Urges Action On Health Overhaul, Flaws And All

By Mary Agnes Carey A law to remake health care in this country doesn't have to be perfect, but it does have to get passed to make a difference, former President Bill Clinton told Senate Democrats Tuesday. Former President Bill Clinton is mobbed by...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 8:27 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Congressional activity

BPA At Work Raised Risk Of Impotence, Sexual Problems

By Scott Hensley If the plastic additive bisphenol A is dangerous to health, you'd expect to see problems in people who work with lots of the stuff. Chinese smokestacks in winter. (Greg Baker/AP, file) (Greg Baker/AP, file) --> So Kaiser Permanente...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 5:51 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Food Safety

Abortion Language In House Bill In Dispute

By Julie Rovner On Saturday night, before approving its landmark health bill, the House adopted an amendment offered by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., to tighten restrictions on abortion funding in the bill. That much everyone agrees on. And that's about...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 3:25 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Health Overhaul

Racial Minorities Face More Swine Flu Struggles

By Maggie Mertens Racial minorities have their own stories to tell about the new H1N1 pandemic. Antonio Magallanes moved to the US 40 years ago to work in the fields and as a landscaper. He says he worked whether he had the flu or not. (Kelley Weiss/Capital...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 2:05 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

FDA To Docs: Tell Patients Swine Flu Vaccine Is OK

By Scott Hensley Hey, doc, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg wants to thank you for all your hard work dealing with the swine flu. Oh, and by the way, if your patients have questions about the new H1N1 vaccine, she's got...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 1:06 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Rep. Cao Elected On 1st Anniversary Of Joining GOP

By Christopher Weaver One reason it's been hard for some conservative pundits to know exactly what to make of Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao's vote for the Democrats' health overhaul over the weekend is that he's only been a declared...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 10:15 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Congressional activity

Should You Treat A Swine Flu Fever?

By Richard Knox If swine flu strikes and you start running a high temperature, should you treat the symptom with aspirin, Tylenol or other medicines to reduce fever? Julie Heiligenthal, left, a health aide in Burlington, Wis., takes Ann Erickson's...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 7:58 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

HIV Is Top Killer Of Young Women Worldwide

By Scott Hensley Quick. What's the leading killer of women of reproductive age? A young woman in Zimbabwe who was raped, became HIV positive and pregnant. (John Moore/Getty Images) A young woman in Zimbabwe who was raped, became HIV positive and pregnant...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 5:50 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS

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Swine Flu Death Estimates Rise As CDC Revises Methods

Advocates Press Congress To Pass Food Safety

AMA Broadens Its Social Agenda

FDA Tackles Drugmaker Talk On Facebook, Twitter and Google

Sick-Leave Legislation Gets A Boost From H1N1

What Is Cough's Connection To Swine Flu?

FDA Approves Glaxo Swine Flu Vaccine

Clinton Urges Action On Health Overhaul, Flaws And All

BPA At Work Raised Risk Of Impotence, Sexual Problems

Abortion Language In House Bill In Dispute

Racial Minorities Face More Swine Flu Struggles

FDA To Docs: Tell Patients Swine Flu Vaccine Is OK

Rep. Cao Elected On 1st Anniversary Of Joining GOP

Should You Treat A Swine Flu Fever?

HIV Is Top Killer Of Young Women Worldwide