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(AP)—A New Jersey-based generic drug maker has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve criminal and civil liability charges for improperly marketing its weight-gain drug to frail seniors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nj-drugmaker-civil-criminal-fines.html Medications Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:00:01 EST news281717343 (HealthDay)—A man recently vaccinated for smallpox under a U.S. Defense Department program passed a milder, related form of the disease on to a man he had sex with, and that man then passed it on to yet another man, federal health officials reported Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-smallpox-vaccine-milder-infection-sex.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:50:06 EST news281292599 (HealthDay)—The latest U.S. cancer statistics find that 1.5 million new cases of invasive cancer were diagnosed among Americans in 2009, with more men than women developing malignancies and blacks at higher risk for cancer than whites. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cancer-vary-widely-state-cdc.html Cancer Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:00:02 EST news280691732 (HealthDay)—Fast food fare from restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and Pizza Hut accounted for more than 11 percent of the calories in American adults' daily diets in recent years, federal health officials reported Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fast-food-percent-calories-diet.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:20:01 EST news280673906 (HealthDay)—The flu seems to be easing its grip on the United States, federal health officials reported Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-flu-fall-cdc.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:40:01 EST news279613353 (HealthDay)—Continuing a trend that emerged late last month, flu activity remains high across the United States but there are reports that the number of infections may be leveling off in some regions of the country, federal health officials reported Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-flu-widespread-easing-states-cdc.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:50:02 EST news279175026 (HealthDay)—Religious organizations that object to providing birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act would be allowed to hand that responsibility off to a third party under new rules proposed Friday by the Obama administration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-obama-administration-controversial-contraception-mandate.html Health Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:30:01 EST news278960441 (HealthDay)—Vaccines aren't just for kids, and most American adults aren't getting their recommended vaccinations, federal health officials said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-adults-vaccines-cdc.html Health Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:40:01 EST news278763084 (AP)—Federal health officials say at least 16 people in five states have been sickened by salmonella food poisoning linked to ground beef. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-sick-states-linked-ground-beef.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:35:34 EST news278595328 (HealthDay)—Even though proven anti-smoking strategies exist, more than 440,000 Americans still die each year from cigarette smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, federal health officials said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-heavy-toll-cdc.html Health Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:30:01 EST news278355566 (HealthDay)—While flu activity remains high across the United States, there are signs that the number of infections may be leveling off, federal health officials reported Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flu-epidemic-cdc.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:00:01 EST news278341753 Every flu season, doctors instruct their patients in the basics of respiratory etiquette: To limit spread of the disease, wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough and practice good hygiene. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-maryland-flu-indirect-contact.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:50:01 EST news278333414 (HealthDay)—Food poisoning sickens millions of Americans each year, and most outbreaks are caused by salmonella-tainted foods or norovirus, federal health officials report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-salmonella-foodborne-illness-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:50:01 EST news278272699 (AP)—Two new reports show that the taxpayer-funded Medicare program paid more than $120 million from 2009 to 2011 in violation of federal law for medical services for inmates and illegal immigrants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-medicare-paid-120m-illegal.html Health Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:08:40 EST news278255310 The United States was in the grip Thursday of a deadly influenza outbreak that has hit harder and earlier than in previous years, and has claimed the lives of at least 18 children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-massive-flu-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:13:02 EST news277107176 Federal health officials say they approved a new injectable drug from Human Genome Sciences to treat inhalable anthrax. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-drug-inhaled-anthrax.html Medications Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:33:57 EST news274732426 Federal support for health security research is heavily weighted toward preparing for bioterrorism and other biological threats, providing significantly less funding for challenges such as monster storms or attacks with conventional bombs, according to a new RAND Corporation study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-health-goals.html Health Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:00:09 EST news273755502 (AP)—A government watchdog group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to re-inspect more than a dozen specialty pharmacies with prior records of violations, in light of a recent deadly outbreak tied to compounded drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-consumer-watchdog-fda-revisit-compounders.html Medications Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:55:28 EST news273412521 (HealthDay)—Twenty-three people have now died and 297 have been sickened in the nationwide meningitis outbreak apparently tied to contaminated steroid injections, U.S. health officials reported Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-meningitis-outbreak-toll-dead-sickened.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:10:53 EST news270144646 (HealthDay)—Flu activity in the United States remains at low levels, federal health officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-flu-cdc.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:20:01 EST news268581332 (AP)—A fifth person has died in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five U.S. states. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-rare-meningitis-outbreak-dead-sick.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:29:17 EST news268565346 (AP)—A group campaigning against obesity predicts that more than half the people in 39 U.S. states will be obese—not merely overweight, but obese—by 2030. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-group-states-obesity-percent.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:14:01 EST news267185634 (AP)—The parents of 7-year-old Sierra Jane Downing thought she had the flu when she felt sick days after camping in southwest Colorado. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-year-old-colo-girl-recovers-bubonic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:48:45 EST news266082470 (AP)—Fruit distributor Splendid Products is recalling several lots of Daniella brand mangoes, which may have triggered an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 16 states. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-fruit-company-recalls-mangoes-salmonella.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:03:15 EST news265543384 (AP)—Federal health officials are investigating a foodborne illness outbreak that has sickened more than 100 people in 16 states and has been linked to salmonella-tainted mangoes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cdc-ill-salmonella-tied-mangoes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:45:25 EST news265481120 Federal health officials say that West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and are on pace to rival the record years of 2002 and 2003. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cdc-west-nile-cases-percent.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:02:45 EST news265464155 (AP)—About 1,700 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park this summer were warned Tuesday they may have been exposed to a deadly rodent-borne virus blamed for the deaths of two campers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-2nd-yosemite-visitor-dies-rodent-borned.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:40:02 EST news265346664 (HealthDay) -- They were being shown off as healthy porcine specimens, but several of the show pigs at the Minnesota State Fair in 2009 actually were infected with swine flu, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-healthy-looking-pigs-state-fair-swine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:30:05 EST news264428006 (HealthDay) -- More than 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but 20 percent of them don't know they're infected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-wednesday-national-hiv-day.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:32:19 EST news259947131 (HealthDay) -- Many American workers get fewer than six hours of sleep each night, putting themselves and their co-workers at risk for serious and sometimes deadly consequences, federal health officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-workers-sleep-deprived-cdc.html Health Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:30:02 EST news254664197