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FDA weighs over-the-counter switch for key drugs

CNS News

March 7, 2012

Some of the most widely used prescription drugs, including those to treat cholesterol and high blood pressure, could be available over the counter under a new proposal being weighed by government regulators.

Food and Drug Administration officials said Wednesday they are considering waiving prescription requirements for certain drugs used to treat ailments like diabetes, asthma and migraine. Driving the move is a wave of computer technology, including touch-screen kiosks found in pharmacies, designed to help patients self-diagnose common diseases. FDA regulators told reporters that easing access to obtain certain medications could help address undertreated epidemics like diabetes. Of the more than 25 million Americans with diabetes, an estimated 7 million are not diagnosed and therefore do not receive treatment.

FDA approves first 4-in-1 flu vaccine

CNS News

February 29, 2012

Federal health officials have approved the first vaccine that protects against four strains of the common flu, offering one additional layer of protection against the influenza virus that affects millions each year.

Judge says Wash. can't make pharmacies sell Plan B

CNS News

February 22, 2012

Washington state may not force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state's true goal is to suppress religious objections by druggists - not to promote timely access to the medicines.

U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton heard closing arguments earlier this month in a lawsuit that claimed state rules violate the constitutional rights of pharmacists by requiring them to dispense such medicine. The state requires pharmacies to dispense any medication for which there is a community need and to stock a representative assortment of drugs needed by their patients. Ralph's Thriftway in Olympia, Wash., and two licensed Washington pharmacists sued in 2007, saying that dispensing Plan B would infringe on their religious beliefs because it can prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.

Bills require Wyoming college vaccinations, civic duty

billingsgazette.com

February 21, 2012

Most Wyoming college students would be required to get vaccinated against meningitis and those in a state scholarship program would be required to perform volunteer civic service each semester in order to remain eligible for the money.

The Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee voted 3-2 to advance Senate File 54, which would require the meningitis vaccinations for students within 30 days of enrolling at the University of Wyoming and the state's community colleges. Separately, the Senate Education Committee voted 5-0 to advance Senate File 98, which would require students receiving Hathaway scholarships perform some kind of community service.

Drive to vaccinate 570,000 schoolchildren against hepatitis begins today

dawn.com

February 20, 2012

KARACHI, Feb 19: A 10-day campaign to vaccinate about 570,000 students of 3,600 government schools in the city against hepatitis B will start on Monday under the Sindh chief minister's initiative for a hepatitis-free Sindh.

Dr Chhuto told the participants in the symposium that a campaign to vaccinate about 600,000 students of government and private schools in the Hyderabad region was already launched on February 14. All students studying in Class I to X would be vaccinated in the first phase of the campaign in the five districts of Karachi which would be followed by another round of vaccination for private school children, he said.

Abortion order for mentally ill Mass. woman vetoed

CNS News

January 17, 2012

A Massachusetts court on Tuesday overturned a ruling by a judge who ordered a mentally ill woman to undergo an abortion against her wishes and be sterilized.

The Massachusetts Appeals Court said the woman, who has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, had described herself as "very Catholic" and made it clear she did not want an abortion. The ruling reverses a decision by Family and Probate Court Judge Christina Harms, who found that the 32-year-old woman was not competent to decide whether to get an abortion.

Teen Settles In Vaccination Lawsuit

wpbf.com

January 16, 2012

MIAMI -- A teenager who lost all four limbs because of a vaccination error wins a $12.6 million award in a lawsuit against the University of Miami medical school.

A judge will likely reduce the award because jurors found Rolle's mother partly at fault for not giving her enough medication. Rolle had her spleen removed as a newborn 13 years ago. She got a vaccine designed to prevent infections but the medication had expired five months earlier.

Company announces low-cost DNA decoding machine

CNS News

January 10, 2012

A biotechnology company says it has developed a machine that will decode a person's DNA in a day for $1,000. That price has long been cited as a key step toward making a person's genome useful for medical care.

UK experts: Missing drug info could hurt patients

CNS News

January 4, 2012

A British medical journal says a worrying number of drug studies are being suppressed by researchers and that the lack of public data could threaten patient safety.

Court to decide personal medicine patent issue

CNS News

December 7, 2011

The Supreme Court plans to give guidance to the emerging field of personal medicine when it decides what kind of medical tests can be patented.

The justices on Wednesday heard arguments from lawyers from the Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic, which wants thrown out a patent held by Prometheus Laboratories, a division of Switzerland-based Nestle.

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