[Health] Switzerland, Canada lift ban on Novartis flu vaccine

Switzerland, Canada lift ban on Novartis flu vaccine
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iV524YZKvuh2JfSYny72UlTJuCsw?docId=CNG.cd877b51d07bcdf238629c4deaff0f61.5c1
(AFP) - 5 minutes ago. ZURICH - Swiss and Canadian health authorities on Wednesday lifted a ban on sales of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis after determining they were safe and efficient.

NYC's Bellevue Hospital Set to Evacuate
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/york-citys-bellevue-hospital-set-evacuate-sandy/story?id=17607625
New York City's Bellevue Hospital and its remaining 700 patients have struggled along in the aftermath of Sandy -- with failing power, partially lighted halls, no computers, making it difficult to locate patients within the facility, hospital staff told ABC News today.

Firm linked to US meningitis outbreak recalls all drugs
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-usa-health-meningitis-ameridose-idUSBRE89U18I20121031
BOSTON (Reuters) - Ameridose, the sister company to the U.S. pharmacy linked to a national outbreak of meningitis that has killed 28 people, on Wednesday announced it was recalling all its products, in a move to cooperate with U.S.

Diabetes Surgery Tops Medical Innovation List
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/world/15265702/top-medical-innovations-address-headache-diabetes-cancer/
Bariatric surgery for diabetes treatment was selected as the most important medical innovation for 2013 in a poll of Cleveland Clinic physicians and researchers.

Henry Ford and Beaumont health systems confirmed at a press conference ...
http://www.tv20detroit.com/news/local/Beaumont-Henry-Ford-Health-Systems-Announce-Merger-176617331.html
Henry Ford and Beaumont health systems confirmed at a press conference today a merger of the two systems into one $6.4 billion entity, a deal that would combine 10 hospitals and 200 patient care sites of the two non-profits.

UPDATE 2-Biogen says hemophilia-A drug met late-stage trial goal
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/biogen-hemophilia-trial-idUSL1E8LV22V20121031
Biogen hemophilia A drug effective in trial. * Plans to file with U.S. regulators in first-half of '13. * Will file with European regulators after children's trial.

Planned Parenthood PAC Airs Radio Ad for Obama
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/31/planned-parenthood-pac-airs-radio-ad-for-obama/
Associated Press: President Barack Obama hugs Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, after she introduced the president at a campaign event Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

Officials debate whether to scrap malaria program
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJC-5MF9TfHiVYLhtQv3vDlcvttg?docId=15008046ca214233999e9383fdc983f1
By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer - 5 hours ago. LONDON (AP) - The future of a pricey malaria program meant to provide cheap drugs for poor patients may be in jeopardy after health officials clashed over its effectiveness in two new reports.

No Rat Exodus Reported From NYC Tunnels. Millions Of Them Likely Drowned
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2012/10/31/no-rat-exodus-reported-from-nyc-tunnels-they-probably-all-drowned/
Put your rat terrier purchase on hold. You may not need it. Among the yuckiest fears of urban victims of superstorm Sandy was the potential for all that sea water surging into subway and sewer tunnels to displace the millions of rats who call the underground ...