During the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, much criticism was leveled at World Health Organization officials, accusing their response of being too heavily influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. But according to a panel of indepen…
Johnson & Johnson has issued another recall, and this time, it’s not over a typo. The company’s Animas unit recalled five lots of leaking insulin cartridges whose use could lead to serious health problems. The 2-milliliter cart…
Japan’s health ministry says it’s continuing its suspension of pediatric vaccines made by Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis, despite finding no connection between the vaccines and the deaths of four children. Both drugmakers are cooper…
Amid high unemployment rates and rising health-care costs, a smaller proportion of Americans — less than 45% — are getting health insurance from their employers, according to a recent Gallup survey.
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Put away your iPad, turn off your BlackBerry and don’t even look at your PlayStation just before bedtime. Doing so could help Americans sleep better, according to a new poll. It finds that using communications technology in the…