Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing Prodesse's ProFAST?+ assay, making it the only FDA-cleared molecular diagnostic test to simultaneously detect and differentiate three common influenza A virus subtypes seasonal A/H1, seasonal A/H3, and 2009 H1N1...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Vietnam on Thursday to participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional forum and to mark the 15th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, VOV News reports. According to the news service, this is Clinton's first visit to the country since she became secretary of state...
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Advertising and media coverage about swine flu reduced public concern and improved the uptake of useful, protective behaviours such as hand-washing, according to new research led by Professor Susan Michie at UCL. The research, funded by the Department of Health's National Institute for Health Research, is published today in the journal Health Technology Assessment...
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Over half of UK swine flu hospital admissions and inpatient deaths occurred in people with no underlying health problems or obvious risk factors, research at the University of Liverpool has found. The data back up the Government's policy of prioritising pregnant women, the under-fives, and those with long-term respiratory problems for vaccination against swine flu...
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