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Fourteen cases of measles occurred among children adopted from China, their family members, and a caretaker during February-March 2001. Internationally adopted children may not be adequately immunized against measles and other routine childhood diseases.
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Recent outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis on land and at sea have occurred and are due to a predominant strain of norovirus, provisionally called Farmington Hills strain. This strain is similar to a common type strain that circulated worldwide in 1995-1997, and it may have characteristics that increase person-to-person transmissibility.
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The following drugs are in various stages of clinical studies and trials.
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The Bush administrations latest try at proposing a Medicare drug discount plan was shot down by a federal judge Jan. 29. Now the administration says it may turn to Congress for help.
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The Bush administrations plan to immunize half a million health care workers against the smallpox virus is meeting increasing resistance. As of the last press telebriefing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta on Feb. 6, the agency had shipped 204,600 doses of vaccine to 40 states or counties that had requested it. The CDC, however, had documentation of fewer than 700 people in 16 jurisdictions being vaccinated in the first two weeks of the program.
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These drugs recently received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
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Moxifloxacin (Avelox), a member of the fluoroquinolone class of antibacterial agents, possesses a broad spectrum of bacterial coverage, including both gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms.1 Moxifloxacin also offers some coverage against anaerobic bacteria.
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FDA approves new labels for hormone therapy; USP gives tips to prevent drug errors in children; American Pharmaceutical Association changes name; Consumers still taking risks with OTC painkillers
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After reviewing results of the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT), some physicians predicted that the findings would soon change medical practice in hypertension.