Archive for the 'Health News' Category

Cancer patient held at airport for missing fingerprint

Monday, June 1st, 2009

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Singapore cancer patient was held for four hours by immigration officials in the United States when they could not detect his fingerprints — which had apparently disappeared because of a drug he was taking.

US moving closer to swine flu vaccine

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard, Ap Medical Writer – Fri May 22, 6:15 pm ET
WASHINGTON – Inching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one.
The Centers for Disease Control and [...]