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Researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

People worldwide have a poor understanding of what causes cancer and therefore underestimate the importance of factors they can control, like diet and alcohol consumption, according to a report released on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Banning smoking in the home may help adolescents develop antismoking attitudes and impede early experimentation, but researchers report. Conversely having a family member w...

The number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administrationtook office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.

MISSOURI – As reported by the Kansas City Star: "The Kansas City health Department is cracking down on casino smokers. But one recent crack may have come down in the wrong place. "This month a city...

The number of people without health insurance coverage declined from 47 million (15.8 percent) in 2006 to 45.7 million (15.3 percent) in 2007, shows the report by the U.S. Census Bureau released today.The findings are contained in the report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007 [PDF]. The data were compiled from information collected in the 2008 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC).read more

Novavax today reported that it's VLP pandemic influenza Vaccine, joined with Innovative vaccine preparation, has the potential to address gaps in global flu pandemic preparedness.read more

Two Chinese tobacco companies are merging to form the world's fourth-largest cigarette producer by volume, a financial newspaper reported Tuesday.Hongyun Group and Honghe Group signed a letter of intent Monday, the newspaper 21st Century Business Herald said, citing Li Weidong, an executive of their parent company, China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Corp. It said the deal requires approval from China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.A woman who answered the phone at Hongyun's press office and refused to give her name declined to say whether a merger was planned. Phone calls to Honghe's press office and the headquarters of the parent company were not answered.

American Cancer Society to Deliver Progress report on Reducing the Global Cancer Burden at the 20th World Cancer Congress. report Highlights Progress in Tobacco Control, Palliative Care, and Access to the HPV and Hepatitis B Vaccinations.read more

The rate of throat cancer, or adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, has risen steadily among white Americans over the past 3 decades, according to a new report.