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Medbroadcast: 10-29-2004
TORONTO (CP) - Officials of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will inspect the Ste-Foy, Que., flu vaccine production plant of ID Biomedical next week in a bid to approve the company's surplus vaccine for importation to the United States.
MONTREAL (CP) - Public-health experts warned Thursday of a lack of private hospital rooms, resources and even hand-washing measures to fight the deadly C. difficile outbreak.
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Atascaderos' rats ran out the cats, sniffed at poison and scared off bounty hunters.
The rodents have adjusted so well to all attempts to exterminate them one Mexican state official said villagers are just going to have to learn to live with them.
CHICAGO (AP) - Missouri has joined Illinois and Wisconsin in a new drug-import program to make cheaper prescription drugs available from Canada and Europe despite a U.S. federal ban on the imports.
Missouri Gov. Bob Holden appeared with Gov.
MONTREAL (CP) - A public-health expert warned Thursday there aren't enough private hospital rooms to isolate patients infected with the deadly C. difficile bacterium.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. (CP) - Government officials are investigating the theory that the avian flu outbreak that decimated B.C.'s poultry industry earlier this year was aided by fans and spread rapidly because of the close proximity of the poultry farms, a veterinarian said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - How many people have got home after a blindingly stressful day and realize they've forgotten some important event or errand?
Well, now at least there's a scientific explanation for the oversight. Stress makes you forgetful.
TORONTO (CP) - Workplace smoking bans can help both non-smokers and smokers, a new study has found.
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