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New York Times Health News: 12-16-2004
Representative Billy Tauzin will become president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the chief lobby for brand-name drug companies.
The federal government is using money that was intended for vaccinating children to pay for experimental flu vaccines for adults, health officials said.
A demonstration project by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking rapid H.I.V. testing to city streets.
The health care system for veterans is facing a potential deluge of soldiers returning from Iraq with serious mental health problems.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new sleeping pill that some specialists say could pave the way for longer-term use of such medications.
The F.D.A.'s oversight of a defibrillator may reveal shortcomings in its regulation of medical devices.
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