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U.S.-produced vaccine for bird flu falls short
Chattanooga Times Free Press - PHILADELPHIA The federal government has developed a human vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu, but it is only moderately effective, hard to make and probably not protective against emerging strains of the fearsome virus. The new vaccine, produced

TB cases rattle Westport business
South Coast Today - WESTPORT A field team from the state Department of Public Health yesterday administered tuberculosis skin tests to employees at Colony Drywall after it was learned that a worker previously tested positive for the disease, a department spokesman

PolyMedix Receives $3 Million Advanced Technology SBIR Grant; Funds
dBusinessNews.com - PHILADELPHIA — PolyMedix, Inc. announced today that it has received almost $3 million in a Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the continued development of its novel antibiotic drugs. The Advanced Technology grant

Columbia to Launch New Neuroscience Center in New York City with the
Columbia University - Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger today announced plans to establish The Jerome L. Greene Science Center, a new research and teaching facility that will serve as the intellectual home for Columbia’s expanding initiative in Mind, Brain

Surge in home diagnostic kits provides doctor in a box 
More consumers are opting for do-it–yourself medical tests.