Strict Vigilance against Bird Flu in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Donald Tsang said that the public should be responsible and support all the measures taken by the government to keep the bird flu scare at bay. // He asked the public not to worry and that the government is making necessary arrangements to provide timely warnings and emergency tackling plans. He said this at t...Study Focus on the Need for Vigilance in Two Key Areas Among Adolescents
Parenting a child with an eating disorder - monitoring meals, friends and activities - can be a full-time job. But two new studies from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine// and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital indicate a need for increased vigilance in two key areas: Internet use among adolescents with the condition, and pre-teen weight loss in seemingly healthy c...India Fast Become Prime Location for Clinical Trials, but Vigilance Called for
India is fast becoming a prime location for clinical trials for many pharmaceutical giants//, observers say. Pfizer, BristolMyers Squibb, GlaxoSmithkline, Eli Lilly are among those big firms that conduct the trials in the country. Currently over 226 clinical trials approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are in India. Faced with the increasing...France Steps Up Vigilance After Bird Flu Outbreak
France's health minister urged vigilance on Thursday after tests on three dead swans in the northeast confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can be fatal to humans. "France is not threatened by a bird flu pandemic as there has not been, for the moment, a human contamination from the H5N1 virus," Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said. But she adde...