E-cigarette use triples among middle and high school students in just one year
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Washington, DC - Current e-cigarette use among middle and high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
FDA approves first generic Copaxone to treat multiple sclerosis
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of Copaxone (glatiramer acetate injection), used to treat patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS).
President Obama on the Passage of a Permanent Fix to the Medicare Physician Payment System
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Washington, DC - President Barack Obama: "I applaud the Members of Congress from both parties who came together to pass the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
Ebola vaccine trial begins in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Sierra Leone College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), is now enrolling and vaccinating volunteers for the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE). This study will assess the safety and efficacy of the rVSV-ZEBOV candidate Ebola vaccine among health and other frontline workers.
Biocompatible, antimicrobial coating shown to limit bacterial growth
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West Lafayette, Indiana - A Purdue University innovation that has been shown to limit long-term bacterial growth is being developed for commercialization by Poly Group LLC, a technology company located in the Purdue Research Park of Southeast Indiana.
Beech-Nut Nutrition Recalls Baby Food Product
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Washington, DC - Beech-Nut Nutrition, an Amsterdam, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,920 pounds of baby food products that may be contaminated with small pieces of glass, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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