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AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.

AP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.

AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.

AP - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.

AP - The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.

Time.com - A new study finds that some users of the weight-loss pill Meridia may have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke

LiveScience.com - To most human males, the thought of your mother anywhere near your sex life is probably horrifying. Not so for the bonobo, one of our closest primate relatives. A new study confirms that hanging out with mom boosts male bonobos' chances of getting intimate with a fertile female.

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Reuters - An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- This year workers paid 14% more for their employer-sponsored healthcare coverage than they did last year as a bigger chunk of healthcare costs shifted from employers to employees, according to a new survey.

(MedPage Today) -- Oxygen therapy isn't any better than regular room air to ease refractory dyspnea at the end of life, a multi-national trial showed.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A Republican governor and a Democratic senator are both attempting to exempt their respective states from following certain provisions of the new healthcare reform law, signaling what could emerge as a trend of states trying to distance themselves from the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

(MedPage Today) -- Children with a dry cough at night or wheezing during exercise are at elevated risk of respiratory adverse events during and after general anesthesia, researchers reported.

(MedPage Today) -- A warning that the intravenous antibiotic drug tigecycline (Tygacil) is associated with increased risk of death, compared with other antibiotics, will be added to the product's label, the FDA said.

(MedPage Today) -- Nondiabetic patients with precancerous rectal lesions had significant histologic improvement after one month of treatment with metformin, data from a small randomized clinical trial showed.

(MedPage Today) -- A second look at British registry data indicates that esophageal cancer may be more common after all in patients taking oral bisphosphonate drugs for long periods.

(MedPage Today) -- Age alone shouldn't deter appropriate oral anticoagulant use in elderly atrial fibrillation patients, according to a review.

(MedPage Today) -- At least half of children with severe, apparently treatment-resistant asthma can be successfully managed with conventional treatments using a thorough, multidisciplinary approach, researchers suggested.

STOCKHOLM (MedPage Today) -- Using two internal mammary arteries instead of one for CABG does not increase mortality, MI, stroke, or revascularization, one-year results of the multicenter randomized Arterial Revascularization Trial (ART) showed.

Worldwide, H1N1 2009 virus transmission remains most intense in parts of India and in parts of the temperate southern hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and more recently in Australia.

The situation in New Zealand and India remains largely unchanged since the last update. Influenza H1N1 (2009) virus transmission remains locally intense in parts of India and New Zealand.

Influenza H1N1 (2009) virus transmission remains locally intense in parts of India and New Zealand.

The Emergency Committee held its ninth meeting by teleconference on 10 August 2010.

The world is now in the post-pandemic period. Based on knowledge about past pandemics, the H1N1 (2009) virus is expected to continue to circulate as a seasonal virus for some years to come. While the level of concern is now greatly diminished, vigilance on the part of national health authorities remains important. Such vigilance is especially critical in the immediate post-pandemic period, when the behaviour of the H1N1 (2009) virus as a seasonal virus cannot be reliably predicted.

As of 1 August 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18449 deaths.

As of 25 July 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18398 deaths.

As of 18 July 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18366 deaths.

As part of regular monitoring of H1N1 pandemic influenza, the WHO is in close dialogue with public health experts in countries worldwide, specifically to determine whether H1N1 activity has returned to levels and patterns normally seen for seasonal flu.

As of 12 July, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18337deaths.