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November 6, 2009 headlines
House Democrats scramble for healthcare votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives scrambled on Friday to allay lingering concerns about a broad healthcare overhaul and said a landmark vote planned for Saturday could slip a day or more.
Chantix helps people with emphysema stop smoking
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Varenicline - marketed by Pfizer as Chantix -- is a safe, well-tolerated and effective way for people with emphysema - also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD - to stop smoking, according to study findings presented this week at the CHEST 2009 meeting in San Diego, California.
WHO says pandemic flu on rise in China, Japan
GENEVA (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
China adopts "malaria diplomacy" as part of Africa push
HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a laboratory in China's southern city of Guangzhou, scientists are trying to enhance the rare sweet wormwood shrub, from which artemisinin - the best drug to fight malaria - is derived.
Seasonal flu may hit Europe after H1N1: experts
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The H1N1 pandemic flu virus could kill up to 40,000 people across Europe and be followed by seasonal flu waves that could kill the same number, European health experts said on Friday.
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