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Alli, the weight-loss product sold in retail stores and over-the-counter, has a counterfeit counterpart sold on eBay. Complaints have come into the maker, GlaxoSmithKline and the FDA. Know what to look for.

The seasonal flu shot is sold for $100 in some places as the Attorney General's office in Connecticut investigates price gouging by distributors and manufacturers.

Cervarix has been approved for use in girls and women to fight cervical cancer, the FDA announced on Friday, the same day that Gardasil got approval for expanded use in boys and men to fight genital warts.

With about 40 percent of the public saying they will not be vaccinated against H1N1, Americans appears sharply divided on whether they will be vaccinated. Whatever your leanings - A Warning! - Pregnant women should not receive the live virus contained in the nasal spray.

A 14-year-old girl in Britain died shortly after receiving her HPV vaccine Monday. Drug maker, GlaxoSmithKline has isolated that batch of the Cervarix vaccine. Cervarix is a direct competitor to Gardasil (Merck) and is seeking U.S. approval. The Gardasil vaccine is also thought to be responsible for a number of deaths.

While more girls are getting the first shot of Gardasil in 2008 than a year earlier, fewer than one in five completes the three-shot series, reports the CDC.

If the Food and Drug Administration follows the advice of its panels, Gardasil could soon be approved for use in boys and young men.

An FDA advsory panel will be looking at two issues to combat human papillomavirus (HPV) in the U.S. - the drug Ceravix, already approved in Europe, and expanded use of the drug, Gardasil in boys and young men.

Researchers have found a new chemotherapy target that could help to pave the way for more effective treatments of a deadly form of leukemia that affects children.