News tagged with 'Immunity'

A settlement of $650 million has been reached to cover about 10,000 first responded to the World Trade Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001. It is uncertain at this time wether individual lawsuits will proceed.

Kellogg's will remove immunity-boosting claims from the front of its cereal boxes of Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies after public scrutiny, rather than an FDA crackdown as some have received.

While Kellog's tells consumers that Cocoa Krispies helps boost immunity, the respected Dr. Andrew Weil takes down mention of his Immunity Support supplement from his Web site.

On the day the Labor Department announced another half-million job losses, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health are releasing their findings about unemployment’s impact on health. Losing a job can translate into compromised health, researchers found, even if a new job is secured. 

Vitamin D levels appear to be declining in the general population, according to this published study, even though it is increasingly linked to immune health, bone strength and cardiovascular improvement.

Michiganders gathered in Lansing today to have their say about a proposed repeal of the state drugmaker immunity law, the only one in the country. This year they want it overturned and the Republican majority in the house to stop stonewalling, especially in light of a recent Supreme Court decision that negated the federal preemption argument.

Opposing forces, from citizens injured by drugs or their survivors, to lobbyists from the largest drug companies are expected in Lansing, Michigan Wednesday, as the state considers repealing its drugmaker immunity law - the only one in the nation put in place by former Gov. John Engler. 

Some Michiganders say they feel left out since the Diana Levine decision by the Supreme Court threw out the federal preemption argument of drug companies. Michigan law does not permit remedies in court from dangerous drugs, but a hearing this week could begin to change that. 

Immunity to colds is helped by sleep. But this study, out of Carnegie Mellon University, shows for the first time that the quality of undisturbed sleep is just as important a component to improving immunity to the common cold.

Three decades ago, as Diana Levine's career as a children's music producer and performer was just starting to take off, ultraconservatives and drug companies had their sights set on a different kind of breakthrough...

Should corporations be given complete immunity from liability for dangerous and defective products? 

Gardasil has not been the blockbuster that Merck needed after the Vioxx settlement and other bad news for the company. A label expansion is not predicted to change that. Now the immigration service will require the HPV vaccine before any young female is granted permanent legal resident status to the U.S. 

Lawyers for the family of Jessica Lunsford will file a wrongful death and negligence suit against Citrus County and law enforcement for failing to do their job to find the 9-year-old and protect her from a convicted sex offender who held her 100 yards away from her home before burying her alive.