Panel: All adults should get whooping cough shotsA federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough. |
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FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortagesFederal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages — at least for the time being — that have left patients and parents frightened about missing life-saving treatments. |
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Juneau hospital uses video to keep patients localIn 2010, 238 patients were transported to another medical facility from Bartlett Regional Hospital from January to November. The hospital has implemented a new program in its Critical Care Unit which would have allowed its staff to treat 37 of those patients locally. |
FDA raises safety concerns for Vivus diet pillFederal health officials say they still have safety concerns about an experimental diet pill from drugmaker Vivus Inc., as the company prepares to make a second attempt to convince experts of the drug's safety next week. |
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Health care costs are biting Alaskans, businesses harderRising medical costs are biting hard. Health care spending in Alaska is now running at $7.5 billion a year, and if trends continue, it will double by 2020. |
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