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Panel: Flu spray better than shots for young kids 06/28/2014 11:40am • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) -- When it comes to flu vaccines, a federal panel says a squirt in the nose is better than a shot in the arm for young children.The advisory panel voted Wednesday to advise doctors that FluMist nasal spray is a bit better at preventing flu in healthy young Haiti ex-president Leslie Manigat has died 06/27/2014 02:18pm • EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Leslie Manigat, a prominent figure in the Haitian political establishment whose term as president was cut short by a military coup in 1988, has died. He was 83.The former president died at home before dawn Friday after a long period of illne Summer TV: It should come with danger warnings 06/27/2014 07:52am • FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a frightful world on TV these days.A rash of scripted summer thrillers cautions viewers to batten down the hatches. Watch out who you let nibble on your neck! Hold your loved ones tight before they vanish into thin air! And with all the deadly Hushovd, winner of 10 Tour de France stages, quits 06/27/2014 07:20am • HELSINKI (AP) -- Thor Hushovd of Norway says he will retire from professional cycling after the world championships in September because he's struggling to be in form.The 2010 world champion, known as a strong sprinter, says on Friday he needs "a bit of a holiday."The worlds are in Ponferrada, Spain Designer T cells fight viruses after transplants 06/27/2014 01:32am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bone marrow transplants save thousands of lives but patients are vulnerable to severe viral infections in the months afterward, until their new immune system kicks in. Now scientists are developing protection for that risky period -- injections o USDA gives initial approval to pig virus vaccine 06/26/2014 07:08pm • M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The federal government has given conditional approval to the first vaccine licensed to fight a deadly pig virus, and warmer weather appears to be slowing the spread of the disease that has been blamed in part for making bacon more expensive.Porcine epi Paul McCartney: Feeling better, ready to tour 06/25/2014 02:40pm • LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney says he's feeling fab and ready to rock 'n' roll.The 72-year-old former Beatle posted a brief YouTube video Tuesday night saying he's recovered from a virus that forced him to cancel shows in Japan and South Korea, and delay the opening of a U.S. tour.He said the first Ebola cases rise in Africa as doctors sound alarm 06/24/2014 04:10pm • PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- The international medical organization Doctors Without Borders sounded the alarm Monday over the outbreak of the Ebola disease in West Africa as some 20 new deaths have been reported.In its own statement Monday, the World Health Organization said t Sierra Leone defends its record on Ebola outbreak 06/23/2014 12:46pm • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Sierra Leone on Saturday defended its response to the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, saying it was dismayed by allegations that affected governments are not doing enough.The deadly disease, which causes bleeding, high fevers Schumer requests US health alert for virus 06/22/2014 02:40pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Sen. Charles Schumer is asking the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a health alert to medical professionals in New York and around the country for identifying, treating and containing a mosquito-borne virus.Chikungunya (chih-kihn-GUHN'-yuh) causes fevers, Doctors Without Borders: Ebola 'out of control' 06/21/2014 01:02am • SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is "totally out of control," according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders, who says the medical group is stretched to the limit in responding.The outbreak has caused more deaths than any oth $1,000-a-pill Sovaldi jolts US health care system 06/20/2014 04:48pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Your money or your life?Sovaldi, a new pill for hepatitis C, cures the liver-wasting disease in 9 of 10 patients, but treatment can cost more than $90,000.Leading medical societies recommend the drug as a first-line treatment, and patients $1,000-a-pill Sovaldi jolts US health care system 06/20/2014 04:48pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Your money or your life?Sovaldi, a new pill for hepatitis C, cures the liver-wasting disease in 9 of 10 patients, but treatment can cost more than $90,000.Leading medical societies recommend the drug as a first-line treatment, and patients Cuba: 6 cases of chikungunya virus in travelers 06/19/2014 08:00pm • PETER ORSI Associated Press HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban health authorities on Wednesday said they detected six cases of chikungunya fever, a debilitating, mosquito-borne virus that is suspected of afflicting tens of thousands across the Caribbean since its arrival in the region last year.In a statement pub Rendon homers, Nationals rally past Astros 6-5 06/19/2014 12:28am • HARVEY VALENTINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington Nationals are hitting again, and showing the resiliency that enabled them to put together numerous late-inning rallies earlier in the season.It couldn't have come at a better time.Anthony Rendon homered to spark a three-run seventh