Flu & URI
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<ѻýҕl>Actor Brad Pitt Leaves Hospital After Treatment for Viral Meningitisѻýҕl>
LOS ANGELES-Film star Brad Pitt, 41, is resting at home after a brief hospitalization for treatment of viral meningitis, according to his spokesperson. Although Pitt recently visited Ethiopia, where there has been a meningitis outbreak, it is considered unlikely that his illness is linked to the trip because Pitt's meningitis was viral, not the bacterial meningococcal meningitis rampant in East Africa.
Jul 14, 2005
<ѻýҕl>FDA Okays Single Dose Antibiotic for Pneumonia and Sinusitisѻýҕl>
NEW YORK-The FDA has approved Zmax (azithromycin extended release) as a single-dose treatment for adults with pneumonia and certain types of acute mild-to-moderate bacterial sinusitis and pneumonia, Pfizer announced yesterday.
Jun 14, 2005