Dr. Diane Harper, lead researcher in the development of two human papilloma virus vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix, said the controversial drugs will do little to reduce cervical cancer rates and, even though they’re being recommended for girls as young as nine, there have been no efficacy trials in children under the age of 15.

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SUV Roofs Still Crush

Roofs on many popular SUV's still are not being made strong enough by car manufacturers. Kia Sportage the worst.

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Injured Consumer Can Sue a Drug Maker but Not Device Maker?

That seemed to be the contradictory result of a decision Wednesday by the Supreme Court, ruling that federal law does not protect drug companies from product liability suits in state courts.

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Big Pharma Loses as Highest Court Sides with the People

The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered patient lawsuits against drugmakers, upholding a $7 million award to a woman who lost her arm after being injected with Wyeth’s Phenergan nausea treatment.

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Worker Dies when Struck by Crane

A crewman on a barge near the San Jacinto Battleground was killed today after he was struck by a crane, authorities said.

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Evenflo Recalls Children's Activity Centers

When used as an activity table, the cap on one end of the product can loosen and fall off, posing a fall hazard to a young child.

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Widow of Florida Chain Smoker Wins Trial

While one Florida jury neared its decision that Philip Morris must pay a smoker's widow $8 million in damages, another panel was being selected in the same courtroom for the next tobacco case before the same judge.

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Deadly Bacteria Defy Drugs

A new category of bugs becomes more resistant to treatment, and their toll -- which already includes a Brazilian beauty queen -- is expected to rise.

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Jury Awards $157M in Tree Stand Death

A Lafayette woman has been awarded $157 million in a wrongful death lawsuit she filed against the manufacturers of a tree stand that malfunctioned, killing her husband three years ago.

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SEC Charges Stanford, Others with Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil charges against Texas billionaire Robert Allen Stanford and some of his related companies.

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 4.4 Medical Malpractice Verdict

 A York County jury has awarded $4.4 million to the parents of a 4-year-old girl who died after suffering brain injury at birth at Piedmont Medical Center.

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