2009/11/20

Price of H1N1 can vary by a factor of three. It pays to shop.

Are caterpillar ovaries just as good as chicken eggs for growing the flu shot vaccine? Apparently.

Number of people living on a dollar a day has plummeted from almost 1 billion to about one-third that number. The reason: the spread of capitalism.

Physicians find more polyps in early-morning colonoscopies: Hour by hour, the results get worse as the day goes on.

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  1. Ken says:

    I think all early morning procedures are better — including all kinds of surgery.

  2. Bruce says:

    Capitalism works. It’s working all over the world. So why not try it in health care?

  3. Stephen C. says:

    The caterpillar is going to take some getting use to.

  4. Larry C. says:

    I agree with Ken. Get in early. Your chances are better.

  5. Devon Herrick says:

    I wonder why they are experimenting with caterpillar ovary cells? The new technology just, just being approved, is cell-based production where vaccines are grown in huge vats then purified.

  6. Joe S. says:

    Basically, it looks like there is no free market in swine flu vaccine.

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