IBT Staff Reporter

The Western Australian government has suspended all flu shots for children under five as it examines the increase in admissions to Prince Margaret Hospital in Perth.

In a recent major study, researchers have designed and developed special 'nano patches' that can deliver vaccines without the use of needles within two minutes with 100 times less dose than used conventionallly.

One after another, shortly after a diagnosis of breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had been canceled. First there was Yenny Hsu, who lived and worked in Los Angeles. Later, Robin Beaton, a registered nurse from Texas. And then, most recently, there was Patricia Relling, a successful art gallery owner and interior designer from Louisville, Kentucky.

Recent research reveals the Northern Territory's Indigenous population reported the highest hospital admission rates for swine flu across Australia.

An Australian study that examines links between lifestyle and reproductive health in males over 40 years, reveals exercise is not only beneficial for the heart, but sexual health as well.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc intensified its public relations counteroffensive on Thursday over fraud charges, as the company's chief executive watched the U.S. president urge Wall Street to back regulatory reforms.

After Dr Jayant Patel became director of surgery, patients at the Bundaberg Base Hospital's intensive care unit were sicker and stayed there longer, a court has heard.

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as concerns grew about the deteriorating financial health of Greece and big telecommunications equipment companies reported weak results.

Philip Morris International , which sells Marlboro cigarettes and other brands internationally, posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by a tax increases and a weak economy in parts of Europe.

US Airways Group Inc said on Thursday it had dropped out of merger discussions with United Airlines parent UAL Corp, immediately raising the stakes for similar talks involving United and Continental Airlines Inc.

The biggest study to date into the effects of mobile-phone usage on long-term health was launched on Thursday, aiming to track at least a quarter of a million of people in five European countries for up to 30 years.

President Barack Obama will tell Wall Street on Thursday to accept a sweeping bill to overhaul financial regulations, warning of another crisis unless there were tighter rules to rein in the industry's risky practices.

Greece's budget gap last year was worse than feared, the European Union's statistics office revealed on Thursday, triggering a fresh slide of asset prices in Greece and other debt-choked European countries.

Greece's budget gap last year was worse than feared, the European Union's statistics office revealed on Thursday, as Moody's Investors Service downgraded its rating of Greek government debt.

Private lenders did not use prudent lending practices for a small business program that President Barack Obama hopes to expand to improve the economy, a government watchdog said on Wednesday.

U.S. existing home sales climbed in March as Americans rushed to take advantage of a tax credit for home buyers, but activity remained severely depressed from levels preceding the country's sharpest housing downturn in modern history.

The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless aid fell last week as the labor market gradually heals and producer price data showed inflation remained muted, despite a surge in food costs last month.

Kimberly-Clark Corp said higher pulp costs and increased marketing spending to promote new products will weigh on profit this year as it posted lower first-quarter earnings.

Regional banks PNC Financial Services Group , BB&T and Fifth Third Bancorp

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PepsiCo Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, but its revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations, hurt by ongoing weakness in its Americas beverage business.

PNC Financial Services Group reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit, even as it issued stock and repaid $7.6 billion in bank bailout money and its shares rose 2.3 percent.

U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in March on strong consumer food and gasoline costs, but a small gain in the core measure pointed to tame underlying inflation, a government report showed on Thursday.

(Reuters) - Children born extremely early -- at 25 weeks or before -- may risk a lifetime of lung problems, including asthma, British researchers reported on Thursday.

Telephone operator Verizon Communications Inc posted a smaller quarterly profit and wireless subscriber growth slowed more dramatically than Wall Street analysts' already low expectations.

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says some parts of the U.S. economy are very strong and that the United States was rebounding from recession more quickly than most other major economies.

Investors are backing off worst-case housing scenarios for the first time in this cycle -- a milestone shift that is keeping a mortgage bond rally alive and setting the stage for a recovery in securitization.

Private equity giant Blackstone Group reported a rise in quarterly earnings that beat analysts' estimates, and said it was seeing concrete signs of improvement in its investment portfolio.