HIV screening has become more routine, but scientists say people are still falling through the cracks.

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Construction is under way on the new Woman's Hospital complex in Baton Rouge and so is a plan using state help to pay for the project.

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Thursday that the Dutch government has selected its cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix for a nationwide vaccination program.

Glaxo did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which is a win for the London-based company over its rival Merck & Co.'s Gardasil vaccine.

Both products vaccinate against human papillomavirus, a common cause of cervical cancer.

Under the Dutch National Immunization Program, due to start in Sept. 2009, more than 350,000 girls aged between 12 and 13 will be vaccinated in the first year.

An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.

ImClone Systems Incorporated has received approval from the FDA for its state-of-the-art "BB50" manufacturing facility to manufacture multiple products.

Top UK firms joined the growing list of companies cutting jobs as hundreds of losses were announced and fears were expressed of further redundancies.

Pfizer on Thursday said it withdrew an application to sell Viagra without a prescription in Europe after regulators fretted about the safety implications.