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MedMira Rapid HIV Test Number One In U.S. Hospitals - Recent CDC Study Shows MedMira is a Leader HALIFAX, Aug. 12 /CNW/ - MedMira Inc. the market leader in flow-through diagnostics today announced its Reveal Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test is the number one choice of hospitals in the United States according to a 2003 study recently released by the U.S. Measles Cases At Lowest Level In Nearly A Century- CDC ATLANTA --Measles cases are at the lowest levels in nearly a century, the government said Thursday. There were only 216 cases of the virus in the period from 2001 to 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Vietnam confirms three deaths from bird flu/ WHO GENEVA, Aug 12 - The World Health Organisation said on Thursday the Vietnamese government had confirmed three people had died from bird flu. CDC/ Flu shot effective more than half of the time ATLANTA_Last season's influenza vaccine was effective more than half the time, despite fears the shot was not an exact match for the flu strain that dominated the United States, the government said Thursday. New test may cut TB cases by thousands The developers of the first new test for tuberculosis in 110 years yesterday predicted that it would help to reduce cases in Britain by thousands within 10 to 15 years.
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