What was once thought to be necessary tools in the fight against an epidemic have now gone to waste.

Hundreds of thousands of flu shots ordered from Europe last year amid fears of a nationwide shortage have now expired and may go to waste, potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars, officials say Wednesday in an Associated Press report

A top medical specialist says Wednesday the practice of French hospitals keeping fetuses and stillborn babies is commonfare throughout the European nation.

The revelation comes just one day after the discovery that 351 stillborn babies and fetuses were being kept in the morgue of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Hospital, some as long as two decades

Researchers at Michigan State University find reports of sesame allergies growing significantly since the first case was reported in 1950.

Despite its popularity, scientists say research and public awareness on sesame allergy are very limited

Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter

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Italy has plans to launch a larger-scale human test of its AIDS vaccine in Africa, in the hope of having it ready for the market by 2011.

Barbara Ensoli of Italy's National Health Institute began an initial, small-scale trial involving 47 volunteers at four different clinics in Italy in 2003 and is aiming for results in 2006