Twenty-seven children, ill in the midst of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, were evacuated to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City late Wednesday night along with their families.

The young patients were being cared for at a children's hospital in New Orleans until rampant looting and loss of electricity made the hospital unsafe

The Food and Drug Administration approves the first drug to treat children who suffer from a condition what stunts growth.

Dr. Philippe Backeljauw of Cincinnati Children's Hospital says that the drug called Increlex will treat children whose growth failure is related to unusually low levels of a hormone called IGF-1

A new flu shot, Fluarix, earns The Food and Drug Administration's approval in a push to have more available flu vaccines after last year's unexpected shortage.

Fluarix is a flu shot made in Germany by a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline and is approved for use in adults 18 and older

In an unprecedented display of public animosity at the Food and Drug Administration, one of its top employees resigns Wednesday to protest the agency's refusal to allow over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception.

Assistant Commissioner Susan Wood charges that FDA's leader overruled his own scientists' determination that the morning-after pill could safely be sold without a prescription, and stunned his employees last week by postponing indefinitely a decision on whether to let that happen, The Associated Press reports

Chiron Corp. says Wednesday it expects to provide a vaccine for the 2005-2006 flu season after a recent favorable inspection of the plant by U.S. regulators.

The company postponed U.S. sales of its flu vaccine last year due to contamination problems at its plant in England, which led to the withdrawal of its manufacturing license for Fluvirin last October