As hurricane season ends, flu season begins, and health officials are working towards ensuring those most vulnerable receive preventive shots.

Officials ensure manufacturing problems that caused shortages of flu shots last year have since been resolved

The latest survey from the March of Dimes finds only one-third of women of child-bearing age are taking a multivitamin daily that contains folic acid, a vitamin that can prevent serious birth defects of the brain and spine.

The supplement is so essential the U.S. government requires all enriched grain foods to be fortified with 140 micrograms of folic acid per 100 grams of grain

The latest survey from the March of Dimes finds only one-third of women of child-bearing age are taking a multivitamin daily that contains folic acid, a vitamin that can prevent serious birth defects of the brain and spine.

The supplement is so essential that the U.S. government requires all enriched grain foods to be fortified with 140 micrograms of folic acid per 100 grams of grain

The Food and Drug Administration warns that a recent study suggests the antidepressant Paxil may be associated with birth defects.

Paxil's manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, says it will include the results of the study in the drug's precaution list

A California Superior Court judge, citing health risks of lead and arsenic in tattoo inks, has ordered two major tattoo-ink manufacturers to carry warning labels, according to a CNN medical report.

The preliminary injunction granted by Judge Irving Feffer also requires Huck Spaulding Enterprises of New York and Superior Tattoo Equipment of Phoenix to carry the labels in their catalogs and on their Internet sites aimed at California customers