http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html?partner=rssnyt Find breaking news & health news on medicine, fitness, nutrition, health care, mental health, drugs, diet, pregnancy, babies, cancer, AIDS, allergies & asthma. Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company en-us Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:05:00 EDT http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/international/asia/28flu.html?ex=1288152000&en=ea4490693a35c8fa&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss The death of a 12-year-old girl sparked immediate concerns, but the official state news agency reported that the girl had died of pneumonia. JIM YARDLEY Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/international/asia/28flu.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/business/28chiron.html?ex=1288152000&en=33e274f6950e342b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss The government has awarded a $62.5 million contract to the Chiron Corporation to manufacture millions of doses of a vaccine against the strain of bird flu that authorities fear. ANDREW POLLACK Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/business/28chiron.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/business/28bristol.html?ex=1288152000&en=79be0ab692a29845&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Bristol-Myers Squibb said it was weighing whether to drop the project or to conduct a five-year study to answer questions raised by the Food and Drug Administration. STEPHANIE SAUL Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/business/28bristol.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/business/28device.html?ex=1288152000&en=6e40bd4c3bb002a4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss The Guidant Corporation, a maker of defibrillators and pacemakers, plans to issue reports higlighting failures that prevent the units from delivering patient therapy. BARRY MEIER Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/business/28device.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/health/27breast.html?ex=1288065600&en=8b3cb4fee61ea637&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss A new study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute found that the screening test contributed to a pronounced drop in the death rate from breast cancer. GINA KOLATA Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/health/27breast.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/health/27flu.html?ex=1288065600&en=eccf7508608c9fce&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Roche has temporarily halted shipments of Tamiflu in the U.S., saying it wants to ensure adequate supplies to treat conventional flu cases this winter. ANDREW POLLACK Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/health/27flu.html