The official death toll from a savage cyclone in Bangladesh reached 1,723 on Saturday as military helicopters and ships joined rescue efforts in the wake of the deadliest storm to hit the country in a decade. DHAKA, Bangladesh - The death toll from a cyclone that devastated Bangladesh has surpassed 2,200, officials said Sunday, while rescuers struggled through blocked paths to reach hundreds of thousands of survivors awaiting aid in wrecked homes and flooded fields. DHAKA, Bangladesh - The...

This study found that Menveo, developed by Novartis, triggered good immune responses against all four strains in 175 infants who received either two doses of the vaccine at ages six and 12 months, or a single dose at 12 months. The vaccine is currently being tested in larger trials and may be submitted for regulatory approval next year, BBC News reported. A disease that's killed five people and sent more than 200 to hospital in Angola has not yet been identified by international experts...

THE death toll from a massive cyclone in Bangladesh has reached 2000 and is certain to rise as the impoverished country struggles to get aid to millions of people left homeless. The death toll was jumping by hundreds at a time yesterday as rescue workers battled to get to remote areas where villages were flattened by Cyclone Sidr, which tore through southern Bangladesh on Thursday night. The army and aid workers were still struggling to reopen roads to areas where most of the homes,...

Barbara Lynch's new restaurant complex in the Fort Point area will put top-of-the-line equipment to use in concepts the chef has fine-tuned for years. Griffin, vice president for acquisitions of Berkeley Investments inc., the development firm building the FP3 residential project that will feature Lynch's new facility. That sets the stage for a staggering $5 million that Lynch said she is raising to outfit her new establishment, the concepts for which have been taking shape in her mind over...

Schering-Plough antitrust approval boosts shares - MarketWatch GO. antitrust approval By Angela Moore, MarketWatch Last Update: 10:24 AM ET Nov 16, 2007 Print E-mail Subscribe to RSS Disable Live Quotes NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Pharmaceutical shares rose in early Friday trading, led by Schering-Plough corp., which received antitrust clearance from the U. antitrust approval By Angela Moore, MarketWatch Last Update: 10:24 AM ET Nov 16, 2007 Print E-mail Subscribe to RSS Disable Live Quotes...