[external] Canada flu spread and vaccination pace both pick up - Reuters - Fri 11:09 am
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Close to 6 million Canadians, or about 18 percent of the population, will be vaccinated against H1N1 flu by early next week, Canada's chief public health officer said on Thursday.

[external] CORRECTED - H1N1 to cause more deaths in northern winter - WHO - Reuters - Fri 9:45 am
(corrects second paragraph to say no mutation means pandemic vaccines continue to provide protection, rather than antivirals) * No evidence of virus mutation, vaccines still effective * Pandemic vaccines seen as "very safe" after millions given * WHO has yet to receive 200 mln vaccine doses for poorest By Stephanie ...

[external] Tamiflu shipped to Mongolia to fight H1N1 outbreak - Reuters - Fri 2:30 am
ULAN BATOR/BEIJING, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation has shipped urgent supplies of the influenza drug Tamiflu to Mongolia, as the country's hospital system struggles to cope with a late but widespread outbreak of the H1N1 strain of flu.

[external] U.S. spends most, but health quality lags - survey - Reuters - Thu 9:01 pm
CHICAGO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Americans are more likely than people in 10 other countries to have trouble getting medical treatment because of insurance restrictions or cost, an international survey of primary care doctors released on Wednesday found.

[external] US STOCKS-Wall St rally fades late after Fed; Cisco up late - Reuters - Thu 2:16 pm
* Dow up 0.3 pct, S&P up 0.1 pct, Nasdaq off 0.1 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news, click [STXNEWS/US] (Adds Cisco's gain following earnings after the bell) By Chuck Mikolajczak

[external] US STOCKS-Wall St rally stalls late after Fed statement - Reuters - Thu 1:25 pm
* U.S. private sector sheds jobs at slowest pace in yr * Dow up 0.3 pct, S&P up 0.1 pct, Nasdaq off 0.1 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news, click [STXNEWS/US] (Updates to close) By Chuck Mikolajczak

[external] US states, counties struggle to deliver H1N1 shots - Reuters - Thu 1:22 pm
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - States and counties will be struggling to vaccinate people against the swine flu pandemic well into December and January -- long after the first peak of the virus in the United States, officials said on Wednesday.

[external] US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St pares gains; Nasdaq turns negative - Reuters - Thu 12:54 pm
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks pared gains in late afternoon trading on Wednesday, with Nasdaq briefly turning negative as enthusiasm that followed the Federal Reserve statement faded.

[external] US STOCKS-Wall St advances after Fed's statement - Reuters - Thu 12:42 pm
* U.S. private sector sheds jobs at slowest pace in yr * Dow up 1 pct, S&P up 0.7 pct, Nasdaq up 0.2 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news, click [STXNEWS/US] (Updates with Fed announcement, changes byline) By Chuck Mikolajczak

Earlier Headlines

All times are Singapore Time (GMT+8)

· [external] REFILE-US STOCKS-Wall St climbs after Fed statement - Reuters - Thu 11:53 am
· [external] US STOCKS-Wall St climbs after Fed statement - Reuters - Thu 11:52 am
· [external] US STOCKS-Wall St rises on solid data; investors eye Fed - Reuters - Thu 10:20 am
· [external] US STOCKS-Wall St jumps on data ahead of Fed; healthcare up - Reuters - Thu 8:48 am
· [external] For Americans, deficit pain is felt close to home - Reuters - Thu 8:00 am
· [external] Novartis buys China vaccine stake for $125 mln - Reuters - Thu 3:17 am
· [external] No H1N1 vaccine for Guantanamo, White House says - Reuters - Wed 2:36 pm
· [external] Proposed US law would require pay for sick workers - Reuters - Wed 1:50 pm
· [external] Pregnant women should get flu shot as winter bites-WHO - Reuters - Wed 8:49 am
· [external] Teva Q3 profit rises as Copaxone sales jump - Reuters - Wed 7:53 am

· [external] Saudi FDA approves H1N1 vaccine ahead of haj - Reuters - Wed 6:02 am
· [external] BRIEF-Teva Pharmaceutical 2009, 2010 EPS outlook - Reuters - Wed 5:57 am
· [external] Tenet Healthcare posts net loss - Reuters - Wed 5:42 am
· [external] Saudi FDA approves H1N1 vaccine ahead of pilgrimage - Reuters - Wed 4:04 am
· [external] Teva Q3 profit higher as Copaxone sales jump - Reuters - Wed 3:41 am
· [external] Novartis invests $1 bln in China R&D plant - Reuters - Tue 10:39 pm
· [external] More swine flu vaccine ready in US; kids need 2 doses - Reuters - Tue 1:55 pm
· [external] China second only to US in research-Thomson Reuters - Reuters - Tue 1:55 pm
· [external] More flu vaccine ready in U.S.; kids need 2 doses - Reuters - Tue 12:37 pm
· [external] Pfizer eyes deal with Israel's Protalix-newspaper - Reuters - Tue 1:47 am

· [external] Takeda, Amylin to co-develop obesity drugs - Reuters - Mon 4:52 pm