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The New York City Health Commissioner says a greater demand for the seasonal flu vaccine is due to increased attention to the swine flu.

Vermillion Inc., a Fremont medical diagnostics company that last month won FDA clearance for its ovarian cancer test, received more than a half-million dollars from holders of warrants that the company issued three and four years ago.

Oxigene Inc. CEO John Kollins has resigned and the company’s chief development officer, who has been with the company for three months, was named as interim CEO. (OXGN)

The Center for Health Care Services won a trio of grant awards designed to assist San Antonio residents facing a host of mental-health challenges.

A Sacramento County Superior Court judge approved a $6 million medical malpractice settlement against the University of California on Friday on behalf of a 4-year-old boy who suffered injuries during birth at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.