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

Health officials said Friday that 76 children have died of swine flu, including 16 new reports in the past week - more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous in kids.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Friday that it will add higher-margin medical devices to its health care unit by purchasing health care company I-Flow Corp.

Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles, and the risk was even greater when the infection involved the eyes, said a study published in the November issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

The leaders of Haiti and the Dominican Republic agreed Thursday to cooperate in a campaign aimed at eradicating the last vestiges of malaria from the islands of the Caribbean by 2020.