Health Headlines-Tuesday

H1N1:

THE CDC SAYS VIRTUALLY ALL FLU CASES IN THE COUNTRY ARE H1N1.

DIRECTOR THOMAS FRIEDEN CALLS THIS SEASON UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.

HE SAYS EVEN THOUGH SEASONAL FLU HAS BEEN MINIMAL, IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL IF IT'LL BE A THREAT.

HEALTH OFFICIALS ALSO POINT OUT WE ARE JUST AT THE BEGIN STAGES BECAUSE THE FLU SEASON LAST UNTIL MAY.

9/11 ASTHMA:

FIRST RESPONDERS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE APPEAR TO BE AT A GREATER RISK OF ASTHMA.

A NEW STUDY SAYS FIRST RESPONDERS EXPOSED TO DUST AND POLLUTANTS SUFFER ASTHMA AT TWICE THE RATE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.

ASTHMA TYPICALLY AFFECTS 4% OF AMERICANS.

RESEARCHERS SAY AS MANY AS EIGHT PERCENT OF THE WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS REPORTED ASTHMA ATTACKS OR ASTHMA EPISODES IN THE WAKE OF 9/11.

BYETTA LABEL:

THE FDA APPROVES A NEW LABEL FOR THE DIABETES MEDICATION BYETTA.

IT NOW ALERTS USERS TO REPORTS OF POSSIBLE RENAL FAILURE IN PEOPLE TAKING THE DRUG.

THE DRUG'S MAKERS SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE BYETTA CAUSES KIDNEY PROBLEMS.

THEY ALSO POINT OUT DIABETES IS A LEADING CAUSE OF RENAL FAILURE.Health Headlines-Tuesday