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Measles deaths drop by 60 percent
Jan 18 2007 10:52PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Global measles deaths have dropped by 60 percent, health authorities announced in a report Friday, and one senior official called it a "historic victory" for public health.
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Reports tally birth defects high cost
Jan 18 2007 6:12PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Birth defects lead to more than $2.5 billion a year in hospital costs alone, according to the first national studies to estimate their financial burden on U.S. families.
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Pa. school kids like 'mystery fat'
Jan 18 2007 5:36PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - It isn't mystery meat _ it's more like mystery fat. And the kids in the Plum Borough School District have been eating it and liking it.
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Gulf states receive health care grants
Jan 18 2007 5:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three Gulf Coast states whose health care networks were crippled by Hurricane Katrina will be eligible to receive $175 million in grants, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced Thursday.
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Bird flu mutations found
Jan 18 2007 4:29PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Mutations in the bird flu virus have been found in two infected people in Egypt, in a form that might be resistant to the medication most commonly used to treat the deadly disease, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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FDA warns doctor over stem cell implants
Jan 18 2007 12:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Las Vegas doctor has been implanting stem cells harvested from placentas into patients with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and other diseases in violation of federal law, according to a warning letter released by health officials Thursday.
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Calif. hospitals won't meet deadline
Jan 18 2007 9:18AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nearly half of California hospital buildings in danger of collapsing during a major earthquake will not meet a state deadline for safety improvements, according to a study released Thursday.
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Study: Nicotine increasing in cigarettes
Jan 18 2007 6:05AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say they have confirmed a study by the state that found nicotine levels in cigarettes increased from 1997 until 2005.
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