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New collaboration to fight child diseases
Jan 20 2006 8:16PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A hospital and medical school ranked among the nation's best are launching a new Children's Discovery Institute to try to speed up cures for childhood illnesses using findings from the Human Genome Project, the program to identify all the genes in human DNA.
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Death reported from novel antibiotic
Jan 20 2006 8:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers reported Friday three cases of severe liver problems, including one death, in patients at a North Carolina hospital after they began taking a novel antibiotic.
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Over-the-counter fat blocking pill mulled
Jan 20 2006 8:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A pharmaceutical company that seeks federal approval for over-the-counter sales of a prescription diet pill that blocks the absorption of fat faces questions on the pill's potential for creating vitamin deficiencies and encouraging abuse.
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WHO calls for halt on malaria treatment
Jan 20 2006 8:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The best treatment for malaria may be in jeopardy, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, because of the way some pharmaceutical companies market the drug in poor countries.
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Hong Kong reports positive bird flu test
Jan 20 2006 11:17AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong officials said Thursday that a dead robin had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus _ the first such case in a year.
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Medicaid spending overtakes education
Jan 20 2006 9:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - States now spend more on health care for the poor than they do on elementary and secondary education, a policy group said Thursday in its annual review of efforts to deal with the growing problem of the uninsured.
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Turkey accuses nations of hiding bird flu
Jan 20 2006 7:29AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's agriculture minister accused several neighboring countries Friday of concealing bird flu outbreaks and hampering efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.
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