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Children with autism get day in court
Jun 11 2007 7:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In excruciating detail, an Arizona mother on Monday described severe autism and devastating health problems that plague her 12-year-old daughter and asked a court to find common childhood vaccines were the cause.
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Key border officer in TB case quits
Jun 11 2007 7:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. border inspector who ignored a warning to stop a globe-trotting tuberculosis patient from entering the United States has retired, officials said Monday.
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Rice engineered to carry cholera vaccine
Jun 11 2007 6:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A team of Japanese researchers has developed a type of rice that can carry a vaccine for cholera, a step that could one day ease delivery of vaccines in developing countries.
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Alzheimer's drugs: A milky alternative
Jun 11 2007 5:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Drinking a milkshake-style medicine at breakfast seems to feed brain cells starved from Alzheimer's damage, researchers reported Monday. It's one of four promising experimental drugs poised for large-scale testing against the brain-destroying disease.
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Sunscreens may improve, but shade kids
Jun 11 2007 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Shade your kids. Strong new evidence suggests overall sun exposure in childhood, not just burns, is a big key to who later develops deadly skin cancer. The news comes as the government is finishing long-awaited rules to improve sunscreens.
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Buffalo food fest orders healthier items
Jun 11 2007 4:27PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - For the first time in its 23-year history, the Taste of Buffalo, a foodie free-for-all attracting tens of thousands, is ordering restaurants to offer healthier options.
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Wasps may help fight ash borer in Mich.
Jun 11 2007 4:08PM (CT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Some tiny, parasitic wasps from China no larger than a sesame seed may help halt the destruction of Michigan's dwindling population of ash trees.
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