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NASA: Risk of ice striking shuttle low
Jun 24 2005 8:05PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA officials believe the risk of potentially lethal pieces of ice flying off the external fuel tank and striking the space shuttle is low enough to proceed with plans for a mid-July launch of Discovery.
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Group estimates potential flu death toll
Jun 24 2005 7:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than a half-million people could die and more than 2.3 million could be hospitalized if a moderately severe strain of pandemic flu virus hits the United States, a research group said Friday.
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Guidant cautions doctors on defibrillators
Jun 24 2005 7:44PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A second safety warning from Guidant Corp., one of the nation's largest medical device manufacturers, urged doctors to stop using five defibrillator models because they could malfunction and may have to be recalled.
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House blocks federal coverage of Viagra
Jun 24 2005 7:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Impotence drugs such as Viagra would not be covered by Medicaid and Medicare, the government health programs for the poor and the aged, under new prohibitions approved by the House on Friday.
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Supplier received fluid from hospital
Jun 24 2005 12:03PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The soap supplier that unknowingly sent hydraulic fluid instead of detergent to four North Carolina hospitals got the barrels from Duke University, a spokesman for the soap supplier said Thursday.
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FDA panel rejects artificial heart
Jun 24 2005 7:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first fully implantable artificial heart hasn't yet proved its promise, say government advisers worried that most of the few recipients so far suffered serious side effects for little gain.
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FDA approves first racially targeted drug
Jun 24 2005 6:38AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Now that the FDA has for the first time approved a drug specifically for blacks, medical experts are sure to debate the implications, with some questioning the validity of medical research that focuses on race.
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