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Drug makers reformulate OTC cold medicines
Jul 2 2005 8:54PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Under pressure from law-enforcement agencies and state governments, drug companies have begun reformulating popular cold medicines to prevent criminals from converting them into methamphetamine.
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Asia-Pacific AIDS called 'silent tsunami'
Jul 2 2005 7:04PM (CT)
KOBE, Japan (AP) - The Asia-Pacific faces a "silent tsunami" as HIV/AIDS rates surge in a region home to more than half the world's population, a U.N. official said Saturday.
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Guidant defibrillators get highest warning
Jul 2 2005 5:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A malfunction in some of the Guidant Corp. defibrillators recalled last month could cause serious injury or death, the government said in classifying 20,000 of the devices as the most urgent type of recalls.
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U.N. health agency: Polio found in Angola
Jul 2 2005 10:02AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A case of polio has been found in Angola, the first discovered in the country in four years, the U.N. health agency said Saturday.
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66th case of polio reported in Indonesia
Jul 2 2005 3:54AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A new case of polio was found in Indonesia's Lampung province, bringing the country's total known number of people suffering from the disease to 66.
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Indonesia aims to stem rise in HIV cases
Jul 2 2005 1:39AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The tattooed, tired-looking heroin addicts who navigate the capital's congested alleyways to get to this quaint Dutch colonial house every day are not looking for a fix. They come for the free needles and a chance to talk _ part of government efforts to stem the rise in HIV cases.
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