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Calif. court expands HIV responsibility
Jul 3 2006 10:34PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that people who lead high-risk sexual lives have good reason to know they may be infected with the virus that causes AIDS and are responsible for informing partners about possible exposure.
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Fat people not more jolly, study says
Jul 3 2006 3:45PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Fat people are not more jolly, according to a study that instead found obesity is strongly linked with depression and other mood disorders.
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FDA warning flu vaccine maker
Jul 3 2006 3:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to drug maker Sanofi Pasteur over concerns about problems at a Pennsylvania manufacturing plant, the agency said Monday.
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Anesthesiologists advised on executions
Jul 3 2006 3:11PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Doctors shouldn't help put inmates to death by lethal injection or work with the legal system to ensure condemned inmates feel no pain at execution, the president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists is telling his colleagues.
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Blood banks push for better safeguards
Jul 3 2006 2:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Blood banks turn away up to 150,000 would-be donors each year on the slight chance they picked up malaria while traveling to any of dozens of countries.
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Crack found in foam on shuttle fuel tank
Jul 3 2006 1:07PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA managers weren't ruling out a Fourth of July launch for space shuttle Discovery on Monday, even after inspectors found a 5-inch-long crack in the foam insulation on its external fuel tank.
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European companies to unveil food labels
Jul 3 2006 12:47PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - European food and drink companies said Monday they would introduce voluntary guidelines to show shoppers how much fat, fiber and sugar are packed into the food they buy as part of an EU push against a feared obesity epidemic.
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Gateses take on AIDS prevention in India
Jul 3 2006 6:29AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The numbers in India are frightening: In a country of more than 1 billion people, some 5.7 million are infected with HIV/AIDS. That makes India home to more victims of the disease than any other country in the world.
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