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Report: Teen birth rate hits record low
Jul 12 2007 11:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fewer high school students are having sex these days, and more are using condoms. The teen birth rate has hit a record low.
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126 people ill after Chicago food fest
Jul 12 2007 11:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food festival last week became ill, at least nine of them with salmonella poisoning and 10 who were hospitalized, the health department said Thursday.
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Atty: Guilty plea coming in steroid case
Jul 12 2007 10:25PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A pharmaceutical company owner accused of illegally marketing and distributing steroids then paying doctors to write medically unnecessary prescriptions will plead guilty, his attorney said Thursday.
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No veto on children's health urged
Jul 12 2007 9:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Republican senators said Thursday the Bush administration should pull back from talk about vetoing legislation that would renew a health insurance program for children.
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Researcher seeks food chain toxin tests
Jul 12 2007 2:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tests that determine whether toxic chemicals accumulate in food may be missing some hazardous materials and need to be updated, a Canadian researcher said Thursday.
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Equipment worth $22M missing from CDC
Jul 12 2007 8:37AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will investigate the disappearance of $22 million worth of equipment, computers and other items from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Overweight kids face widespread stigma
Jul 12 2007 2:54AM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer, a new analysis concludes.
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Overweight kids face widespread stigma
Jul 12 2007 2:54AM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer, a new analysis concludes.
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