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Bird flu kills 3 rare civets in Vietnam
Aug 26 2005 10:23PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Bird flu has killed three rare cat-like civets born in captivity at a national park in Vietnam, marking the first time the virus has been reported in the species, officials said Friday.
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FDA delays morning-after pill decision
Aug 26 2005 9:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government on Friday put off its long-awaited final decision on whether to sell emergency contraception without a prescription, saying the pill was safe to sell over-the-counter to adults but grappling with how to keep it out of the hands of young teenagers.
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Calif. AG wants warning label on fries
Aug 26 2005 9:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Potato chips and french fries could soon come with a warning label in California if the state's top attorney prevails in a lawsuit filed Friday against nine fast food chains and snack-food makers.
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200 dead of encephalitis in Indian state
Aug 26 2005 8:52PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Oxygen masks have run out, so the children in the pediatric wards are being provided cardboard cones with pipes jabbed into them.
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Possible case of bird flu first in Finland
Aug 26 2005 8:48PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Finnish authorities said Friday they had found a suspected case of bird flu in the north of the country. An Agriculture Ministry official said it was unlikely to be a case of the H5N1 strain, which scientists fear might spark a human pandemic.
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Study: Newer malaria drug saves more lives
Aug 26 2005 8:32PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Treating adults with severe cases of malaria with the drug artesunate _ rather than quinine _ could save tens of thousands of lives in the developing world, new research suggests.
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Whooping cough cases rise in Alaska
Aug 26 2005 8:30PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Cases of whooping cough, a highly contagious disease commonly thought to mainly infect children, have been reported in numbers four times higher than last year and the disease is being detected increasingly this year in adults, state officials said.
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African health officials face TB crisis
Aug 26 2005 8:26PM (CT)
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Mozambican health officials know they are being overwhelmed by tuberculosis _ and fear the crisis may be even worse than thought.
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Correction: Detox-Study story
Aug 26 2005 4:25PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - In an Aug. 23 story about the "ultra rapid detox" process for heroin addicts, The Associated Press, quoting outdated information from the American Society of Addiction Medicine, erroneously stated the group's policy on the procedure.
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Q&A on the morning-after pill
Aug 26 2005 3:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People waiting for the government to finally make a decision on whether to allow sales of emergency contraception _ often called the morning-after pill or Plan B _ without a prescription will have to wait a little longer.
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Autistic boy's death raises questions
Aug 26 2005 12:43PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The death of a 5-year-old autistic boy has raised questions about whether a medical treatment aimed at cleaning the body of heavy metals should be used to treat the neurological and developmental disorder.
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OxyContin doctor loses medical license
Aug 26 2005 10:15AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A doctor facing criminal drug charges lost his medical license after a state board concluded he was a public threat because he wrote so many OxyContin prescriptions.
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Analysis: Oregon breast milk contaminated
Aug 26 2005 8:26AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The breast milk of Oregon women is contaminated with a high level of toxic flame retardants known as PBDEs, researchers say.
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3,100 reported ill from N.Y. water park
Aug 26 2005 6:27AM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - More than 3,100 people in 32 counties have reported being sickened with a gastrointestinal illness related to a state-run water playground, health officials said Thursday.
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Tuberculosis said an African emergency
Aug 26 2005 5:55AM (CT)
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Regional health ministers unanimously agreed Thursday to declare tuberculosis an African emergency, underlining their commitment to fight the epidemic that is killing more than half a million people a year in Africa.
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