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Theory: Mad cow may have come from humans
Sep 1 2005 9:55PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A new theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle meal contaminated with human remains infected with a variation of the disease.
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FDA approves drug for short children
Sep 1 2005 7:37PM (CT)
BRISBANE, Calif. (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to treat children who suffer from a condition that prevents them from growing, the drug's manufacturer says.
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Range of medicines needed for storm relief
Sep 1 2005 7:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six truckloads of medical materials from the Strategic National Stockpile are headed to hurricane-stricken Louisiana and Mississippi, and 10 temporary hospitals should open at area military bases by Friday night.
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Supplements normal for prep athletes
Sep 1 2005 7:34PM (CT)
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. (AP) - Checking himself out in the weight-room mirror, 16-year-old Marshell Sailor flexes his right arm and smiles wide.
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Ohio high school has 64 pregnant students
Sep 1 2005 7:24PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Thirteen percent of the female students at Timken Senior High School in Ohio are pregnant. High school senior Monica Selby thought she would be busy this year planning for college, not preparing for the birth of her first child.
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CDC recommends flu shot priority rankings
Sep 1 2005 7:22PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Hoping to avoid last year's flu vaccine shortage, federal health officials Thursday urged doctors and other health officials to give the first batch of flu shots to people at risk of severe complications.
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Report: Better tracking needed for illness
Sep 1 2005 6:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials need better access to airline passenger lists so they can quickly locate those who may have been exposed to infectious diseases during a flight, a major gap in the nation's border defenses, says a new report.
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U.N.: Cholera has killed 500 in Africa
Sep 1 2005 9:35AM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A cholera epidemic spreading across West Africa has sickened tens of thousands of people this year and killed nearly 500 amid a long-term deterioration in health services in one of the world's poorest regions, the United Nations said Thursday.
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Mo. can cut medical equipment payments
Sep 1 2005 9:01AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A federal judge decided to let Missouri move ahead with plans to stop paying for certain medical equipment while he considers a lawsuit aiming to stop the cuts.
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Encephalitis death toll hits 352 in India
Sep 1 2005 8:20AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Japanese encephalitis killed 44 children overnight Thursday in northern India and the government deployed pig catchers in the worst-hit areas to round up swine, which carry the disease that has now claimed 352 lives since midsummer.
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Biogen Idec aims to resume sale of MS drug
Sep 1 2005 1:01AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Biogen Idec Inc. will ask federal regulators to allow it to resume sales of a multiple sclerosis drug linked to a brain disease with additional warning labels, the company's CEO said in an interview.
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