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Calif. gov. vetoes universal health bill
Sep 22 2006 10:46PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a universal health care bill Friday, saying it would create a "vast new bureaucracy."
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More drug-resistant TB seen in U.S.
Sep 22 2006 10:08PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The worst forms of the killer tuberculosis bug have been gaining ground in the United States, alarming public health officials over imported drug-resistant strains of a disease that is mostly under control in this country.
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Fatal drug mix-up exposes hospital flaws
Sep 22 2006 8:34PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Early last Saturday, nurses at an Indianapolis hospital went to the drug cabinet in the newborn intensive care unit to get blood-thinner for several premature babies.
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Panel pushes for more drug safety aid
Sep 22 2006 8:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two years after the withdrawal of the painkiller Vioxx, a dysfunctional Food and Drug Administration still can't adequately track the safety of new drugs and respond quickly to problems, a panel of experts said Friday.
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Tainted spinach sickens 166 in 25 states
Sep 22 2006 7:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Spinach grown outside California's Salinas Valley got the all-clear from federal health officials Friday, but it could be days before the leafy green returns to store shelves.
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World Bank clears $13M to fight bird flu
Sep 22 2006 11:03AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank has approved a $13 million grant to help combat the threat of the deadly bird flu in the West Bank and Gaza, the development institution announced Friday. The money will be used to help minimize any threats of the bird flu posed to people from the area's domestic poultry industry, it said.
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