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U.S health secretary warns of flu pandemic
Oct 10 2005 8:06PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The likelihood of a human flu pandemic is very high, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt warned Monday as he sought Southeast Asian cooperation to combat the spread of bird flu.
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Study suggests fish is good for brain
Oct 10 2005 6:49PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Eating fish at least once a week is good for the brain, slowing age-related mental decline by the equivalent of three to four years, a study suggests.
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Group: Africa turns back on AIDS kids
Oct 10 2005 6:44PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Governments, schools and communities are turning their backs on the education needs of children affected by AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, an international rights organization said Monday.
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Envisioning a 21st-century quarantine
Oct 10 2005 6:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Quarantine _ or some version of it _ in a 21st-century flu pandemic would look very different from the medieval stereotype of diseased outcasts locked in a do-not-enter zone.
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New SIDS policy recommends pacifiers
Oct 10 2005 6:28PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Babies should be offered pacifiers at bedtime, and they should sleep in their parents' room _ but not in their beds _ in order to lessen the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the nation's largest group of pediatricians says.
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Michigan lawmakers tackling kids' obesity
Oct 10 2005 11:24AM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Troubled by Michigan's designation as one of the nation's most overweight states, a state Senate committee is scheduled to hear testimony this week about childhood obesity.
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Turkey, Romania begin slaughtering fowl
Oct 10 2005 5:22AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - The slaughter of thousands of domestic fowl in Turkey and Romania began Sunday as a precaution against the spread of bird flu after both countries confirmed their first cases of the disease over the weekend.
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