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Hawaii begins airport watch for bird flu
Nov 4 2005 10:20PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii became the first state in the nation this week to monitor airports for signs of bird flu or other flu viruses, health officials said.
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Resistant staph afflicts Tenn. student
Nov 4 2005 10:19PM (CT)
DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) - A high school student here was diagnosed with a dangerous strain of staphylococcus infection. The Dyer County School System notified students and parents Thursday and told parents to look for the symptoms of the infection.
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Bill Gates fights to end malaria
Nov 4 2005 10:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The world's richest man, Bill Gates, believes it is possible to completely wipe out malaria that kills thousands every day but gets comparatively little attention because it mostly affects poor countries.
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Probe finds dose fatal to Calif. patient
Nov 4 2005 9:59PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - State health regulators cited a second Kaiser Permanente hospital in the South Bay for giving the wrong medication this summer to a patient who later died.
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Four new Legionnaires' cases found in S.D.
Nov 4 2005 9:57PM (CT)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Four new cases of Legionnaires' disease all have links to a Rapid City restaurant where a fountain has been identified as a source of an outbreak, the South Dakota Department of Health said Friday.
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China, Vietnam report new flu outbreaks
Nov 4 2005 6:03PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China and Vietnam reported new bird flu outbreaks in poultry Friday despite massive prevention efforts, while Japan prepared to destroy 180,000 birds to stop a suspected outbreak and Thailand announced plans to distribute its own generic anti-viral drug.
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States have own plans for bird flu
Nov 4 2005 10:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - States have their own ideas for dealing with an outbreak of bird flu or other super-flu strain _ readying possible quarantine sites and talking about closing schools and businesses.
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