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U.S. unprepared for super-flu pandemic
Nov 20 2005 11:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is unprepared for the next flu pandemic, lacking the manufacturing capacity to provide 300 million doses of a vaccine for three to five more years, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said Sunday.
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Experts creating bird flu warning system
Nov 20 2005 10:34PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Experts are developing a bird flu warning system that maps migratory routes to help alert countries at risk of receiving infected species, U.N. officials said Sunday.
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Malaria vaccine may be 10 years away
Nov 20 2005 6:59PM (CT)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Scientists in past centuries called the sickness by the Italian phrase "mal aria" _ or "bad air" _ for the supposedly disease-bearing zephyrs wafting from swamps.
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Reaction to ID plan for medical pot mixed
Nov 20 2005 6:58PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Legalizing marijuana use for medical reasons was easy for California voters nearly a decade ago, but putting the law into practice has been anything but simple for state and local officials struggling to identify bona fide pot patients.
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Experts building bird flu warning system
Nov 20 2005 6:58PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Experts have began setting up a bird flu early warning system by mapping routes that are taken by migrating species and places where they rest during their annual travel, United Nations officials said Sunday.
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Exercise goes high-tech on Minn. campus
Nov 20 2005 1:03PM (CT)
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - With the click of a mouse, Cassie Pap flips through cable TV channels, her legs pumping away on a recumbent exercise cycle.
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