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Indiana Statehouse ceremony honors late Gov. Bowen
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence bowed his head in silence Wednesday during a solemn Statehouse memorial for former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as an honor guard posted in the domed Rotunda kept watch over the late governor's official state portrait...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Human Interest, Government, Regional Authority, Family
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Former Indiana Gov. Bowen dead at 95, funeral to be held in Bremen
Former Indiana Governor Otis "Doc" Bowen, a man with strong ties to our area, has passed away. He was 95 years old. Indiana's current Governor Mike Pence made the announcement Sunday afternoon. And since that time, we've been working the phones, talking...
Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Elections, Human Interest, Executive Branch
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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, George H.W. Bush, Heroin, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Dartmouth College
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Medical marijuana use draws criticism
Medical marijuana has turned into a windfall for the state of Michigan. Applications brought in $10 million last year, but not everyone is a fan. Voters legalized medical marijuana in 2008. It was promoted as an initiative to help the critically ill,...
Tags: Lawyers, Back Pain, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Study: People worldwide living longer, but sicker
LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far...Tags: Physical Conditions, Health, Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Mental Health
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Condom conundrum: Porn industry ponders latex law
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The show must go on, is the entertainer's credo, and it did just that in the nation's Porn Capital even after Los Angeles County voted to require performers to use condoms when filming sex scenes. One of the industry's biggest...Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Celebrities, Career and Workplace, Voting, Justice System
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Man charged in sexual assault of boy, 14
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Police say an HIV-positive Ypsilanti man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met through an annual Christmas dinner he sponsored. Fifty-three-year-old Leonardo Devinci Christian was arraigned...Tags: Christmas, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, HIV
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HIV prevention pill for heterosexuals at risk too
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health officials are telling doctors they should consider an AIDS prevention pill for women and heterosexual men at high risk for getting the virus. The government previously advised doctors to give the once-a-day pill Truvada...Tags: Truvada, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV, Drugs and Medicines
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Critics blast Tennessee's 'no holding-hands bill'
(AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Spurred by a classroom demonstration involving a sex toy, Tennessee recently enacted a pro-abstinence sex education law that is among the strictest in the nation. The most debated section of the bill bars educators from...Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health, Bill Haslam, Justice System, Medical Research
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Events to mark World AIDS Day planned across Michiana
World AIDS Day will be observed Thursday in St. Joseph and Elkhart counties of Indiana and Berrien County in Michigan. AIDS Ministries/AIDS Assist will host a candle-lighting memorial from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in offices in St. Joseph and Elkhart counties:...Tags: World AIDS Day, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, HIV
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Taiwan hospital transplants 5 HIV-infected organs
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — One of Taiwan's best regarded hospitals says it transplanted organs from an HIV carrier into five patients in what appears to be one of the most serious examples of medical negligence in the island's modern history. A National...Tags: Taipei (Taiwan), Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Taiwan
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UNAIDS to Vatican: Pope's HIV-condom view helpful
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says Pope Benedict XVI's comments about the use of condoms in preventing HIV transmission had opened new prospects for dialogue with the U.N. about the best ways to fight AIDS. Dr. Michel Sidibe,...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Benedict XVI, Vatican City, HIV
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