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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: Executive Branch, Human Interest, Regional Authority, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics
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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: Executive Branch, Human Interest, Regional Authority, Politics, Elections
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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: Health Care Reform (2009), Consumers, Tobacco Addiction, Politics, Religion and Belief
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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: Glaucoma, HIV, Prosecution, Back Pain, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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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: Tuberculosis, Health, High Blood Pressure, Physical Conditions, 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, Pornography, Politics, Voting, Career and Workplace
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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: HIV, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Christmas
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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: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Truvada, 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: Executive Branch, Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Treatments, Social Sciences
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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: HIV, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Organizations, World AIDS Day
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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: HIV, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Taipei (Taiwan)
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Elton John dedicates song to Taylor at Pa. concert
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elton John paid tribute to Elizabeth Taylor during a concert in Pittsburgh by dedicating a song to the movie icon and AIDS activist. Taylor died Wednesday. The singer is also active in AIDS awareness and said during Wednesday...Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Television, Elizabeth Taylor
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