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Parents to hear evidence in 2 faith-healing deaths
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine is set to hear evidence against them on Wednesday in the death of a second child. Herbert and Catherine Schaible (SHY'-bul) are in custody after their 8-month-old...
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South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in "serious but stable" condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a lung infection, the government said Saturday, prompting an outpouring of concern from admirers...
Tags: Jacob Zuma, FIFA World Cup, South Africa, Tuberculosis, U.S. Congress
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Slight improvement turns to fear and worry for Guillain-Barre victim
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- On Friday afternoon, as Lori McCune stroked her husband's hair, Rick McCune's face visibly relaxed and his head nudged slightly toward her caress. It's not much of a sign of his awareness of her, but it's more than family and friends could...Tags: Long Term Care, Nursing, Nursing Homes, MRSA, Hospitals and Clinics
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Health care workers sickened by SARS-like virus
NEW YORK (AP) — Global health officials say a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to two health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia. They say the virus has likely already spread person-to-person in...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Healthcare Policies, Saudi Arabia, Viral Diseases and Infections, France
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Indiana dealing with deadliest flu season in years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana, like most states, is in the midst of one of its worst flu seasons in recent years, and health officials say that it's too early to tell whether the season has peaked. The season's 40 flu deaths make it Indiana's...
Tags: Flu, Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu, Asthma, Long Term Care
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu, Health Insurance, American Medical Association, Career and Workplace
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CDC says US flu season starts early, could be bad
NEW YORK (AP) — Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one. Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five Southern states, and the primary strain circulating...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flu, Pharmaceuticals, Swine Flu, Chemical Industry
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Goshen family, dozens of others picket to save jobs
WSBT-TVGOSHEN – As they gathered around a piano in their dining room Monday, the DeMent family did one of the few things that gives them comfort these days – singing praise songs. “What else can go wrong?” asked Rebecca, a mother of...Tags: Birth Defects, Mexico
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Statewide smoking ban will become reality in July
Inside Grandma's Kitchen in Argos, customers can enjoy a cup of joe and side of coleslaw…while they smoke.
“A lot of places already chose not to [allow] smoke in their businesses,” said restaurant owner Louise Metsker. “That...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Doctors encouraged by Billy Graham's recovery
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Doctors say they're encouraged by the Rev. Billy Graham's improvement as he recovers from pneumonia but haven't set a date for his discharge from a North Carolina hospital. Officials at Mission Hospital in Asheville say...Tags: Physical Therapy, Franklin Graham, Health Treatments, Billy Graham, Hospitals and Clinics
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NY hospital mistakenly bills patients for millions
NEW YORK (AP) — Patients at a New York City hospital are getting billed for tens of millions of dollars because of a computer error. Unemployed doorman Alexis Rodriguez says he almost became ill when he received a $44.8 million bill from the Bronx-...Tags: Bronx (New York City), New York City, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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FDA says Pfizer's Prevnar vaccine works in adults
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health scientists say Pfizer's best-selling vaccine Prevnar is at least as effective as a competing vaccine from Merck at helping prevent potentially deadly infections in adults Prevnar 13 is designed to reduce the risk of...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Meningitis, Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Company Incorporated, Health
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