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Measuring methane: Can it evaluate cattle feed efficiency and overall health?
PIEDMONT, S.D. - Will cattlemen someday measure their animals' breaths and belches to determine feed efficiency, or whether they're getting sick? Pat and Scott Zimmerman think so. They are principals of C-Lock Inc. in Piedmont, S.D., which has...Tags: University of New Hampshire, Washington State University, Physiology, Environmental Issues, Global Warming
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Adults Need Vaccinations, Too
Internist and Hospital of Central Connecticut medical staff memberMany people believe vaccinations are relegated to childhood, but the viruses and bacteria that cause severe illness in youth can also infect adults. In fact, certain common infectious diseases, like chickenpox or flu, are more aggressive in adulthood....Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Health and Medical Professionals, Preventative Medicine, Tetanus, Disease Prevention
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RPT-FEATURE-Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year...Tags: Vanderbilt University , University of Chicago, Penicillin (drug), HPV Vaccine, Science and Technology
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Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus
ReutersDUBAI, May 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 17. A non-Saudi, whose nationality and age were not...Tags: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health Organizations, International Organizations, Politics
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Harold Shapero, neo-classical composer at Brandeis, dies at 93
Harold Shapero, the American composer and pianist who was associated with the neo-classical style of music and who was a longtime professor at Brandeis University, died Friday of complications from pneumonia. He was 93 and lived in Massachusetts....Tags: Harvard University, Music, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Obituaries
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Health officials probe deadly respiratory illness in Alabama
ReutersBy Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has killed two of 10 people hospitalized with it in Alabama since last week. Preliminary tests do not...Tags: Bird Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests, Staphylococcal Infection , General Practitioners
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Philadelphia faith-healing parents charged in death of baby
ReutersBy Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA, May 22 (Reuters) - A Philadelphia couple was charged on Wednesday in the death of their infant son, the second of their children who prosecutors say died after his parents prayed over him instead of seeking medical attention....Tags: Robin Williams, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Prosecution
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'Cleopatra,' a spectacle on- and off-screen
There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone thinks about the 1963 movie "Cleopatra" for one thing: Liz and Dick. Martin Landau remembers the day when he realized "Cleopatra" stars Elizabeth Taylor and...Tags: Richard Burton, Entertainment, Movies, Lindsay Lohan, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie)
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Golf notebook: Faldo will play when Open returns to Muirfield
ReutersThe Sports Xchange By Tom LaMarre, The Sports Xchange Golf notebook: Faldo will play when Open returns to Muirfield --Sir Nick Faldo announced that he will play in the 153rd Open Championship in July at Muirfield, where he won the oldest tournament...Tags: Personal Service, LPGA Tour, Heat Stroke, Graeme McDowell, England
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Tunisia: Man back from Saudi Arabia dies from coronavirus, 2 children treated and recovered
Associated PressRABAT, Morocco (AP) — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Steroids, Common Cold, International Organizations, Health Organizations
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After days on pins and needles, chilled Mass. sea turtles recovering with help of acupuncture
Associated PressQUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild — from an acupuncturist. Dexter and Fletcher Moon,...Tags: Hypothermia, Acupuncture
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Allentown police identify last 'hero' in boy's creek rescue
Allentown police have identified the man who helped save a 3-year-old boy's life last week by pulling the boy from the Jordan Creek after he was swept into a pipe under the Jordan Park dam. Edwin Aponte allowed another man to hold onto his feet...Tags: Lehigh Valley Hospital, Catasauqua, Allentown
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