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Johnson Co. syphilis outbreak worries officials
FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — Johnson County officials are urging residents to take precautions and get early screening after seeing a spike in the number of syphilis cases among young people. Health officer Dr. Craig Moorman says the county has 25...
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Panel reveals new details of 1940's medical experiment
ATLANTA (AP) — New details are being disclosed about one of the darker episodes of medical research in U.S. history — experiments on humans in the 1940s. A presidential panel on Monday described details of U.S. medical experiments done in...Tags: Medical Research, Health
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Test gets almost 1 in 5 syphilis cases wrong
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say hundreds of people may have been told they have syphilis when they don't. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a study of five U.S. labs shows about 18 percent of the positive results from a...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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'Mad Men' recap: 'A Tale of Two Cities'
For The Baltimore SunThe unrest of the ‘60s is still simmering. As the political tensions rise, so escalates the turmoil in Don Draper’s world. ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ focused on fierce rivalries: East versus West Coast, Joan versus Pete and Cutler...Tags: Miscarriage, Heart Attack, 2012 Democratic National Convention, John Slattery
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Men charged with forcing woman into prostitution to pay debts
Two alleged pimps — accused of smuggling a Mexican woman into Orange County and forcing her into prostitution to pay off the debt of an ill family member — were arraigned Wednesday on charges related to human trafficking and prostitution,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System, Crimes, Prostitution
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Porn star pleads no contest in syphilis case
An attorney for the porn actor "Mr. Marcus," who hid the fact he tested positive for syphilis, said his client pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of exposing another to a communicable disease to get out of jail. Los Angeles County Superior Court...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Judges, Trials, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Justice System
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Toulouse-Lautrec exhibit brings Paris summer to Allentown
Imagine yourself in Paris in 1890. The Eiffel Tower, built the year before for the World's Fair, looms over the city. Below, a sense of the new is everywhere, from the grand avenue of Champs-Elysees to the music hall Folies Bergere. You are in the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, French Literature, Music, Paris (France)
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STI havens within galloping distance of Preakness
The Baltimore SunIf indecent exposure laws aren't enough to give adventurous Pimlico infield visitors pause, here's another disincentive: The famous race course lies inside of one of Baltimore's statistical hot spots for gonorrhea. Just in time for the end of national...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Charles Street, Pimlico
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10 things you might not know about poison
This month has been one big hazmat spill. An Elvis impersonator from Mississippi was arrested and later released after letters containing the deadly poison ricin were mailed to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a judge. On the other side of the...
Tags: Fiction, Nate Burleson, Netflix Inc., National Football League, U.S. Army
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Arkansas Senate aims to cut off state funds to abortion providers
ReutersLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The Republican-led Arkansas Senate, in the latest statehouse swipe at abortion providers around the country, approved a bill on Tuesday that sponsors said was aimed at cutting off the last vestiges of state funding to...Tags: Washington, DC, Abortion, Family Planning, Mike Beebe, Social Issues
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The Wadsworth Examines Caravaggio and His Legacy
Burst of Light: Caravaggio and His Legacy Ends June 16, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, Hartford, thewadsworth.org It is nearly impossible to look at a painting by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi, 1572-1610) without pondering...
Tags: Arts, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rome (Italy), Bars and Clubs
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