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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, Medical Procedures and Tests, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sep 29, 2012
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Feb 10, 2011
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