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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: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Toulouse-Lautrec works on display this summer in Allentown
To Paul Firos, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was more than just the most significant of the French Post-Impressionist artists. Through his posters that were splashed across Parisian buildings in the late 1800s heralding upcoming events, he was the first...
Tags: Artists, Allentown, Allentown Art Museum, Hobbies, New Britain
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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: Dundalk, Chlamydia , Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, 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: Chicago Tribune, Sports, Seattle Seahawks, Heart Failure, Football
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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, Planned Parenthood, HIV, Republican Party, Politics
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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: Artists, Dining and Drinking, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Rome (Italy), Arts
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Excerpt: 'The Third Coast' by Thomas Dyja
From his stove, Nelson Algren saw a dark shape stumble out of the bar across Wabansia Avenue. It teetered once, then slumped under the Nectar Beer sign, sizzling neon in the bitter February cold. Eight degrees, an army fatigue jacket, and too many shots...
Tags: John Reed, Chicago Tribune, Political Systems, Human Interest, Politics
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Fate of same-sex marriage cases likely to influence public health
Los Angeles TimesAdvocates for and against same-sex marriage will make legal arguments to the Supreme Court this week about whether laws such as the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 run afoul of the Constitution. Meanwhile, in...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage, Medical Research, Crime, Law and Justice
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Marylander who died of rabies contracted disease from kidney transplant
The first Marylander to succumb to rabies since 1976 developed the virus through a kidney transplant that took place more than a year before the Army veteran died of the disease in February, national health and defense officials said Friday. Tests...
Tags: Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, Rabies, Healthcare Policies, Defense
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Md. author explores fascinating, fatal arsenic
For such a long time, arsenic was the perfect poison. It is odorless, colorless and tasteless, so it's difficult to detect when slipped into a food or beverage. Its effects are gradual and cumulative — deflecting suspicion from the killer. The...
Tags: Symptoms, Murder, Malaria, Reisterstown Road, Abusive Behavior
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