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Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at...
Tags: Tornadoes, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Natural Disasters, Briarwood, Health and Safety at School
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A look at automatic budget cuts in Indiana
Military and education would take big hits in Indiana from automatic cuts to the federal budget set to take effect this week, according to a report the White House issued Sunday. The White House compiled the numbers from federal agencies and its own...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress, Whooping Cough, U.S. Department of Defense, Substance Abuse
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SeaWorld attack: Video captures dolphin biting little girl
8-year-old Jillian Thomas is so obsessed with dolphins that when her parents brought her to SeaWorld Orlando last week, she made sure to visit the dolphin cove twice. But she and her parents received the fright of their lives when the marine mammal...
Tags: Zoology, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, SeaWorld, Theme Park Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks
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How to avoid being bitten by dogs
Of the 4.7 million Americans bitten by dogs annually, more than half are children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TheU.S. Postal Service, the medical community, veterinarians and the insurance industry are working together to...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Mail Order Industry, Preventative Medicine, Animal Attacks
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La Caņada Kiwanis and student clubs raise funds
Members of the Kiwanis Club of La Caņada and La Caņada High School students who are members of the Key and Builders clubs, together raised money last weekend to support eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus, which kills thousands of babies every...
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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: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Internists, Whooping Cough, Diseases and Illnesses, Diphtheria
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Bonnaroo plays seduction song
For RedEyeI'm over Lollapalooza. Don't get me wrong—it's a great festival, particularly if you are a 15-year-old suburbanite who just loves neon crop tops, molly and being too intoxicated to stay coherent through Deadmau5. Up until a few years ago, that...Tags: Entertainment Events, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Arts and Culture
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Moore, Okla.: 24 dead, 240 hurt, 10,000 displaced, 2,400 homes struck
MOORE, Okla. – Residents on Wednesday attempted to return to lives wrecked two days ago by a major tornado, as search and rescue operations began slowly to turn into the first steps to a long recovery. In a first since Monday -- when a tornado...
Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Tornadoes, Politics, Mary Fallin
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Tornado cleanup: Muddy headstones, a tilted Jesus, a stray photo
MOORE, Okla.--The Moore Cemetery was full of life on Wednesday. Hundreds of volunteers, clutching shovels, rakes and trash bags, marched down SW 4th Street to go to work in this vast, normally flat grassland where the city has buried its dead since...
Tags: Tornadoes, The Home Depot, Natural Disasters, Dwayne Johnson
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Oklahoma turns to mammoth task of cleanup after tornado
MOORE, Okla. — Under a sunny sky, residents of this Oklahoma City suburb began cleaning up debris from the monstrous tornado that inflicted death and destruction — bodies of animals, overturned cars, homes reduced to rubble — as more...Tags: College Baseball, Tornadoes, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Mary Fallin, Animal
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Newer whooping cough vaccine not as protective
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A newer version of the whooping cough vaccine doesn't protect kids as well as the original, which was phased out in the 1990s because of safety concerns, according to a new study. During a 2010-2011 outbreak of whooping...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pediatrics, Whooping Cough, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses
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Man celebrates birthday with fundraiser
An Aberdeen man wants to use his birthday to raise money for an immunization project. Glenn Jakober, who will turn 70 on May 23, is raising funds to support Kiwanis International's efforts to eliminate maternal neonatal tetanus in developing countries....Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses, UNICEF
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