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    May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Stores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers

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    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host...

    Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, Drug Trafficking, Criminals, War Crimes

    2. May 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. At annual meeting, McDonald's CEO fields questions on nutrition, wages

    McDonald's executives fielded a number of questions at the company's annual shareholder meeting Thursday, including its role in the global obesity epidemic, marketing to children and wages for entry-level workers at its restaurants.
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    McDonald's executives fielded a number of questions at the company's annual shareholder meeting Thursday, including its role in the global obesity epidemic, marketing to children and wages for entry-level workers at its restaurants. "We don't sell junk...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Healthy Diet, Lifestyle and Leisure, Weight

    3. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Chipmunks and squirrels can carry plague, health officials warn

    Here's a summer reminder: Chipmunks and squirrels can carry infected fleas and plague, a bacterial disease people can contract through close contact with the furry animals, health officials warned.
    Here's a summer reminder: Chipmunks and squirrels can carry infected fleas and plague, a bacterial disease people can contract through close contact with the furry animals, health officials warned. “Plague is naturally present in many parts of...

    Tags: Health Organizations, Pets

    4. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. GSK flu shot may raise adult narcolepsy risk -Finnish scientists

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    HELSINKI/LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday....

    Tags: Sleep Disorders, Disease Prevention, Finland, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Vaccines

    5. May 22, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. When it comes to deadly viruses, what's in a name?

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    * Virus discovered last year has had at least five names * Proposed new name is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome * Could prove controversial given other naming rows By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - For a...

    Tags: England, EMC Corporation, Arts and Culture, India, Diseases and Illnesses

    6. May 21, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. China's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion

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    GENEVA (Reuters) - The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on Tuesday. Health authorities worldwide must be...

    Tags: China, Respiratory Disease, Bird Flu, Health Organizations, Consumer Confidence

    7. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Grand Canyon wildlife event to honor memory of park biologist

    GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -- Eric York was obsessed with the big cats -- their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park’s annual tourist invasion. For years, he wandered the area’s crags, gullies and woods, tracking and tagging the...

    Tags: Wildlife, Rome (Italy), Human Interest, Pneumonic Plague, Flu

    8. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?

    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...

    Tags: Suicidal Behavior, Emergency Incidents, University of Utah, Medical Research, Explosions

    9. May 15, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD

    If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice). Dr. Jonathan Fielding heads <a href="http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/">L.A. County's Department of Public Health</a>, which is bigger than some states' health departments. A pediatrician by training and the head of the county's health programs since 1998, Fielding is such a believer that he and his wife, Karin, turned savvy investments into a $50-million gift last year to UCLA's School of Public Health. Here he takes the temperature of the medical and political aspects of his work.
    If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...

    Tags: AIDS, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance Cost, FBI

    10. May 14, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. Big four cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

    NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&amp;T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer.
    NEW YORK (AP) — The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon...

    Tags: Government, Science, Advertising, National Government, Elections

    11. May 13, 2013 |Story| Wrap

  11. '2016: Obama's America' Docu Producer Misses Mark With Oscar Beef

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    May 13 (TheWrap.com) - Documentary filmmakers are supposed to be devoted to the truth, but Gerald Molen appears to have entered a realm of pure fantasy. Molen, the producer of the documentary "2016: Obama's America" (and before that, an Oscar winner...

    Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Movies, Voting, Chimpanzee (movie), Barack Obama

    12. May 13, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  12. Coronavirus epidemic awaits, not certain to be severe -discoverer

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    * Doctor first identified virus in Saudi Arabia last year * Disease has killed at least 18 people worldwide * Doctor says world in better position than with SARS By Alexander Dziadosz CAIRO, May 13 (Reuters) - The doctor who discovered a new SARS-like...

    Tags: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Health Organizations, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics

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