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China reports three new bird flu deaths, toll hits 35
ReutersBEIJING, May 13 (Reuters) - Three more people have died in China from the new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus, raising the death toll to 35 while the total number of infections rose to 130, state media said on Monday. Without giving details of the deaths,...Tags: Health Organizations, China, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections
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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. 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: Iraq, Suicide, U.S. Military, Behavioral Conditions, Emergency Incidents
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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: Rome (Italy), Science and Technology, Biology, Pneumonic Plague, Flu
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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...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Michael Bloomberg, Meningitis, Pneumonia, Social Media
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Big four cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads
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: Verizon Communications, Advertising, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Politics
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Coronavirus epidemic awaits, not certain to be severe -discoverer
Reuters* 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: Diseases and Illnesses, Saudi Arabia, Hospitals and Clinics, Arabian Peninsula, Health Organizations
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Military sex crime record should bring shame
Maybe, in the end, we will thank Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinksi, head of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Unit, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery early Sunday after a woman reported he drunkenly approached her in a parking lot and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Kirsten Gillibrand, Los Angeles Times Journalists, Netflix Inc.
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Current China bird flu strain can't cause pandemic -CDC
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) * Virus could mutate -CDC director * If virus mutates, could cause "severe pandemic" * H7N9 began infecting people in February By Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, China, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flu
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 6
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- JERUSALEM/AMMAN - Israel played down weekend air strikes reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers close to Damascus, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbour's civil war but only at stopping Iranian...Tags: Najib Razak, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Trials, FBI
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Changing focus on crop disease
Last year, anthracnose and white mold were the major threats. This year, rust and soybean cyst nematode are the crop diseases that pose the greatest danger to area bean growers, says Sam Markell, a North Dakota State University Extension Service plant...Tags: Weather, Weather Reports, Symptoms
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Otis Bowen, 2-term Indiana governor and Reagan health secretary, dies at age 95
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Otis R. Bowen, who overhauled Indiana's tax system as governor before helping oversee the federal response to the burgeoning AIDS epidemic during President Ronald Reagan's second term, has died. He was 95. Indiana Gov. Mike...Tags: HIV, Parties and Movements, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Ronald Reagan, AIDS
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Chicago Tribune wins Peter Lisagor awards
The Chicago Tribune won 16 Peter Lisagor Awards for outstanding journalism Friday night in a competition sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club. The Tribune's investigative series “Children at Risk,” written by reporters Christy Gutowski...
Tags: NATO, Chicago Sun-Times, NATO Summit, Chicago Tribune
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