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After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead
3 hours 5 mins ago
The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts.
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Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy
6 hours 3 mins ago
Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.
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Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device
10 hours 58 mins ago
New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling.
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What do we eat? New food map will tell us
19 hours 39 mins ago
Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought.
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Measles surges in UK years after flawed research
19 hours 39 mins ago
More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease.
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Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case
19 hours 52 mins ago
The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers' fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ruled untimely.
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Consumer group flags high SPF ratings on sunscreen
1 day ago
Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, according to a consumer watchdog group.
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Fate of LA pot shops left to voters
1 day ago
Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.
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Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.
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World
How the French economy compares to Germany's, UK's
Here's how the struggling French economy stacks up compared to Germany's and Britain's.
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Finance
Warren Buffett gives young entrepreneurs 10 shares
Meeting Warren Buffett was exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer said winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his life.
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Science & Tech
Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock
NASA's Curiosity rover drills again.
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