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Missouri opts for untested drug for executions
3 hours 37 mins ago
The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for the condemned.
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Report: State tobacco prevention funding lacking
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States have spent only about 3 percent of the billions they've received in tobacco taxes and legal settlements over the last decade to fund tobacco prevention programs, making it harder to reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco use, according to a report released Thursday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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UN global health agency chief wins 2nd term
1 day ago
Dr. Margaret Chan, who has steered the World Health Organization through crises over bird flu and the respiratory SARS bug, has won a second five-year term as its director-general.
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Man says Ore. psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay
20 hours 42 mins ago
Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, as well as his deficient relationships with older men, particularly his father.
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Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis
21 hours 49 mins ago
A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, officials said Wednesday.
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Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood
1 day ago
A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan _ a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation.
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Study: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, Africa
2 days ago
More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to fight the disease, a study said Tuesday.
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Final advice: Panel against routine prostate test
2 days ago
Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good.
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6-year-olds wander from Pa. school to museum
Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are investigating an impromptu field trip of sorts that occurred when two 6-year-old students wandered away from their school and walked to the city's Children's Museum a few ...
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Romney faces tough questions from black leaders
Mitt Romney is facing tough questions about how his education proposals would affect black communities.
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Finance
News Summary: Land conflicts stunt Vietnam plans
DEVELOPMENT BLOCKED: Construction foreman Do Quoc Tai and his neighbors have strong-armed the Vietnamese government, blocking a major ring road in Hanoi that's a symbol of the country's push to modernize.
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Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis
A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, ...
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