Archive for June, 2008
Monday 30 June 2008 @ 4:06 am
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West Nile season arrives in Colorado
Denver Post - By Howard Pankratz A mosquito at work. Its from "Rx for Survival — A Global Health Challenge," a 6-hour PBS documentary series examining critical health problems worldwide and many of the people who are helping find solutions. West Nile found in state Horse dies of complications of West Nile virus |
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Monday 30 June 2008 @ 4:06 am
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Smoking ban expected to enforce itself in 2 years
DesMoinesRegister.com - By JEFF ECKHOFF • jeckhoff@dmreg.com • June 28, 2008 The state expects to make roughly 800 "compliance checks" during the first year of a statewide smoking ban scheduled to take effect Tuesday, but that number should drop to nearly zero within two … Smokefree rules approved Friday State Establishes Smoking Ban Rules |
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Monday 30 June 2008 @ 4:06 am
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Search for bad ground beef down to 2 Kroger suppliers
Detroit Free Press - BY SARAH TOMPKINS • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • June 28, 2008 The US Department of Agriculture has narrowed the focus of its investigation into E. coli-contaminated ground beef at Kroger stores to two Nebraska-based suppliers, according to information … UPDATE 1-Kroger says voluntarily recalling ground beef E. Coli count updated |
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Monday 30 June 2008 @ 2:06 am
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Parties fight over process
2TheAdvocate - By SARAH CHACKO Republican groups and others are accusing US Rep. Don Cazayoux of blocking debate on measures to explore domestic oil drilling and other initiatives crucial to lowering the price of gas. Senate Democrats Attack Republicans on Medicare Medicare Pricing Frozen As Congress Leaves Town |
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Monday 30 June 2008 @ 2:06 am
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House passes bill to prevent Medicaid cuts
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - By Bobby Harrison JACKSON - The Mississippi House passed legislation Friday to prevent Gov. Haley Barbour from enacting cuts in the Medicaid program to deal with a $90 million deficit in state funding. Barbour focuses on Medicaid Bill aims to stop Medicaid cuts |
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Monday 30 June 2008 @ 2:06 am
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Cancer Cure in Mice to Get Human Trials
RedOrbit - By Zoe Elizabeth Buck, The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC Jun. 29–Clinical trials begin this week at Wake Forest University on a cancer therapy that has completely cured the disease in every mouse tested over the past few years. Promising Cancer Treatment Enters Testing Phase Could a blood transfusion be a cure for cancer? |
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Monday 30 June 2008 @ 2:06 am
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Testing day brings results in a hurry
The Express Times - By JD MALONE That's the logic community health specialist Kari Kirchgessner uses at the Bethlehem Health Bureau to convince people to learn their HIV status. Test For Life Shares Senator Burr Statement on National HIV … National HIV Testing Day Helps Million Stay Protected |
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Sunday 29 June 2008 @ 5:06 am
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Quintuplets look healthy after being born 9 weeks early at Arizona …
Houston Chronicle - By JEMIMAH NOONOO Residents Stephen and Ellen Howell welcomed quintuplets last week in Phoenix, where the 33-year-old new mother is under the care of a specialist. Quintuplets from Houston Born in Phoenix 10th set of quintuplets born at Banner hospital |
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