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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: Saudi Arabia, Diseases and Illnesses, Cairo (Egypt), Arabian Peninsula, Epidemics and Plagues
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Coronavirus epidemic awaits, not certain to be severe - discoverer
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - The doctor who discovered a new SARS-like virus says it will probably trigger an epidemic at some point, but not necessarily in its current virulent form. The new strain of coronavirus (nCoV) that Ali Mohamed Zaki found last year,...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, Cairo (Egypt), Epidemics and Plagues, Pneumonia
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Two people in France ill after contact with coronavirus victim
Reuters* Victims include doctor who attended virus carrier * Tests carried out, results to be known soon - authority LILLE, France, May 9 (Reuters) - Two people who had contact with a Frenchman who is seriously ill with the new SARS-like coronavirus have...Tags: France, Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Cancer Prevention Study seeks volunteers
It's often far too easy to underestimate the importance of cancer research — until you hear the words "you have cancer." Those three words can make all the difference between simply absorbing news about developments in cancer research and truly...Tags: Wind Gap, Medical Research, American Cancer Society, Anglicanism, Christianity
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LETTER: Good Reasons For Genetic Labeling
I strongly support labeling of genetically engineered food. As a pediatric hematologist/oncologist, I was a loyal supporter of mainstream pediatrics during my professional years but have learned otherwise in retirement. Much animal data shows the...Tags: Genetic Engineering, Vaccines, Arable Farming, Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration
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Don't mandate labeling for gene-altered foods
Should the government require companies to label food that contains genetically modified organisms? Last November, California voters rejected a ballot initiative that would require such labeling, but bills that would do so were recently introduced in...Tags: Genetic Engineering, Medical Research, American Medical Association, Consumers, Consumer Goods Industries
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Elan enters $1 billion royalty deal with Theravance over potential respiratory drug sales
Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. PLC plans to pay $1 billion for the right to future royalties from four respiratory treatments being developed by Theravance Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline. The deal announced Monday will give Elan 21 percent of the future...Tags: Theravance Incorporated, Moody's Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Elan Corporation Plc, Food and Drug Administration
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Lehigh County 9th in U.S. in newborn deaths
When the international child welfare organization Save The Children began crunching the data for its latest report on mortality rates of newborn babies, it came up with a locally stunning finding: Of the largest counties in the United States, Lehigh...
Tags: Demographics, Family, Health and Medical Professionals, Premature Birth, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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'Tree of Life' honors cancer victims
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentOSCEOLA -- Steve Richards learned his carpentry skills from his father. After he lost his father to cancer, he wanted to honor him through woodworking. Steve created a “Tree of Life” from different types of wood that will be displayed at...Tags: American Cancer Society, Human Interest, Healthy Diet, Lobbying, Relay for Life
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South Florida gay community watching NYC meningitis outbreak
With a deadly meningitis outbreak sickening an unusually high number of gay men in New York City, many in South Florida are on edge and on watch. South Florida was among the regions alerted by the New York State Department of Health about recently...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, New York City, Meningitis, AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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FDA allows generic forms of Endo Health's Opana ER painkiller
ReutersBy Zeba Siddiqui May 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday denied Endo Health Solutions' petition to block generic forms of its widely abused prescription pain drug Opana ER, a surprise decision by an agency that has recently...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Pain, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heroin, Hospitals and Clinics
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Chad's Champions ready for Relay for Life
Members of Team Chad's Champions are gearing up for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, the 24-hour walk on May 4 and 5 at Johnny Carson Park. The walk begins at 9 a.m. Saturday and ends at 9 a.m. Sunday. Team Chad's Champions was created to...
Tags: Butterfly Ballots, American Cancer Society, Chad, Human Interest, Colon Cancer
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