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Pedestrian-car crashes continue to rise
Reporter and PhotographerWalkers beware-- more of you are are not making it from Point A to Point B safely. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released a new warning for pedestrians. In 2010 the number of people hit and killed by vehicles rose by 4%. 2010 is...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Car Safety Tips and Advice, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Officials study valley fever outbreak at solar power projects
Epidemiologists are investigating an outbreak of valley fever that has sickened 28 workers at two large solar power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. Staff from the California Department of Public Health, and investigators from the...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Symptoms
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Fundraiser to support man with lymphoma
One of the men who usually spends his spring helping get Aberdeen parks ready for visitors is instead in Sioux Falls battling cancer. Owen Ormand, 57, has worked for the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department for 18 years. But he was...Tags: Biotechnology, Health Treatments, Science and Technology, Lymphoma, Auction Service
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Antibiotics report ignores food safety
A recent Environmental Working Group (EWG) report blames antibiotic use in food animals for the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria. This report overlooks important data and the facts about food safety. Consumers can remain confident that strict...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Science, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Howard County health briefs
Screenings The county Health Department's North Laurel Health Center, 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road, will offer walk-in HIV/AIDS testing services from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays and Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. by appointment: 410-313-0630. Also,...Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Howard County General Hospital, Agriculture, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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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: Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests, France, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Symptoms
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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, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, American Cancer Society
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Pulmonary hypertension often misdiagnosed, research finds
Whitney Gaspar has long known that she didn't have much endurance. When she was in secondary school, Gaspar said she ran a "slow mile" in gym class of 14 to 15 minutes and "avoided stuff (that required) a lot of endurance." Then in December 1999,...
Tags: University of Michigan, Drugs and Medicines, Asthma, Internists, Education
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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: Arable Farming, Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology, Vaccines, Genetic Engineering
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China reports one more bird flu death, toll rises to 32
ReutersBEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - China reported one more death from a new strain of bird flu on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 32, with the number of infections staying at 129, the official Xinhua news agency said. A 56-year-old man died in the central...Tags: China, Bird Flu
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1715 GMT, May 08
ReutersMay 8 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were sceptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let...Tags: Bashar Assad, Malaysia, European Union, Benjamin Netanyahu, Beijing (China)
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William H. Hoffman, engineer
William H. Hoffman, a retired U.S. Food and Drug Administration official, died Monday from septic shock after kidney transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The longtime Ellicott City resident was 81. William Harry Hoffman was...
Tags: Woodlawn (Bronx, New York), Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration, Engineering
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