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Health Alert Issued: Two Cases of Invasive Infection Often Linked to Infant Formula Under Investigation
Reporter, PhotographerEmployees at Wal-Mart stores across the country are pulling a specific powdered baby formula from the shelves following the death of a 10 day old boy from Lebanon. Avery Cornett is the second infant to be treated during the last month at a Missouri...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Symptoms, Health, Sepsis, Breastfeeding
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L.A. council puts measure to form city health agency on ballot
Feeling backed against a wall by petitioners from an AIDS activist group, Los Angeles City Council members agreed Wednesday to place a measure on next year's ballot asking if voters want the city to create an independent health agency. But then they...Tags: Elections, Healthcare Provider, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Syphilis
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Hopkins epidemiologist tracing outbreak of SARS-like disease
Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Dr. Trish Perl traveled halfway around the world last month to trace the outbreak of a deadly SARS-like disease in Saudi Arabia that's spreading. She and two colleagues pored over hospital records, tracking the spread of...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Demographics, Disease Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore
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L.A. council to ask voters to decide on creating health agency
This post has been corrected. Please see note below for details. Feeling backed against a wall by petitioners from an AIDS activist group, the Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to place a measure on next year’s ballot asking whether voters...Tags: Elections, Health, Syphilis, AIDS, Politics
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PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - June 19
ReutersMOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters) - The following are some of the leading stories in Russia's newspapers on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. VEDOMOSTI http://www.vedomosti.ru - Russia may consider...Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, BP Plc, Viral Diseases and Infections, Summits, National Government
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Ask Mr. Dad: Read, read, read. Read everything
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceDear Mr. Dad: I've always made it a point to read to my 10-year old son, who just finished fourth grade. I know that reading to little kids is important because it helps them build their vocabulary and more. But at this point, he's a strong reader with...Tags: Golf, Education, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Colleges and Universities, Disease Prevention
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MRI may help find infection from tainted injection
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some people who received potentially contaminated steroid injections may benefit from a MRI to check for signs of infection, a new study suggests - even if they don't have obvious symptoms. Researchers screened 172 people...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention, Symptoms, Back Pain, Health Organizations
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Paxson: Bulls' health on the rebound
The Chicago Bulls finally are getting healthy. Unfortunately, their next game isn't until preseason for the 2013-14 season. Speaking at the groundbreaking for their new practice facility adjacent to the United Center, team management said Derrick Rose...
Tags: Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich, Joakim Noah, Luol Deng, John Paxson
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Nueva vacuna china protege a niños contra fiebre aftosa humana
ReutersPor Kate Kelland LONDRES (Reuters) - CientÃficos chinos desarrollaron la primera vacuna para proteger a los niños de un virus llamado enterovirus 71, o EV71, que causa fiebre aftosa humana. La nueva vacuna EV71 no activada, fabricada por Beijing Vigoo...Tags: Enterovirus infection , Beijing (China), Viral Diseases and Infections, Placebo, China
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Nueva vacuna reduce casos de meningitis en à frica a menor nivel en una década
ReutersLONDRES (Reuters) - El número de casos en la temporada de meningitis de este año en Africa fue el menor en 10 años gracias a una nueva vacuna barata diseñada para tratar una variedad de la enfermedad común en el llamado "cinturón de la meningitis",...Tags: Burkina Faso, Africa
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Roanoke County Teen Featured on Kellogg's Products
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterOn the last day of School, one Cave Spring High School sophomore isn't in class but at a Food Lion grocery store in Roanoke County signing his name on cereal boxes. The 16 year old is one of six children nationwide featured on Kellogg's products...Tags: Back Pain, Hospitals and Clinics
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New vaccine protects kids against hand, foot and mouth disease
ReutersBy Kate Kelland LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have developed the first vaccine to protect children against a virus called enterovirus 71, or EV71, that causes the common and sometimes deadly hand, foot and mouth disease. The new...Tags: Disease Prevention, Pharmaceuticals, Japan, Viral Diseases and Infections, Hand, foot and mouth disease
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