 | Police: U.S. seniors fight off muggers, killing one (News)
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A tour group of U.S. senior citizens fought off a band of muggers in eastern Costa Rica, sending two of the assailants fleeing and killing a third, police said Thursday.
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| Feds: Millions have eaten chickens fed tainted pet food (News)
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People have eaten millions of chickens that were given feed tainted with recalled pet food, federal officials said Tuesday, though they said the threat to human health is minimal.
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| Officials search for salmonella source (News)
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Government scientists struggled Thursday to pinpoint the source of the first U.S. salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, the kid favorite packed into millions of lunchboxes every day.
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| Police: U.S. seniors fight off muggers, killing one (News)
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A tour group of U.S. senior citizens fought off a band of muggers in eastern Costa Rica, sending two of the assailants fleeing and killing a third, police said Thursday.
Tags: Red Cross Disaster Relief Tour operators Disasters (General) Bioterrorism United States San Jose Costa Rica Luis Hernandez Relief Aid Organizations |
| U.S. seeks fliers possibly exposed to rare TB (News)
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Federal health authorities said Tuesday that they are looking for people who may have been exposed to a rare and potentially fatal form of tuberculosis from an infected passenger during two trans-Atla..
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| Get the diet scoop: 6 promising supplements, 6 to avoid (News)
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The sales pitches are irresistible: "Lose 2 Pounds a Day!" "Burn Fat Round the Clock!" "Learn the Amazing Weight-Loss Secret of Hollywood's Sex Symbols!" OK, maybe that's..
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| FDA: Throw away toothpaste made in China (News)
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The government warned consumers on Friday to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze.
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| N.Y. lawmaker want weight standard for models (News)
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Fearing that young models strutting down the runways in New York City are too skinny, a state lawmaker proposes that weight standards be established for the fashion and entertainment industries.
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| Cervical cancer vaccine meeting roadblocks (News)
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Girls jumping rope chant "one less, one less," in TV commercials for the new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, vowing they will be one less cancer patient.
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| Overuse of skin numbing creams can cause death, FDA says (News)
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People who use large amounts of skin-numbing creams and lotions, often in conjunction with cosmetic procedures, are at risk of irregular heartbeats, seizures and even death, U.S. health officials warn..
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| Overuse of skin numbing creams can cause death, FDA says (News)
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People who use large amounts of skin-numbing creams and lotions, often in conjunction with cosmetic procedures, are at risk of irregular heartbeats, seizures and even death, U.S. health officials warn..
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| FDA approves first nonprescription sale of diet pill (News)
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Dieters got a new tool Wednesday to help them take off the extra pounds -- the first government-approved nonprescription diet pill.
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| Lead-laden lunchboxes OK'd by government (News)
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In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunchboxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe -- and several had more than 10 times h..
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| Lead-laden lunchboxes OK'd by government (News)
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In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunchboxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe -- and several had more than 10 times h..
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| Police: U.S. seniors fight off muggers, killing one (News)
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A tour group of U.S. senior citizens fought off a band of muggers in eastern Costa Rica, sending two of the assailants fleeing and killing a third, police said Thursday.
Tags: Red Cross Disaster Relief Tour operators Disasters (General) Bioterrorism United States San Jose Costa Rica Luis Hernandez Relief Aid Organizations |
| Dog biscuits added to recall list (News)
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The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday it has identified additional contaminated pet food products -- dog biscuits made by Sunshine Mills of Red Bay, Alabama.
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| Man with tuberculosis jailed for not wearing mask (News)
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Behind the county hospital's tall cinderblock walls, a 27-year-old tuberculosis patient who spent years living in Russia sits in a jail cell equipped with a ventilation system that keeps germs from es..
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| Antidepressants' benefits trump risks for kids (News)
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Authors of a new comprehensive analysis of antidepressants for children and teenagers say the benefits of treatment trump the small risk of increasing some patients' chances of having suicidal thought..
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| Nuclear pact not reached; S. Korea still to give North food (News)
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South Korea agreed Sunday to send 400,000 tons of rice to impoverished North Korea despite the communist government's failure to meet a deadline to shut down its nuclear reactor.
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| FDA to test imported food ingredients for contamination (News)
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For the time, the Food and Drug Administration said it will test ingredients imported for use in the human food supply in connection with the nationwide pet food recall that has killed, by some estima..
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| Strained VA hands out five-figure bonuses (News)
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Months after a politically embarrassing $1 billion shortfall that put veterans' health care in peril, Veterans Affairs officials involved in the foul-up got hefty bonuses ranging up to $33,000.
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| China detains manager at heart of U.S. pet food recall (News)
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The manager of the Chinese company suspected of selling tainted wheat flour to the United States has been detained for nearly two weeks outside Beijing, CNN has learned.
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| Gay bishop plans civil union with partner of 18 years (News)
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The openly gay Episcopal bishop at the center of the Anglican Church's global battle over homosexuality said Thursday he hopes to enter into a civil union with his partner next year.
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| FDA: Melamine-tainted poultry, fish safe for humans (News)
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Approximately 80,000 chickens exposed to feed tainted with the industrial chemical melamine have been declared safe for human consumption, federal health officials said Friday.
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| Pill meant to end periods poised for approval (News)
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Women looking for a simple way to avoid their menstrual period could soon have access the first birth control pill designed to let women suppress monthly bleeding indefinitely.
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