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A Genetics Pioneer Who Mapped the Inner World
Washington Post - By David Brown Insights from the fully transcribed human genome — those 3 billion letters of DNA — will drive the medical discoveries of the 21st century and probably the 22nd century as well. |
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CDC: Foreign-Born Groups In US At Higher TB Risk
AHN - Atlanta, GA (AHN) - Foreign-born immigrants account for more than half of new tuberculosis cases in the US in recent years, according to a study in a major medical journal. |
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FDA Inspectors Say Peppers May Be Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
Voice of America - By Paul Sisco US government inspectors searching for the cause of a recent salmonella outbreak have a new lead. Inspectors at the US Food and Drug Administration have linked a Mexican grown jalepeno pepper to the outbreak that has spread through the … |
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Experts say reproductive tourism a growing worry
Reuters - By Michael Kahn LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty years after doctors delivered the world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, fertility experts say they must tackle a growing problem of reproductive tourism that puts women and babies at risk. Free-market baby making In vitro fertilization called an ethical failure |
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Fighting West Nile
Alexandria Gazette Packet - By Michael Lee Pope Ever since West Nile virus was first identified in the United States in 1999, the city of Alexandria has been taking steps to identify potential problems and help residents protect themselves. |
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Mayor Joins Forces With Bill Gates To Snuff Out Smoking
NY1 - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced a $500 million global effort to snuff out smoking Wednesday. "Tobacco is the leading agent of preventable death - more deadly than TB, AIDS and malaria combined," said Bloomberg. |
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Florida Tomato Growers Due Amends
Tampa Tribune - Florida's tomato farmers were not to blame for the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1200 people this summer, but they have suffered the brunt of the economic consequences. |
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Pennsylvania Mother Who Tried To Poison Infant Son In Hospital
dBTechno - Washington (dbTechno) - A Pennsylvania mother who is accused of trying to poison her 4-month-old son by injecting him with salt water has been sent to a state mental hospital. Mom accused of poisoning son sent to Pa. hospital Tennessee woman to get psychiatric treatment |
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Blacks in Congress Split Over Menthol Cigarettes
New York Times - By STEPHANIE SAUL Free cigarettes are no longer handed out at Congressional Black Caucus functions. And it has been years since anyone referred to Edolphus Towns, Democrat of Brooklyn, as the “Marlboro Man” for his campaign contributions from the … Black caucus divided by menthol New York Times Examines Congressional Black Caucus' Position on … |
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Victor McKusick dies
Scientist - Victor McKusick, widely regarded as the father of medical genetics, died on Tuesday, July 22, of complications due to cancer. He was 86 years old. |
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