| | Testing overseas may explain big drop in TB cases
Mar 19 2010 5:28PM CT
ATLANTA (AP) - An unexpected big drop in new U.S. tuberculosis cases is probably because of stepped up screening and treatment of immigrants before they leave their native countries, health officials say. | | |
 AP Enterprise: NASA, cruise line got flu shots
Mar 18 2010 1:39PM CT
ATLANTA (AP) - Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho. | | |
 Doctors, AARP support new health overhaul bill
Mar 19 2010 2:37PM CT
CHICAGO (AP) - The nation's largest association of doctors and the AARP senior citizens' lobby are endorsing President Barack Obama's revised health overhaul legislation. | | |
Kraft to cut salt in its North American foods
Mar 18 2010 6:38AM CT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will cut the salt in its products that are sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years to appeal to health-conscious consumers. | | |
 Attempt stalls to ban smoking at Calif state parks
Mar 18 2010 2:35PM CT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An attempt by the California Legislature to impose what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks stalled Thursday over objections it would inappropriately punish smokers. | | |
 US clinic sparks debate with UK human egg raffle
Mar 17 2010 7:25PM CT
LONDON (AP) - An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar in London on Wednesday. | | |
 Prescription-drug heists on the rise
Mar 17 2010 3:11PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs for resale on the black market. | | |
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