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FDA Looking For Tainted Eggs Source
Mid-Utah Radio - Manti UT, Aug 24, 2010 / (SALT LAKE CITY )-Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration are working to find the cause of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 1,300 people and forced a recall of more than half a billion eggs.
Answers about the giant egg recall
- The Des Moines Register - Des Moines IACongress probes lack of egg producer regulation
- The Des Moines Register - Des Moines IAFederal court blocks Obama administration's stem cell policy
Catholic World News, Aug 24, 2010 / Citing the 1995 Dickey Amendment, in which Congress banned the federal funding of "research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed," the US District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily halted the Obama administration's expanded funding of human embryonic stem cell research.
Court rules against Obama's stem cell policy
- Wyoming Public Radio - Univ. of Wyoming - Laramie WYFederal judge blocks expanded stem-cell research
- Statesman Journal - Salem ORClinical trial confirms effectiveness of simple appetite control method
Science Centric, Aug 24, 2010 / Has the long-sought magic potion in society's 'battle with the bulge' finally arrived?
Ammonia leak at US plant sickens at least 120
Hindustan Times - India, Aug 23, 2010 / Injuries to most of those admitted were not believed to be life-threatening, and others were treated and released, mostly for breathing difficulties.
National Briefings | South: Alabama: Ammonia Leak Sickens 120
- The New York Times - New York NYAmmonia leak at Ala. plant sickens at least 120
- The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CASecond study links chronic fatigue syndrome to a class of virus
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010 / When the journal Science published an attention-grabbing study last fall linking chronic fatigue syndrome to a recently discovered retrovirus, many experts remained skeptical — especially after four other studies found no such association.
Study reignites debate over virus' role in chronic fatigue
- Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CAChronic Fatigue Link to Mouse Virus Studied
- CBS NewsJohnson & Johnson Unit Recalls Millions of Contact Lenses in Asia and Europe
The New York Times - New York NY, Aug 23, 2010 / The recall of 1-Day Acuvue TruEye does not include soft disposable lenses sold in the United States or other countries under the same brand name.
Johnson & Johnson recalls contact lenses overseas
- St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MOState will return unused H1N1 shots to Centre
Hindustan Times - India, Aug 23, 2010 / from French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Pasteur, to Maharashtra health authorities in May for immunisation of doctors and paramedical staff.
Swine flu continues to spread in New Zealand, 10 dead
- The Independent - London - UKSwine flu toll rises to 10 in Orissa
- Hindustan Times - IndiaOrange County man diagnosed with West Nile virus
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL, Aug 23, 2010 / An Orange County man has been diagnosed with West Nile Virus, the first human case of the disease reported in the county since 2002, according to the Orange County Health Department.
Summer of '10 perfect for mosquitoes
- Chicago Tribune - Chicago ILWest Nile virus found in Newton mosquitoes
- Boston.com - Boston MARed Cross in critical need of blood donors, donations
The Item - Sumter SC, Aug 24, 2010 / Blood donations are down this summer, causing an urgent need in South Carolina.
Red Cross Northern California calls for blood donors
- International Business Times (Australia)Red Cross: Need for blood urgent
- Clayton News-Daily - Jonesboro GAJazz Pharmaceuticals Provides Update On FDA Advisory Committee Meeting For JZP-6 (Sodium Oxybate) In Fibromyalgia
Medical News Today, Aug 24, 2010 / Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAZZ) announced that the Joint Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including the Arthritis Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, voted 20-2 that the benefit/risk balance did not support the approval of JZP-6 for the treatment of fibromyalgia with the currently proposed Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy (REMS).
Jazz Pharma Shares Off 22%
- Vietnam TribuneKids displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have emotional problems
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago IL, Aug 23, 2010 / A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found.
Study says emotional problems still rampant in Katrina kids five years after hurricane struck
- FOX NewsAnxiety still rampant in Katrina kids, study says
- The Seattle Times - Seattle WAJust brew it: Skip bottled tea if you want real health benefits
New York Daily News - New York NY, Aug 24, 2010 / If you want the healthful effects of tea, get off the bottle.
Study: Tea brewed at home healthiest
- The Washington Times - Washington DCEbola Treatment Shows Promise In Early Tests
NPR, Aug 23, 2010 / We don't pay all that much attention to animal tests of experimental treatments.
New Ebola treatment successful in monkeys
- The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - CanadaScientists hail breakthrough in fight against deadly Ebola virus
- The Independent - London - UK-
Somali MPs killed in suicide bomb attack on Mogadishu hotel
Telegraph - London - UK
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
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Plane crashes in Nepal; foreigners among 14 dead
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
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Cairn Energy narrows loss, sees Greenland promise
MarketWatch
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
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World stock markets fall as economy worries linger
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
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Two British hostages survive bus siege carnage as eight are shot dead by rogue cop
The Daily Mirror - London - UK
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
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