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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.
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.
Science Centric, Aug 24, 2010 / Has the long-sought magic potion in society's 'battle with the bulge' finally arrived?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Item - Sumter SC, Aug 24, 2010 / Blood donations are down this summer, causing an urgent need in South Carolina.
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).
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.
New York Daily News - New York NY, Aug 24, 2010 / If you want the healthful effects of tea, get off the bottle.
NPR, Aug 23, 2010 / We don't pay all that much attention to animal tests of experimental treatments.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.