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Marine daughter seeks dignity for 'Devil Dog pups'

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:08 -0400

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina - As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears. On line after line, the entry read simply "Baby Boy" or "Baby Girl," followed by a surname and a burial date.

CDC: Fecal bacteria common in swimming pools

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:36:03 -0400

NEW YORK - Health officials say they found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from Atlanta-area public swimming pools last summer.

Oregon lawmakers wade into vaccination debate

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:39:28 -0400

SALEM, Oregon - With the nation's highest rate of parents refusing vaccinations for their kindergartners, Oregon has become ground zero for the contentious debate over whether children should be vaccinated.

Conn. school challenges $41.7M jury verdict

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:37:10 -0400

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - A Connecticut boarding school is challenging a $41.7 million jury award to a former student who contracted a tick-borne illness on a school trip to China, saying the school could not have foreseen the risk and the award was excessive.

Fatal punch to soccer ref is no freak occurrence

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:56:47 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - By KRISTEN STEWART

Fever hits thousands in parched West farm region

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:22:37 -0400

FRESNO, California - California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people around the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and drought have kicked up the dust that spreads it.

Parker: Planned Parenthood targets black women

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:18:29 -0400

In 1854, Abraham Lincoln confronted America's first "pro-choice" U.S. senator, Stephen Douglas of Illinois, in a speech in Peoria. - "Choice" then was about slavery, not abortion.

CDC: Ind. middle-aged suicide rate grew 54 percent

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:36:19 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - The suicide rate among Indiana's middle-aged population surged nearly 54 percent from 1999 to 2010, an increase nearly twice the national rate and one of the highest among the 50 states, according to a federal report released Thursday.

US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:12:35 -0400

NEW YORK - The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday.

NY saw sharp rise in suicide rate in middle-aged

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:05:03 -0400

BUFFALO, New York - The suicide rate among middle-aged New Yorkers shot up 42 percent in a decade, outpacing the 28 percent increase seen among peers nationwide, the government reported Thursday.

Parents see more food, skin allergies in children

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:04:27 -0400

NEW YORK - Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a big government survey found.

Valley fever hits 28 at Calif. solar plant sites

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:46:12 -0400

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California - Authorities were investigating a valley fever outbreak that sickened 28 workers at solar power plants under construction in Central California.

Inmate-removal order complicates Calif prison plan

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:20:26 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Already facing a potential contempt order, Gov. Jerry Brown now must leap another hurdle to meet a court-ordered deadline this week to say how he will reduce crowding in California prisons.

Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:10:44 -0400

NEW YORK - They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist.

Lack of reporting hinders W.Va. autism efforts

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:58:15 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Many doctors aren't complying with a requirement to report diagnoses of children on the autism spectrum to West Virginia's autism directory, the directory's coordinator said.

Anti-smoking officials say Ind. funding cuts hurt

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:04:34 -0400

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - A decision to cut state funding by 38 percent for programs that help people stop smoking and tries to prevent others from starting worries those behind the state's tobacco cessation efforts, who say it will mean more smokers and higher health care costs.

De la Isla: Rebuke of background checks ignores public

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:54:10 -0400

MEXICO CITY - By JOSE de la ISLA

Juneau native featured in anti-smoking campaign

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:04:51 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - "Cancer's not the worst thing you can get," warned Michael George Patterson, a Juneau resident who has become a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in their new anti-smoking campaign. Patterson knows firsthand, as he was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) at age 44.