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PLAINVIEW: Dead bird is Nassau's 1st case of West Nile
A bird found in Plainview has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first Nassau case this season, health officials said. The grackle was collected on July 8, the same day Suffolk health officials found a crow in Commack with West Nile virus....Tags: Retroviruses
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Bush gets bill to triple money in worldwide AIDS fight
WASHINGTON - The House voted yesterday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone. The 303-115 vote sends...Tags: George Bush, House, AIDS, Government, The White House
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Victor McKusick, genome project pioneer, dead at 86
Dr. Victor McKusick, a key architect of the Human Genome Project and a winner of the National Medal of Science, has died. He was 86. Officials at Johns Hopkins University, where McKusick was a professor of genetics, said he died Tuesday in Towson, Md.,...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Heart Disease, Natural Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Medicine
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Painkiller fentanyl's death toll put at 1,013
ATLANTA - More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the prescription painkiller fentanyl, the government reported yesterday in its first national tally of those deaths. The spike of overdoses seems to have ended, health...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Pharmaceuticals, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Jersey, Health Organizations
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Feds to give $30-million for 9/11 health issues
WASHINGTON - Federal officials said yesterday they will give $30 million to offer health services to New York residents and students affected by the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...Tags: New York, Health and Safety at School, Employees, Ceremonies, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Earl Lee Nelson, of R&B duo Bob & Earl, dead at 79
Earl Lee Nelson, half of the soul-music singing duo Bob & Earl, who were best known for writing the R&B classic "Harlem Shuffle," has died. He was 79. Nelson, who had Alzheimer's disease, died July 12 at his Los Angeles home, said Toni Abdul-Hasan, the...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles, Barry White, New York, Alzheimer's Disease
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Breast cancer?
In addition to blocking testosterone formation, the new drug abiraterone blocks estrogen production, leading researchers to test it for the treatment of breast cancer. But no results have been released.Tags: Medical Research, Cancer
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Global Aids Bill
ΔApproves $48 billion over the next five years for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs in Africa and other afflicted areas of the world. It also would approve $2 billion for American Indian health, water and law enforcement programs. Δ...Tags: AIDS, Foreign Aid, Labor Legislation
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Washington, D.C.: Congress triples AIDS relief funding
Congress has sent President Bush legislation that will triple money for a global AIDS relief program credited with saving millions of lives worldwide, including in Africa. The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, which approves spending $48...Tags: George Bush, House, AIDS, Government, Foreign Aid
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Correction
An article in Tuesday's Maryland section about "hot yoga" and the warm weather misidentified James Korn, a fire director for the Baltimore County Fire Department. He is in charge of infectious disease response and reports to Mark F. Hubbard, the interim...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Illnesses, Baltimore County, Maryland
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