Articles filed under Health
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China's Wanda buys Swiss sports marketer Infront for $1.2BFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese real estate giant Wanda Group said Tuesday it's buying Swiss sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media for 1.05 billion euros ($1.2 billio...
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Home Depot: hiring more than 80,000 workers for springFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Home Depot Inc., the nation's largest home-improvement retailer, says it has started to hire more than 80,000 seasonal workers for the spring selling sea...
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US withdrawing most troops fighting Ebola in West AfricaFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is preparing to withdraw nearly all of its troops fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the White House said Tuesday, as the gl...
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Redefining chronic fatigue with better diagnosis, new nameFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome - and influential government advisers say it's time to replace that hated name, too,...
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Alexian, Adventist complete dealFeb 09, 2015 12:00 am - Alexian Brothers Health System, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, and Adventist Midwest Health, part of Florida's Adventist Health System, said Monday they have com...
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Persevering past roadblocks to build promising Ebola vaccineFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - It took 16 years of twists and turns. Over and over, Dr. Nancy Sullivan thought she was close to an Ebola vaccine, only to see the next experiment fail...
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Lawmaker seeks study of vaccine exemption laws, policiesFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A state representative has asked for a study of laws and policies governing vaccine exemption to determine if waivers intended for genuine religio...
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Chinese ex-mine tycoon executed for leading crime gangFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - BEIJING (AP) - A former mining tycoon who led a mafia-style crime gang that ran casinos and killed rivals has been executed along with four of the gang's members, a cour...
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Correction: Measles-California storyFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - In one version of a Feb. 6 story about vaccine requirements by the University of California system, The Associated Press reported erroneously new rule...
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US measles count rises to 121; most linked to DisneylandFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials say the number of measles cases in the nation is up to 121 so far this year. All but 18 of the cases are tied to an outbreak that starte...