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Real life 'Fault in Our Stars': Couple fights cystic fibrosis It's a romance that started on Facebook, because of the lung disease Cystic Fibrosis. Dalton and Katie Prager hope there's a happy ending.
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'Fault in Our Stars' couple: Dalton Prager dies (CNN) As the end approached, Katie Prager spoke to her husband from afar, unable to be with him. Dalton Prager, the husband from the real-life "Fault in Our Stars" couple, died Saturday afternoon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 25 ...
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Kenyan mother, daughter with HIV share personal story at Montreal AIDS conference The guest list at the Global Citizen Concert to End AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Montreal was stacked: Microsoft founder Bill Gates, hip hop star Usher and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Spraying to help curb Zika brings Miami Beach outcry MIAMI BEACH - As Miami Beach works to blunt the spread of Zika - a virus that is taking a toll on tourism here - the city is wrestling with a separate predicament: a fast-growing outcry over the aerial spraying of naled, the pesticide used to kill ...
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Internet Addiction May Be Red Flag for Other Mental Health Issues: Study SUNDAY, Sept. 18, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Internet addiction may signal other mental health issues among college students, according to a new study.
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Galapagos tortoise turns 50 at Perth Zoo Cerro the Galapagos tortoise has celebrated his 50th birthday, making him one of Perth Zoo's oldest residents. He was treated to a special birthday cake made from some of his favourite treats including watermelon, kiwifruit, pumpkin and strawberries ...
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First child dies by euthanasia in Belgium A picture taken 18 April 2005 in Brussels shows an "euthanasia kit" available in the 250 Belgian Multipharma's chemist shops for the general practitioners who want to practise euthanasias at the patients' homes.
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UK pledges £1.1bn to global aid fund against Aids, TB and malaria Britain will contribute £1.1bn to a global aid fund to help fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria, but will attach a set of "demanding" performance targets, Priti Patel has announced.
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Global fund raises $12.9 billion to fight AIDS, TB and malaria Singer Bono speaks with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Dr. Mark Dybul, executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, during the Fifth ...
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Science|More Child Suicides Are Linked to ADD Than Depression, Study Suggests "Maybe in young children, we need to look at behavioral markers," said Jeffrey Bridge, the senior author of the new research. Credit Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times.
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Fla. officials ready to declare Miami neighborhood Zika-free Florida officials are expected to declare the Wynwood section of Miami free of Zika on Monday morning, ending a nearly two-month period where the popular tourist area suffered under a federal travel warning over the mosquito-borne virus.
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Nationwide drugmaker lobbying trend extends to Arizona PHOENIX (AP) - Drugmakers that produce opioid painkillers and allied advocacy groups have spent more than $880 million on campaign contributions and lobbying over the past decade as they worked to influence state and federal policies, including tens ...
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A tripled Zika zone has Miami Beach wary of the next step On Monday, Miami Beach could be the only place in the U.S. with active Zika transmission, leaving locals and tourists alike wondering what's next for Miami's tourism hotspot.
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What you need to know about hand, foot and mouth disease Women's Hospital has stayed busy over these last four days delivering six sets of twins! On average the hospital usually delivers four babies a month.
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Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the ...
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How the 40-year battle over abortion blocked Zika funding Senior policy analysts with Planned Parenthood were perplexed in June when they first saw a provision excluding their partner clinics in Puerto Rico slipped into a draft bill providing $1.1 billion in emergency Zika prevention funds.
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Belgium sees first case of minor being granted euthanasia PARIS - A terminally ill minor has been helped to die in Belgium for the first time since the country did away with age restrictions on euthanasia two years ago, according to the senator who wrote the law.
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Study estimates 100000 premature deaths from Indonesia haze FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, students ride on a boat on their way to school while haze from wildfires blanket the Musi River in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Federal prize competition seeks ideas to combat antimicrobial resistance A federal prize competition is calling for innovative ideas for rapid, point-of-care laboratory diagnostic tests to combat the development and spread of drug resistant bacteria, a rising public health threat.
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Haze from Indonesian fires may have killed more than 100000 people – study A MI-17 helicopter run by the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency water-bombs a fire in South Sumatra province. Photograph: Abdul Qodir/AFP/Getty Images.
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Study Estimates 100000 Deaths From Indonesia Haze JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than 100,000 deaths, according to new research that will add to pressure on Indonesia's government to tackle ...
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Mom's heartbreaking photo raises awareness about childhood cancer Emily Apicella will never go back to school. ADVERTISEMENT. She died of a rare kidney cancer when she was 7 years old in December 2015, and her mom, Julie, was robbed of all that the future held - including the traditional back-to-school photos that ...
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David Bruce: Scammers prey on Zika fears Have a consumer question you'd like us to help you with? Call David Bruce at 870-1736, send email to david.bruce@timesnews.com, or send mail to 205 W. 12th St., Erie, PA 16534.
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MDs strengthen advice against codeine for kids' coughs, pain CHICAGO - The American Academy of Pediatrics has strengthened its warnings about prescribing codeine for children because of reports of deaths and risks for dangerous side effects including breathing problems.
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How Congress is failing on Zika Ana Santos Rutschman, DePaul University. Three times Congress has taken up legislation to fund the continuing response to the Zika outbreak.
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Breast Cancer Survivors Turn Scranton Pink for Race for the Cure SCRANTON -- Breast cancer survivors and their supporters turned downtown Scranton pink Saturday morning, all in the name of saving lives.
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MDs strengthen advice against codeine for kids' coughs, pain CHICAGO (AP) - The American Academy of Pediatrics has strengthened its warnings about prescribing codeine for children because of reports of deaths and risks for dangerous side effects including breathing problems.
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GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Mike Pence on Birtherism: 'It's Over' Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence has declared birtherism -- the notion that President Obama wasn't born in the United States -- "over.
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Living in a resistant world It is hard to grapple with the possibility that the smallest of entities may pose the biggest of problems for our society. However, new developments in the field of antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance, both in basic research and in institutional ...
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UN To Take On Antibiotic Resistance At General Assembly The U.N. General Assembly will devote an entire day to the issue of superbugs and antibiotic resistance. Dr. Keiji Fukuda leads the WHO's work on the issue.
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The Latest: Pence reflects on explosions, mall stabbings Republican running mate Mike Pence says "we're all troubled in our hearts" about explosions Saturday in New Jersey and New York and a knife attack in Minnesota.
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10-year old grows out hair to donate to those with cancer 10-year old grows out hair to donate to those with cancer. Thomas Moore's stunning, curly locks of hair have been two years in the making.
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Team Super Bowlen helps raise money, awareness in annual Walk to End Alzheimer's Annabel Bowlen, surrounded by family, friends and mascots, cuts the ribbon to begin the 27th annual Denver Walk to End Alzheimer's at City Park Sept.
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Ohio lawmakers rank among the top takers of money from pain pill lobbyists: Analysis In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, a pharmacy technician poses for a picture with hydrocodone and acetaminophen tablets, also known as Vicodin, at the Oklahoma Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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Dying dog lives to see his person happily married Kelly O'Connell adopted Charlie Bear when he was just a pup. She was 19 at the time, living in New York state. Charlie, a 12-week-old black lab mix, had been found in a shopping cart, in the middle of winter.
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New study finds that medical marijuana may be helping to curb the opioid epidemic Musician Todd Snider smokes a joint before playing music at his home in Hendersonville, Tenn., near Nashville, on Friday. By Christopher Ingraham / The Washington Post.
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Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis Jennifer Weiss-Burke, executive director of a youth recovery center in Albuquerque, N.M., speaks about her son on Aug. 9, 2016. She says Cameron's descent into drug addiction started with a painkiller prescription from his doctor and ended with a fatal ...
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10-year old grows out hair to donate to those with cancer BuzzFeed News reported that just before Thomas turned 8, he decided to grow out his hair. >> Read more trending stories · WRC-TV reported that the Maryland fifth-grader saw his mother, Angie Pulos, watching a video on Facebook about a 5-year-old girl ...
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Prescription opioid, heroin awareness week kicks off Sunday TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -. President Barack Obama has announced September 18-24 as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week.
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President Obama proclaims prescription Opioid and and Heroin epidemic awareness week President Obama proclaimed September 18th through the 24th as prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week.
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Local, national officials worry about increase in heroin overdoses, supply of Narcan NILES, Ohio (WKBN) - The heroin epidemic doesn't only have local officials worried, the federal government is worried as well.
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Time for flu shots, CDC urges them for anyone over 6 months Now that kids are back in school, it's time to start thinking about getting your annual flu shot. October through March are the peak months for influenza in the United States, and health officials say the earlier you get vaccinated the better.
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Pink-clad Komen warriors race, walk toward cure for breast cancer Linda Bean (left) and her daughter, Melissa Jones, both of Corinth, were among dozens of breast cancer survivors who took part in this year's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure event in Bangor on Sunday.
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Hundreds walk in Shelburne to end Alzheimer's disease A sea of people dressed in purple gathered at the Shelburne Museum on Sunday, each holding a different colored flower-shaped pinwheel.
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Mosquito that carries West Nile shouldn't have company PAYETTE - Mosquito abatement activities are slowing in the Western Treasure Valley as temperatures cool and the threat of West Nile virus begins to drop.
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Maryland 11th in lobbyists for prescription drug makers ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland ranks 11th among states for the average number of lobbyists each year working for makers of prescription painkillers and allied groups, when drug makers' lobbying hires are ranked using a ratio factoring in all lobbyist ...
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Rally for recovery held in Manchester KRISTE AN ORGANIZATION CALLED HOPE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE RECOVEY HELP THE EVENT TODAY TO BREAK DOWN THE WALLS OF RECOVERY. THREE STORIES, MUSIC, AND CONVERSATION, SPECIALISTS FROM AROUND THE STATE ...
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