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5 things we learned from EpiPen price hike hearing Congress heaped scorn upon the CEO of the drug company that makes the EpiPen treatment during a committee meeting Wednesday. Here's what we learned from Mylan (MYL) CEO Heather Bresch's testimony and questioning before the House Oversight ...
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Florida native refuses to give up his 20-year fight against... JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - President Barack Obama declared this week "Prescription Opioid and Heroim Epidemic Week" -- a declaration that one local man, who is fighting addiction, said is long overdue.
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Miami Beach tourism takes a hit from Zika: demand drops, cancellations rise Miami Beach's tourism industry has been able to swerve each time Zika has tried to deal it a major blow - until now. Last week, Zika hit the $24 billion industry with an uppercut.
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New Jersey to receive $1.3M grant to target heroin, illegal prescription drugs New Jersey will receive a $1.3 million grant to target the heroin trade and illegal prescription drug activity as law enforcement and legislators team up to lower rates of addiction and overdoses, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr.
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Leprosy Case Confirmed at Riverside County School "Laboratory findings have confirmed a diagnosis of Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy," county health officials say.
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Stress Can Cancel Out The Benefits Of 'Healthy' Fat We know stress can keep you up at night, make you look older and contribute to making mistakes at work. Now, a new study suggests that when you consume a high calorie and high fat diet while stressed, you can also cause your body to burn fewer calories.
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'Hangover-free alcohol' could replace all regular alcohol by 2050, says David Nutt A new type of synthetic alcohol has been discovered which could allow people to enjoy the sociable effects of a few pints, but skip the hangover that usually follows.
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Zika virus not transmitted by Culex mosquitoes: K-State researchers A Biosecurity Research Institute study has found important results in the fight against Zika virus: Culex mosquitoes do not appear to transmit Zika virus.
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DNA-Based Vaccine Guards Against Zika in Monkey Study THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental DNA-based vaccine protected monkeys from infection with the birth defects-causing Zika virus, and it has proceeded to human safety trials, researchers report.
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Will this revised Zika bill overcome its partisan past? Senate Republican leaders revealed what they called a breakthrough in Zika funding Thursday under renewed pressure from Florida lawmakers and mayors to break a seven-month political impasse.
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How Miami-Dade got outgunned in the war on Zika As the Zika virus spread across Miami-Dade County this summer, a tiny staff of 17 that handles mosquito control for nearly 2.7 million people was outgunned, overwhelmed and maybe even a victim of its own success: in 2009 and 2010, the county managed to ...
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Double Dose of Pesticides Stops Zika Mosquitoes, CDC Says It took a double dose of pesticides that kill both adult mosquitoes and their larvae to stop the first outbreak of Zika virus in Florida, health officials said Friday.
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The neuroscientist who's spending the Chan Zuckerberg $3 billion (CNN) Hearing the words "$3 billion," most of us felt vaguely stunned, so we missed hearing what came next during Wednesday's announcement from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Dr.
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What's The Prognosis For $3 Billion Zuckerberg Health Plan? Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are smiling, standing in front of a backdrop emblazoned with the question: "Can we cure all diseases in our children's lifetime?
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Southern California child diagnosed with leprosy LOS ANGELES A Southern California elementary school student has been found to have leprosy, public health officials said Thursday, though they emphasize that the student's school and community remain safe.
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Zuckerberg Family Fund to Invest $3 Billion in Research Technology The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropic organization founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, will invest $3 billion in disease research technology.
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What do Americans really think of election coverage? More Americans think that the media are too easy on candidates than in 2012 or 2008, according to a Pew Research Center poll. But they're also more likely to say that 'their' candidates are treated too harshly.
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Mosquitoes in North San Jose test positive for West Nile virus The Culex pipiens mosquito is the insect primarily responsible for the spread of West Nile virus in the Bay Area. By Jason Green | jason.
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Prostate cancer means deciding between surgery or radiation The diagnosis of prostate cancer will mean a man will have many decisions to make, and one of the most important decisions is whether to treat it with surgery or radiation.
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Allina, nurses union to meet for talks Tuesday Elizabeth Flores Nurses on strike made their way around Abbott Northwestern Hospital Monday, September 5, 2016 in Minneapolis. Text size.
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No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Republican Donald Trump No chief executive at the nation's 100 largest companies had donated to Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign through August, a sharp reversal from 2012, when nearly a third of the CEOs of Fortune 100 companies supported GOP nominee Mitt ...
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FDA Approves Amgen's Biosimilar Version of Humira U.S. regulators approved Amgen Inc. AMGN -0.47 % 's copy of the AbbVie Inc. ABBV -0.15 % 's anti-inflammatory treatment, Humira, which was the second-biggest selling drug in 2015.
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This is America on drugs: A visual guide In modern history, few things have caused such a sharp spike in US deaths as drug overdoses. CNN reached out to every state for the latest statistics on drug deaths, with half providing data from 2015.
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At Contentious House Abortion Hearing, a Rare Agreement Supporters and opponents of abortion rights agree on very little, including many facts, but there was a rare bit of consensus at a House judiciary subcommittee hearing Friday morning.
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U.S. attorney: Heroin now nation's most pressing health challenge BOCA RATON - In an unprecedented display of urgency, the top federal law enforcement official in South Florida declared the heroin and opioid epidemic the most pressing public health challenge in the United States and predicted that only a joint ...
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Anti-marijuana ad: Colorado legalization has been 'a very bad deal' The campaign fighting marijuana legalization in Arizona went on the air Friday with TV ads that describe legalization in Colorado as a "bad deal.
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Dr. Roach: Prostate cancer screening Dear Dr. Roach: My husband, who is paralyzed on the left side from a stroke suffered eight years ago, underwent a prostate biopsy five years ago.
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Brown signs raft of new health laws California consumers will have the strongest protections in the nation against getting blindsided by unexpected out-of-network medical bills as part of legislation signed into law by Gov.
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Ayotte creates distance from GOP in tight re-election bid MANCHESTER, N.H. - Watching Sen. Kelly Ayotte campaign for re-election in New Hampshire, you wouldn't always know she's a Republican.
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More than two dozen arrested in drug sweep targeting fentanyl-laced heroin A police detective investigates an apparent fatal overdose at an apartment in the 3300 block of West Ohio Street on Oct. 1, 2015, in Chicago.
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Pew: Fewer see 2016 election coverage as fair Americans believe the media is doing a poorer job covering the 2016 presidential candidates fairly than in past elections, according to a survey released Thursday.
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Ayotte creates distance from GOP in tight re-election bid MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Watching Sen. Kelly Ayotte campaign for re-election in New Hampshire, you wouldn't always know she's a Republican.
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Officials: Someone ODs on heroin, painkillers every 2 hours in southern Fla. Every two hours, someone in southern Florida overdoses from heroin or a similar powerful painkiller, according to data presented Thursday at a summit in Boca Raton to address the mounting drug death toll.
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Targeted therapies are fighting breast cancer with precision From breakthrough research to new clinical trials in imaging, pharmaceuticals and high-tech therapies, women in Florida can now benefit from advancements that could improve the ability to detect or target various breast cancer types.
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Maine's flu season is off to its earliest start in at least 10 years The disease typically doesn't appear in the state until October or later, but the Maine CDC is already reporting four cases. By Megan Doyle Staff Writer.
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Miami-Dade approves $7.1 billion budget with tiny tax dip Miami-Dade commissioners on Thursday approved a $7.1 billion budget with slightly lower property-tax rates and 4 percent raises for most county workers.
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Maine attorney general signs onto lawsuit against maker of addiction treatment drug Suboxone The attorneys general of 36 states, including Maine, accuse Indivior of conspiring with MonoSol Rx to keep cheaper, generic versions of the drug off the market.
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Study: 'Erin Brockovich' contaminant present in Lehigh Valley drinking water A new report finds elevated levels of the carcinogen Chromium-6 in the tap water of more than 200 million Americans. A new report finds elevated levels of the carcinogen Chromium-6 in the tap water of more than 200 million Americans.
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Not Just Waitin' On Our Prostates to Change The big medical news of this past week was a seminal study of prostate cancer, suggesting that when it is diagnosed, we men have options―including the option of waiting.
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Health Matters: Alarming Increase in Food Allergies Simone is in the studio with Dr. Clarence Lee (Medical Director with U.S. Health Works) talking about food allergies in children. There's been a 50 percent increase in children with food allergies over the past 15 years.
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