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Raccoon tests positive for rabies in High Point
News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.A raccoon found on Foxcreek Court in High Point tested positive for the rabies virus on May 10. It is the fourth case of confirmed animal rabies in 2013, according to the Guilford County Department of Public Health. The raccoon had contact with one dog....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Rabies, Vaccines, Preventative Medicine, Pets
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HPV-related throat cancers multiplying
It is well known that HPV (human papillomavirus) can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well. Throat cancers caused by HPV are showing up typically in men with little or no history of smoking, said Dr. Kevin...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Throat Cancer, Chemotherapy, Lung Cancer, Science and Technology
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Fraud report highlights need to stay vigilant
Pennsylvania ranks high in a new report on fraud, and the common scams highlighted in the report continue to dog victims in the Lehigh Valley. A Lower Macungie Township man was conned out of $300 this month in one of those swindles. He was duped into...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Computer Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, FedEx Corporation
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Recap: Padres 8, Orioles 4
ReutersSportsDirect Inc. Recap: Padres 8, Orioles 4 Padres 8, Orioles 4: Kyle Blanks and Alexi Amarista homered while John Baker added a two-run single as San Diego finished up a two-game sweep in Baltimore. Everth Cabrera went 4-for-5 with an RBI while...Tags: Ray Flaherty, Alexi Amarista, John Baker, Freddy Garcia, Sports
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Amarista does it all for Padres
ReutersThe Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Alexi Amarista is one of the more intriguing players on the Padres. Known affectionately as "Little Ninja" among his teammates, Amarista checks in (optimistically) at 5-foot-5 and 150...Tags: Chris Denorfia, Alexi Amarista, Joe Thatcher, Physical Disabilities, Tampa Bay Rays
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Abigail Breslin Set for Genre Thriller ‘Peste’ From IM Global
VarietyAbigail Breslin (“Ender’s Game”) will take the lead in “Peste,” a contagion thriller from IM Global’s genre label Octane skedded to go into production in September. Mark Tonderai (“House at the End of the Street”) helms from a spec script...Tags: Genres
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Memphis-based national transplant organization, family plan carwash for cash to help heart transplant recipient
Commercial AppealIn 2007, Barbara Wooten was shot in her stomach and her husband fatally wounded when a man opened fire at their Frayser home. The shooter, Dexter Cox, who also shot and killed off-duty police officer Lt. Ed Vidulich in 2008, was sentenced to life in...Tags: Heart Problems, Shootings
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Health officials on virus alert
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainHEALTH workers in Bahrain have been briefed on emergency procedures as a deadly Sars-like virus continues to spread in Saudi Arabia. Fifteen people have died as a result of the novel coronavirus, with at least nine in Saudi's Eastern Province. No...Tags: Manama (Bahrain), Bahrain, Medical Procedures and Tests, Saudi Arabia, Diabetes
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Maine panel endorses labels for genetically-modified food
Portland Press Herald, MaineThe Legislature's Agriculture Committee endorsed a bill Tuesday that would require food retailers to label products containing genetically modified seeds or ingredients. The 8-4 vote moves Maine farther into a national debate over genetically modified...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, Litigation, Science and Technology, National Government
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Rabid bat bites Pasco baby
Tri-City HeraldA Pasco baby is being treated to prevent rabies after she was bitten twice by a rabid bat last weekend on her grandparents' deck. Derek and Melissa Anderson learned Tuesday afternoon that the bat had tested positive for rabies. But they had taken...Tags: Rabies, Medical Procedures and Tests, Communicable Diseases, Mother's Day, Health
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Champassak province in Laos faces first outbreak of chikungunya virus
Vientiane Times, Laos / Asia News NetworkVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) -- More than 100 people have fallen ill with the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya in Champassak province of Laos this year. Director of the province's Health Department, Dr Khampho Chaleunvong, said this was the first...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Laos, Germany, Asia, Vaccines
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