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Four FAU Deans: Cutting Health Institutes would be devastating
Every day, health professionals and scientists working in universities and hospitals across the country see the hope that medical research brings to patients treated at their institutions. However, the Appropriations Committee in the House of...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. House of Representatives, Manufacturing and Engineering, Asthma, Alzheimer's Disease
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Berwyn opens first dog park
Berwyn dog owners now have a place to take their pets with the grand opening last month of a dog park at Karban Park, 64351/2 Ogden Ave. The first dog park in Berwyn might be followed by others, said Jeff Janda, executive director of the Berwyn Park...
Tags: Pets
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East Hartford Reminds Residents To Renew Dog Licenses In June
The Hartford CourantResidents are reminded to renew licenses for dogs during June. All dogs at least six months old must have a license, said Town Clerk Robert J. Pasek. State law requires all dog owners to get a license in the town where they reside. New licenses will...Tags: East Hartford, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Rabies
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READER SUBMITTED: East Windsor Children Raise Over $1,000 For Babies
East WindsorGrammy's Garden Learning Center in East Windsor was full of sunshine on Friday, May 17 when children from the center participated in the Fifth annual March of Dimes WonderWalk. To date the children have raised over $1,000 to support the organization's...Tags: March of Dimes Foundation, East Windsor, Birth Defects, Premature Birth
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L.A. County holds clinics on hepatitis A linked to Costco berries
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is holding clinics over the weekend for consumers who may have been exposed to hepatitis through frozen berries sold at Costco. At least 30 cases of hepatitis A nationwide may be linked to Townsend...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Symptoms, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Red Cross temporarily halts operations in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that it has temporarily suspended operations in Afghanistan after an attack this week in the eastern city of Jalalabad in which a security guard was killed and a staff...
Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, International Organizations, Politics, First Aid, Political Dissent
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Local health departments to receive TDAP vaccine thanks to federal grant
selzie@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Health officials at the state level in Missouri are sending out extra doses of a common vaccine to health departments in the Ozarks. The state got a federal grant to get more of the TDAP vaccine to send to health departments....Tags: Education, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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In Pakistan, we see the law of unintended consequences
After two women trying to inoculate Pakistani children against polio were shot this week, some news accounts were quick to place blame: "Anti-polio workers started being attacked after a Pakistani doctor, Shakeel Afridi, ran a fake polio campaign in the...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Punishment, Disease Prevention, Authors, Justice System
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Suicide bombers attack Red Cross compound in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In the second attack on a humanitarian organization in Afghanistan in less than a week, insurgents in Jalalabad struck the compound of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday, killing a security guard and wounding a...
Tags: International Organizations, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, First Aid, Polio
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Cats rescued, available for adoption
Freyja and Tigris have been rescued by the Second Chance Pet Adoptions group and are available to take home. The cats can be seen at PetSmart at 7600 Edinger Ave. in Huntington Beach. Adoption fees vary. Adoption includes neuter/spay, vaccination, FIV/...
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WRAPUP 1-Under fire, conservative Bachmann calls it quits in U.S. Congress
Reuters* A prominent but polarizing conservative voice steps aside * Bachmann faces ethics probes, avoids tough campaign By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party firebrand and 2012 presidential contender, announced on...Tags: Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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