Three more dead from Legionnaire's disease in Spain
Barcelona (AFP) - Three more people have died from Legionnaire's disease in Catalonia in northeastern Spain, officials said Tuesday, bringing to seven the death toll from the lung infection in the region in just over a week.
Three more dead from Legionnaire's disease in Spain
Barcelona (AFP) - Three more people have died from Legionnaire's disease in Catalonia in northeastern Spain, officials said Tuesday, bringing to seven the death toll from the lung infection in the region in just over a week.
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I'm a huge fan of Dr. Christiane Northrup's, and what she recently said about the dichotomy of pain and pleasure on this planet truly hit home. While people and animals are being tortured and killed daily, it's still mandatory to talk about the joy of feeling fabulous. More so than ever. When the dark gets darker, the light gets lighter. Every...
Emergency contraception may not be available to all young men
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young men often run into difficulties when they attempt to buy the morning-after pill for their partners, a new study suggests. Researchers report in the journal Contraception that in about one in every five attempts, young men in New York City were not able to buy the drug that can prevent pregnancy up to five days after unprotected sex. “We give a significant amount of lip service for men to be responsible in the couple and there are a number of ways for them to do that,” Dr. David Bell told Reuters Health. ...
Boost in quest for TB breath test
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Three more dead from Legionnaire's disease in Spain
Barcelona (AFP) - Three more people have died from Legionnaire's disease in Catalonia in northeastern Spain, officials said Tuesday, bringing to seven the death toll from the lung infection in the region in just over a week.
Ghana says oil firms can keep working during border arbitration
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Chicago Mayor Emanuel proposes decriminalizing pot in Illinois
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'We were like guerrilla filmmakers': U.S. filmmaker on Syria
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Celgene's psoriasis drug gets approval for new indication
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