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Blood donation is valuable, so why not pay donors?
Need more blood donors? Economists have a suggestion: Pay them. For nearly 40 years, efforts to compensate people for donating blood have been discouraged by the World Health Organization. In the United States, the American Red Cross says “all...
Tags: American Red Cross, Argentina, Health Organizations, Finance, Human Interest
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: AIDS, Chemical Industry, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Disease Prevention, Vaccines
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2013 TV upfronts: Tony Goldwyn says 'Scandal' finale will be 'crazy'
NEW YORK -- Getting summoned into a room with President Fitzgerald Grant is an order the more than 8 million viewers of "Scandal" would kill for -- Huck-style, if needed. In this case, reality set in pretty quick. "Care for some almonds? Or maybe...
Tags: Ghost (movie), Bill Clinton, SoHo, The Voice (tv program), ABC (tv network)
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Stocks surge to new highs after hiring climbs
Stocks surged to all-time highs Friday when a surprisingly good jobs report finally gave investors a clear sign of U.S. economic strength after weeks of conflicting signals. The market jumped from the opening, traders donned party hats, and a wave of...
Tags: NASDAQ, General Electric Company, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Financial Markets
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Women opting for surgery to get Michelle Obama's arms
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its latest cosmetic and resconstructive surgery statistics on Monday. Many of the trends were familiar. In all, the group reported, Americans underwent 1.6 million cosmetic surgeries, including face-...
Tags: Celebrity Surgery, The Biggest Loser (tv program), Breast Augmentation, Liposuction, Botox (drug)
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HIV vaccine trial shut down
In another major setback for efforts to develop an HIV vaccine, federal researchers have shut down a key clinical trial after an independent panel of safety experts determined that volunteers who got an experimental vaccine appeared to be slightly more...Tags: AIDS, Trials, Chemical Industry, Disease Prevention, Vaccines
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California ordered to move prisoners at risk of valley fever
SACRAMENTO — The federal official in charge of healthcare in California prisons has directed that more than 3,000 inmates be moved out of state lockups that are infected with a lethal fungus known as valley fever. The Monday directive from medical...
Tags: Social Issues, Judges, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coccidioidomycosis , Prisons
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State must remove thousands at risk of valley fever at two prisons
The federal court official in charge of running healthcare for California's troubled prison system on Monday directed the state to immediately remove more than a third of the inmates at two state prisons because of the risk of valley fever. The...Tags: Coccidioidomycosis , Prisons
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Government shuts down HIV/AIDS vaccine trial
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.In another major setback for efforts to develop a vaccine to boost immunity to the human immunodeficiency virus, known as HIV, a key clinical trial was ordered shut down this week after an independent panel of safety experts found that participants...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, National Institutes of Health, AIDS, Chemical Industry, Trials
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Federal panel says everyone 15 to 65 should have HIV test
Citing recent evidence that HIV infections are best managed when treated early, an influential panel of medical experts has finalized its recommendation that all people ages 15 to 65 be screened for the virus that causes AIDS. The recommendation from...
Tags: Internal Medicine, Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Congress, Internists, AIDS
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Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...
Tags: Earth Day, Environmental Issues, U.S. Congress, Steve Israel, Mike Honda
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Ventura County may require porn actors to wear condoms
Following the lead of Los Angeles County voters, Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks plans to introduce an ordinance that would require actors in adult films to wear condoms. The supervisor said such a measure may encourage producers of such films...Tags: AIDS, Health Insurance Cost, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Entertainment, Pornography
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