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Vaccination rates higher in states requiring them in middle school
States that require vaccination for pertussis, meningitis and tetanus for admission to middle school have a higher vaccination rate than states that do not, but the rate is not nearly as high as one might expect from such a requirement, researchers...
Tags: Chemicals, Autism, Human papillomavirus, Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine
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PASSINGS: Dave Gavitt, Wilma Lee Cooper, James Speed, James N. Rosenau, Yuli Ofer, Kurt Ziebart
Dave Gavitt
Coach led organization
of Big East Conference
Dave Gavitt, 73, one of basketball's most influential leaders in the last three decades, died Friday in a hospital near his hometown of Rumford, R.I., after a long illness, his family said....Tags: The Washington Post, Obituaries, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Diseases and Illnesses
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Mark Twain: Google Doodle honors troublemaker, master of insult
Nation NowMark Twain, who had arguably one of the sharpest tongues in literary history, is celebrated with a wide-angle Google Doodle on Wednesday showing Tom Sawyer and a young companion he's duped into whitewashing a picket fence.... -
Former conjoined twins celebrate 10th birthday
L.A. NOWTwin girls once joined at head celebrate brithday nine years after separation surgery... -
Disease-causing pathogens at McDonald's, other fast food playgrounds [Updated]
Money & CompanyPlaylands at McDonald's and Burger Kings are unclean, says Arizona professor... -
State's first West Nile virus case of the year reported in Santa Barbara County
L.A. NOWThe California Department of Public Health on Friday confirmed the first West Nile virus infection of the year, this time in Santa Barbara County.... -
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Huguette Clark dies at 104; reclusive heiress
Huguette Clark, a copper tycoon's daughter with a taste for exquisite French dolls, baronial homes and solitude, has died. She was 104.
Clark, who preferred to be known as Madame Clark, died Tuesday at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City. She had...Tags: Lawyers, Israel, West Bank, New Canaan, Israeli Settlements
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Eldon Davis dies at 94; architect designed 'Googie' coffee shops
Eldon Davis, an influential architect known as the father of the California coffee shop for midcentury designs inspired by the Space Age and the region's car culture, has died. He was 94.
Davis died Friday at a West Hills hospital of complications from...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Clubs and Associations, Architecture, Restaurants, Diseases and Illnesses
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Book review: 'The Panic Virus' by Seth Mnookin
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Panic Virus A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear Seth Mnookin Simon & Schuster: 429 pp., $26.99 Readers take note. If you're already convinced that vaccines cause autism, that vaccine-preventable infectious diseases no longer threaten...Tags: Chemicals, Science and Technology, Human Interest, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Maria Altmann dies at 94; won fight for return of Klimt portrait seized by Nazis
Maria Altmann, who escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna as a newlywed and returned to wage a triumphant fight to recover Gustav Klimt's iconic gold portrait of her remarkable aunt, has died. She was 94.
Altmann died Monday at her Cheviot Hills home after a...Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Germany, Human Interest, U.S. Supreme Court
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'House' recap: And the Emmy for best pustules goes to ...
Show TrackerFade in: Dutch slave ship off the coast of Bermuda, 1793. Slaves are sick. The ship’s doctor fears the worst. The Dutch decide to throw the infected Africans overboard one by one, to halt the spread of the disease. Wait,......
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