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State seeks own plan to curb valley fever outbreak in prisons
This post has been updated. See below for details.This post has been updated. See the note below for details. California corrections officials are seeking help from other state agencies before moving on recommendations to divert large numbers of inmates from valley fever-stricken prisons. “...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Work Relations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Career and Workplace
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PASSINGS: Peter Meyerson, Fran Warren, Max Jakobson
Peter Meyerson TV writer, producer worked on 'The Monkees' and 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Peter Meyerson, 81, a TV writer and producer who co-wrote the debut episodes of sitcom classics "The Monkees" and "Welcome Back, Kotter," died March 11 at Hoag...
Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Merv Griffin, Brookfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Bronx (New York City), Entertainment
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Bobbie Smith dies at 76; singer with the Spinners
Singer Bobbie Smith of the Detroit soul group the Spinners died Saturday in Orlando. He was 76. Smith, according to a statement released today by the band's manager and reported by Associated Press, died of complications from pneumonia and influenza. He...
Tags: Lung Cancer, The Spinners (music group), Dionne Warwick, Flu
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PASSINGS: Bebo Valdes, Harlon Hill
Bebo Valdes Pianist and bandleader who fled Cuba Bebo Valdes, 94, a renowned Cuban pianist who recorded with Nat King Cole, was bandleader of Havana's Tropicana nightclub during its glittering heyday and was considered the last luminary from the...
Tags: Football, Detroit Lions, National Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Bobbie Smith, Frank Thornton
Bobbie Smith Original member of Spinners R&B group Bobbie Smith, 76, a singer with the Spinners soul music group since the 1950s, died Saturday in Orlando, Fla., of complications from pneumonia and influenza. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Are You Being Served? (tv program), Entertainment, The Benny Hill Show (tv program) , Obituaries
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Pope Francis has only one lung. Is it enough?
His predecessor was the first pope to retire due to deteriorating health -- a condition no doubt exacerbated by frequent world travel and a demanding schedule. Yet at age 76, Pope Francis arrives at the Vatican with his own medical history....
Tags: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Lung Cancer, The Pope, Tuberculosis
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FDA warns heart patients of risk from a second antibiotic
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned that the widely prescribed antibiotic azithromycin -- marketed as Zithromax and Zmax -- may cause potentially fatal changes in the heart rhythm of people who are taking medications to treat...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Levaquin (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Azithromycin (drug), Cardiac Arrhythmia
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Nelson Mandela suffering from pneumonia, officials say
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s presidency for the first time Saturday confirmed the seriousness of Nelson Mandela’s illness -- pneumonia -- as the former president prepared to spend a fourth night in the hospital. South...
Tags: Jacob Zuma, Africa, Iraq War (2003-2011), Johannesburg (South Africa), South Africa
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A tribe's favorite son comes up big
SOBOBA INDIAN RESERVATION, Calif. — On a cracked and weed-choked court buffeted by mountain winds and watched by coyotes, the basketballs seem to grow on trees. The scrubby landscape in the ravine that spreads behind the rusted pole and solitary...
Tags: Basketball, College Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of California, Los Angeles, Pacific-12 Conference
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When a drug costs 30 times what it once did
Diane Shattuck filled a prescription in December for a generic antibiotic called doxycycline. With insurance, she paid $4.30 for 60 pills at a CVS store in Orange. She returned at the end of February to refill her prescription. This time, she was told...
Tags: CVS Corp., Health and Medical Professionals, Prices, Watson Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Swiss Confederation
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Trutanich suspends campaign following mother's death
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Dale Robertson dies at 89; TV and western movie star
Dale Robertson, an Oklahoma horseman who became a TV and western movie star during the genre's heyday, died Tuesday at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. He was 89. Robertson, who was best known for starring in the series "Tales of Wells Fargo" from...
Tags: Dallas 2011 (tv program), Dynasty (tv program), Toronto Star, Lung Cancer, Betty Grable
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