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  • At least 30 countries in Africa at risk of yellow fever WHO

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  • Alabama Immigration Law Asks Doctors For Their Papers

    WASHINGTON -- Some Alabama physicians and physician assistants were surprised this week to receive a letter with a new demand from the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners: Show us your papers. Under the state's 2011 immigration law, these medical professionals are now required to prove they are U.S. citizens or in the country legally to maintain their licenses to practice, according to ...

  • New case of SARS-like virus in Saudi ministry

    A Saudi health ministry official visits patients infected with a new SARS-like virus at a hospital in the eastern Saudi province of al-Ahsaa. ...

  • London police urge Portugal to reopen Madeleine McCann case

    Madeleine McCann . After reviewing investigative files on the case, detectives said they had a list of persons of interest, The Daily Telegraph reported. Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who heads the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said the review found "investigative and forensic opportunities." Madeleine disappeared shortly before her 4th birthday in August ...

  • World Golf Hall of Fame member Ken Venturi dead at 82

    Ken Venturi, whose 1964 U.S. Open victory was one of the most memorable feats in the history of the golf, died Friday at the age of 82. His death came less than a week after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Venturi had been hospitalized since March for a variety of health issues, including pneumonia and infections in his back and intestine. He won 14 times on the PGA Tour ...

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Office Space

"Office Space" should have started with a brief dedication: "This film is dedicated to anyone who has ever worked in a cubicle." This film, the first live-action offering from Mike Judge, creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill," is a wry tale of vengeance against cubicle culture, and anyone who has ever worked in one will find much to laugh about. I, for one, have worked in a cubi ... ...

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  • Student Were graduating a premier group of new doctors

    Thirty-six students at the University of Central Florida graduated debt-free Friday. Four years ago, UCF had just broken ground on its medical school. It had no accreditation, no faculty, and needed to lure the nation's top students to an unknown school, so they offered to give each med student free tuition and covered all their living expenses. A dean and some of the graduates, in their ...

  • With same genetic test results 1-in-2 women would follow Jolie

    A YouGov poll found 1-in-2 U.S. women would have a double mastectomy if genetic tests suggested they had a very high chance of developing breast cancer. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive on the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highlands Center in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on February 26, 2012. UPI/Kevin ...

  • Small number of autism cases linked to depression medications

    In utero exposure to the medications that treat depression may increase the risk of autism spectrum disorders in less than 1 percent of cases. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Shelby Miller talks with friends during a fund raiser for the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in St. Louis on May 16, 2013. UPI/Bill ...

  • U.S. Trade Agreements Threaten Public Health and Freedom

    But modern trade pacts reach deep into our lives in ways that have nothing to do with trade. Deals now under discussion undermine the freedom of people everywhere to decide how to live, and they restrict the ability of democratically-elected governments to promote public health. It's time for the rest of us to pay attention: A recent trade spat between Cuba and Australia shows exactly ...

  • UC goes to court to stop medical-worker strike

    About 30,000 workers statewide including 5,800 at UC Davis are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 or University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America Local 9119. While the California Public Employment Relations Board will seek a court injunction Monday to stop University of California medical center ...

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