AP - Conjoined twin girls who were separated in a 20-hour operation were in critical condition on Friday and one was in danger of dying, according to the director of the Chilean hospital where they are being treated.[Read more...]
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AP - Vietnam says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 156 people, mostly children, and sickened more than 96,000 through late November.[Read more...]
AP - Days in the laboratory are numbered for chimpanzees, humans’ closest relative.[Read more...]
AP - The government on Thursday said it would adopt strict new limits on using chimpanzees in medical research, after a prestigious scientific group recommended that experiments with humans’ closest relative be done only as a last resort.[Read more...]
AP - Chimpanzees should hardly ever be used for medical research, a prestigious scientific group told the government Thursday — advice that means days in the laboratory may be numbered for humans’ closest relatives.[Read more...]
AP - At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor’s hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces — less than a can of soda — she is among the smallest babies ever born in the world. Most infants her size don’t survive, but doctors are preparing to [...]
The Social Security Administration has commissioned an independent review of the federal disability system amid concerns it awards benefits to those who don’t deserve them and denies benefits to those who do. A focus of the study is expected to be the work of roughly 1,500 administrative-law judges, who hear appeals by applicants but [...]
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AP - It’s a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends.[Read more...]
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Czech statesman Vaclav Havel dies
Elated, last US troops leave Iraq, ending war
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Last US troops elated to leave Iraq as war ends
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Final U.S. Troops Leave Iraq
Last US troops leave Iraq as war ends
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Philippines steps up flood rescue
Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill
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Cairo Protesters, Police Clash; 9 DeadPolice Clash With Cairo Protesters; 9 DeadClashes in Cairo Leave 8 Dead
Senate OKs $1T budget bill, payroll tax cut
(AP)Senate OKs short-term extension of payroll tax cut
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