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A hospital official says a school assistant principal has become the first New York City death linked to the swine flu virus.
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A new study says that despite the movement to lower tar in cigarettes, cancer has increased — but only among U.S. smokers.
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A Gallup Poll released Friday found that 51 percent of Americans now call themselves pro-life rather than pro-choice on the issue of abortion, the first time a majority gave that answer in the 15 years that Gallup has asked the question.
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Health experts are looking very closely at the spread of swine flu among people in Spain, Britain and Japan, a WHO official said Sunday as Japan reported a one-day explosion of over 70 new cases, mostly among teenagers.
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Like a general whose direct attacks aren’t working, scientists are now trying to outflank the HIV/AIDS virus.
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The swine flu virus continues spreading in New York City — closing more schools and showing up in a jail — while the disease also reached further into Asia among travelers returning from the United States.
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U.S. health officials are seeing a surprising rise in the number of cases of ordinary, seasonal flu at a time when the flu season typically peters out.
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A genetic test may help predict which colon cancer patients are at higher or lower risk of having their cancer return after surgery, doctors report.
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President Barack Obama on Friday appointed Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, turning to a health commissioner who led the campaign to ban smoking and trans-fats from New York City restaurants.
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Doctors are allowed to prescribe drugs to treat conditions other than what they were meant to treat. Sometimes, they do it for breast cancer patients.
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