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New push for most in US to get at least 1 HIV test

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks. Americans ages 15 to 64 should get an HIV test at least once - not just people considered at high risk for the virus, an independent panel that sets

SPD On Marijuana Law: No Change For Now

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

SPOKANE, Wash. - The first provisions of Initiative 502, the measure legalizing marijuana for recreational use at the state level, will go into place Dec. 6, pending election certification later this month. On that date, up to one ounce of marijuana will be decriminalized. A public safety

SPD On Marijuana Law: No Change For Now

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

New push for most in US to get at least 1 HIV test

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

Senate questions pharmacy boards after outbreak

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate committee investigating the deadly outbreak of meningitis wants to know how regulators in all 50 states oversee specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered the illness. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and

Police make arrest after monkey dies at Idaho zoo

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By JOHN MILLER and REBECCA BOONEAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police arrested a 22-year-old man Monday after a monkey at the Boise zoo was found dead over the weekend, shortly after a zoo security guard frightened away two intruders. Michael J. Watkins, of Weiser, Idaho, was arrested on

NJ drug company execs charged with insider trading

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By DAVID PORTERAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Executives at two leading drug companies were among six people arrested Monday and charged with insider trading in what federal prosecutors said was a five-year-long scheme that netted more than $1 million. Among those charged were 42-year-old

Walgreen CEO compensation slips in fiscal 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By TOM MURPHYAP Business Writer Walgreen CEO Gregory D. Wasson's total compensation slipped in fiscal 2012, as earnings sank 21 percent and a contract dispute hurt revenue for the nation's largest drugstore operator. Wasson, 54, received compensation valued at about $12 million for the

Walgreen CEO compensation slips in fiscal 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

By The Associated Press Drugstore operator Walgreen's earnings sank in fiscal 2012, and CEO Gregory D. Wasson's pay package slipped as well. The 54-year-old executive saw his total compensation slip 1 percent to $12 million in fiscal 2012. Wasson received a $1.3 million salary, a $1.2

KHQ MD ALERT: Why Pot Makes Some People Psychotic

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 19th

YAHOO.COM - People who smoke pot may be at increased risk for psychosis if they have a certain genetic marker, a new study finds. The results show people with this genetic marker who use cannabis are twice as likely to experience psychosis compared with those who use the