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South African icon Nelson Mandela hospitalized

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By JON GAMBRELLAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to a military hospital Saturday for medical tests, though the nation's president told the public there was "no cause for alarm" over the 94-year-old icon's health. The

Anger at Australian radio station over royal hoax

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 8th

By By SYLVIA HUIAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. The sudden death of a nurse who unwittingly accepted a prank call to a London hospital about Prince William's pregnant wife Kate has shocked Britain and Australia, and sparked an angry backlash

Correction: Cancer Clinic Probe-Mississippi story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 7th

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - In a story Dec. 7 about the sentencing of a doctor and two others in a cancer clinic fraud case in Mississippi, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III. The quote was from Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Gilbert, who said

Father: Sick girl safe and being treated in Mexico

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

By By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a sick girl with leukemia deepened Wednesday after her father said his 11-year-old daughter is being treated in Mexico and authorities considered bringing child neglect charges against the family.

Vet Says VA Hospital Won't Let His Service Dog Inside For Appointments

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Posttraumatic stress disorder is a diagnosis the VA hospital is all too familiar with. In many cases, veterans who suffer from PTSD are given service animals to help them through their day-to-day life. Veteran William Morisette was prescribed a service dog to help with his

Vet Says VA Hospital Won't Let His Service Dog Inside For Appointments

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

Ex-NY Mayor Koch hospitalized with infection

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 5th

NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York Mayor Ed Koch (kahch) has been hospitalized for the second time in three months, this time with a respiratory infection. Spokesman George Arzt says the 87-year-old Koch was admitted Tuesday afternoon to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He says Koch is being treated

Sick girl sought after mom takes her from hospital

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Emily has leukemia. She just underwent a month of chemotherapy and had her right arm amputated after suffering complications. Doctors say she is at risk of dying from an infection. But the sick 11-year-old isn't in a hospital. Her mother

Police: Girl may die if not returned to hospital

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

By By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A young girl with leukemia and a heart catheter could die in a matter of days if she is not brought back to an Arizona hospital after her parents inexplicably took her out of the facility last week, authorities said Monday. Phoenix police are

FDA OKs HeartWare device for transplant patients

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new heart pump for patients with severe heart failure who are awaiting a heart transplant. Regulators approved HeartWare's Ventricular Assist System, a battery-powered device that is implanted in the chest, where it helps