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Health officials: 1 in 50 school kids have autism

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 20th

By MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A government survey of parents says 1 in 50 U.S. schoolchildren has autism, surpassing another federal estimate for the disorder. Health officials say the new number doesn't mean autism is occurring more often. But it does suggest that doctors are

Bloomberg cigarette plan gets praise, criticism

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By MEGHAN BARR and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Anti-smoking advocates and health experts hailed proposals from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would keep cigarettes out of sight in New York City stores, while tobacco companies and smokers called it an overreach. The ban, which would

Bloomberg cigarette plan gets praise, criticism

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

NYC plan would keep tobacco products out of sight

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 18th

By MEGHAN BARR and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday, igniting complaints from retailers and smokers who said they've had enough with

Hundreds checked for rabies after transplant death

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 16th

By DAVID DISHNEAUAssociated Press Public health agencies in five states are assessing the rabies risk for hundreds of people who may have had close contact with an infected organ donor and four transplant recipients, one of whom died, officials said Saturday. About 200 medical workers, relatives

Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment checks to former troops who left the military voluntarily. Unemployment Compensation for Ex-

Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 15th

Brominated vegetable oil in Gatorade?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 14th

By GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came from a high school student who had made it her mission to get rid of the ingredient. "I was

NEW DETAILS: Public Health Groups Offer Input On Legal Pot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 12th

SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state should be conservative in how much legal marijuana it allows to be sold and strict in how it regulates pot advertising. That's the advice to state regulators from a group of Washington public health and substance abuse prevention organizations.

FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 12th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines. Writing a new menu labeling law "has gotten extremely thorny," says the head of the Food and Drug