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2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By MARIA CHENGAP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) - Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France,

Stomach Virus-Like Outbreak At Longview Elementary School Sickens Many; No School Friday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GRANT COUNTY HEALTH DIST./MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Moses Lake School District and the Grant County Health District are investigating reports of a large number of students and staff experiencing symptoms of fever, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. These symptoms appear to be the

Stomach Virus-Like Outbreak At Longview Elementary School Sickens Many; No School Friday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 10th

IMS: US medicine spending shows rare dip in 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th

By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on use of health care services. Patients also benefited from a surge of new, inexpensive

Washington Boy Sick For Weeks After Swallowing Wire Bristle From BBQ Brush

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th

SEATTLE (AP) - After nearly two weeks of cramping and vomiting, a Mountlake Terrace teenager finally learned what caused his illness: swallowing a bristle from a wire grill brush. Sixteen-year-old Tristin Beck tells The Seattle Times he must have swallowed the bristle when he ate

Conn. man thought linked to heist gets 2½ years

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th

By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A reputed Connecticut mobster was sentenced Thursday to 2½ years in prison in a weapons and prescription drugs case that revealed federal authorities' belief that he knows something about the largest art heist in U.S. history. A prosecutor

NYC Council OKs sick days plan, seen as key step

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In a significant victory amid a push for paid sick time laws around the country, city lawmakers voted Wednesday to make businesses provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers who don't have it now. Saying they hoped that requiring sick

Despite scandal, Ex-SC Gov. Sanford back in office

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By BRUCE SMITHAssociated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Four years after scandal derailed his political career, ex-Republican Gov. Mark Sanford once again holds a South Carolina political office, winning back his old congressional seat Tuesday after a race in which he battled his past and an

Despite scandal, Ex-SC Gov. Sanford back in office

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

Amanda Bynes comes clean about nose job

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By Natalie Abrams, In keeping with her very honest public persona lately, Amanda Bynes has fessed up to getting a nose job. In a rant on Twitter Sunday, Bynes says she came clean because a magazine recently used an older photo of her on their cover. "I hate it!" she wrote. "The reason I've