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Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite…

Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device

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What do we eat? New food map will tell us

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Measles surges in UK years after flawed research

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Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

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Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

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WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary.

Correction: New Virus story

NEW YORK (AP) — In a story May 15 about a new SARS-like virus spreading from patients to health care workers in Saudi Arabia, The…

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