Health
Easily prevented, quickly tragic: Choking claims 4,000 lives each year
Fred Y. Sasaki put on a red tie and his gray suit.
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Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants
An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
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Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate
In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.
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NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore.
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WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.
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Alabama mystery illness solved: it's common flu
Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new bacteria or viruses were involved.
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HEALTH
2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy
Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names:
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HEALTH
US companies challenging contraception mandate
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is challenging the part of the federal health care law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of contraception.
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HEALTH
Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate
A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good.
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Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter
The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month.
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