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Tornadoes level homes in Okla., 1 dead
Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of ...
Consumer group flags high SPF ratings on sunscreen
Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, according to ...
US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug
Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday. While ...
US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug
Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday. While ...
More centers in DC area speak seniors' language
If Mohammad Rahro, 91, had gone to just any senior center in Maryland, chances are he would not have encountered someone who remembered the headmaster with four wives who rode to school each day on a beloved white donkey. Instead, on his first day at the Loving Care Adult Medical ...
News from around Wisconsin at 5:58 p.m. CDT
Wisconsin bill would ban mandatory flu shots MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature. Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R-Fond du Lac, said he began drafting the legislation ...
Stilt walker finishes 354-mile Michigan trek
After 354 miles and thousands of donated dollars, the "Michigan Stilt Walker" wrapped up his latest trek across the state Sunday. Neil Sauter arrived in Jackson about 6 p.m. to finish his fundraising walk for the nonprofit group United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan. Sauter covered about 24 miles on the ...
Giants' Pagan leaves game with flu-like symptoms
San Francisco Giants outfielder Angel Pagan left Sunday's game at Colorado in the fifth inning because of flu-like symptoms. Pagan was replaced in center field by Andres Torres. Pagan was hitless in his only two at-bats. He has struggled with just 10 hits in his past 52 at-bats.
CMU OKs design spending for Saginaw medical campus
Central Michigan University trustees have approved an additional $350,000 for planning and design for the Saginaw campus of its new medical school. The board that governs the Mount Pleasant-based university also has authorized President George E. Ross to move forward with the start of construction. Trustees are to vote in ...
RI urges baby boomers to get Hepatitis C test
Rhode Island's health department is encouraging baby boomers to get tested for Hepatitis C, saying adults born between 1945 and 1965 are five times more likely to contract the disease. State health director Michael Fine says an estimated 11,000 Rhode Islanders have Hepatitis C, though many have yet to show ...
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