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U.S. officials sound worldwide alert for Yosemite hantavirus risk Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:37 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have sent warnings to 39 other countries that their citizens who stayed in Yosemite National Park tent cabins this summer may have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne hantavirus, a park service epidemiologist said on Tuesday. Of the 10,000 people thought to be at risk of contracting hantavirus pulmonary syndrome from their stays in Yosemite ... Planned Parenthood asks court to reconsider Texas health ruling Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:13 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to reconsider a ruling that would allow Texas to exclude it from a health program for low-income women, as opponents of the rule packed a public hearing to express their outrage. A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court ruled last month that Texas may exclude groups affiliated with abortion providers from ... EU advises all girls need cervical cancer vaccines Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:11 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - All girls in Europe should be immunised against the human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer and current vaccine coverage rates are far too low, European Union health officials said on Wednesday. In new advice about tackling the virus, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said that while 19 out of 29 countries in the region had introduced ... Millions of Americans have uncontrolled blood pressure - report Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly half of about 67 million Americans with high blood pressure are not effectively treating their condition and face a high risk of a heart attack or stroke, a U.S. health official said on Tuesday. About 36 million people have uncontrolled high blood pressure, a condition caused when too much force is exerted by blood as it is pumped through the body and moves against ...

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