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Yosemite hantavirus outbreak may offer clues to rare disease Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:50 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California researchers and public health officials have launched what they describe as a groundbreaking series of studies of a rare mouse-borne virus that has infected at least nine Yosemite National Park visitors, killing three of them, since June. By using the 1,200-square-mile (3,100-square-km) park and its rodent and human populations as a giant natural laboratory ... AP-GfK Poll: Most see health law being implemented Associated Press via Yahoo! News Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:15 AM PDT It still divides us, but most Americans think President Barack Obama's health care law is here to stay. New UCSD Health chief eyes changes, growth U-T San Diego Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:56 AM PDT Three months after Paul Viviano assumed the helm of the UC San Diego Health System, he answers questions about his plans for growing and improving the system's medical care. WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:29 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged health workers everywhere to report patients with acute respiratory infection who may have been in Saudi Arabia or Qatar, following the discovery of a new virus from the same family as SARS. Saudi Arabia said it had taken precautions to prevent disease spreading next month, when it expects over 2 million Muslims to flock to the ... UPDATE 1-WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:28 AM PDT * U.N. health agency gives global guidance on reporting newvirus * Two cases so far, Saudi and Qatari who went to Saudi * WHO working with Saudi authorities ahead of haj next month * Six suspected cases in Denmark prove to be false alarms (Updates with suspected cases cleared in Denmark, Saudimeasures, ECDC comment) GENEVA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization onWednesday urged ... Smokers fare worse after knee surgery Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:22 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smokers have worse outcomes after knee surgery than non-smokers, including less-complete healing and more surgical complications, according to a new analysis. Smoking has a profound effect on circulation, "so that means it even affects musculoskeletal healing," said Dr. Kurt Spindler, an orthopedic surgeon at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who wasn't ... Manitoba pharmacy faces $3.1-million lawsuit from federal government The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:21 AM PDT OTTAWA - A Prairie pharmacist and his former drug store face a multimillion-dollar lawsuit from the federal government over allegations they fleeced the aboriginal health-benefits plan. Scary Medicare Claims FactCheck.org via Yahoo! News Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:11 AM PDT A new TV ad in Florida harkens back to the notorious “death panel” falsehood. It wrongly claims Medicare benefits could be “rationed” and seniors denied treatment by the new health care law. In fact, the law specifically forbids rationing or restriction of benefits. American Crossroads, a super PAC launched with … More >>

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