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Health providers rush to notify patients in 23 states of meningitis-tainted steroid injections The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:38 AM PDT NEW YORK, N.Y. - Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that the routine steroid injections they received for back pain in recent months may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis. Clinics rush to warn patients of tainted steroid Associated Press via Yahoo! News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:32 AM PDT Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that the routine steroid injections they received for back pain in recent months may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis. Uganda says it is now free of deadly Ebola virus Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:22 AM PDT KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda is now free from Ebola, the Health Ministry said, two months after an outbreak of the deadly virus killed at least 16 people. There is no cure for Ebola, which is transmitted by close contact and bodily fluids, though doctors can treat the symptoms which include diarrhea and vomiting, and some patients can survive. "The Ministry of Health has ... officially declared an ... Study: Free birth control leads to fewer abortions Associated Press via Yahoo! News Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:33 AM PDT Free birth control led to dramatically lower rates of abortions and teen births, a large study concluded Thursday, offering strong evidence for how a bitterly contested Obama administration policy could benefit women's health.

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