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Egypt: Investigation Continues After Wild Poliovirus Is Detected Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 03:04 PM PST [allAfrica]Washington, DC -Nearly eight years after Unicef declared Egypt polio free and two years after the last reported case, wild poliovirus has popped up in the capital, Cairo, after routine testing of the city’s sewers. Health authorities suspect the virus originated in Pakistan. Southcoast visits North Pole Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 03:01 PM PST Wareham resident H. Ray Price, director of Safety, Security and Emergency Management for Southcoast Health System, visited with Santa during a recent trip to North Pole, Alaska.   Two closed Riyadh restaurants reopen Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 02:59 PM PST RIYADH: Rodolfo C. Estimo Jr. Two of the five restaurants ordered closed by the Riyadh municipality have reopened their doors after complying with requirements regarding equipment, health and sanitation. Tamiflu's effectiveness is now the center of debate Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 02:58 PM PST Letitia Stein, Times staff writer Sunday, January 27, 2013 In just the past few years, fears of deadly flu pandemics have turned the influenza-fighting drug called Tamiflu into a worldwide household name. The World Health Organization has declared the antiviral an "essential medicine" like penicillin and ibuprofen. Since 2005, when bird flu spread globally, it has been prescribed to more than 18 ... Faculty and staff train to help distressed students Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 02:55 PM PST CSUN faculty and staff received a letter from Harold Hellenbrand, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, regarding mental health resources available on campus in September. It suggested a program meant to help people recognize potential problems and another is on the way. Lawsuits target birth control in 'Obamacare' Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 02:49 PM PST NEW YORK -- The legal challenges over religious freedom and the birth control coverage requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul appear to be moving toward the U.S. Supreme Court. A Doctor's Kindness Gives Homeless Inventor A Second Chance Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 02:44 PM PST After inventor Mike Williams lost his business and his marriage, he ended up homeless. Then he found himself in the hospital after he was attacked and beaten in a California park. Dr. Jong Chen helped Williams back to health and back on his feet. Now they're working together on another invention. Franklin Co. man bit by fox Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 02:42 PM PST The Virginia Department of Health will examine a dead fox to see if it had rabies. Firms providing cover for donors during surgery Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 02:38 PM PST Star Health and Allied Insurance said its policy for donors would include infection and other complications arising out of donation during the surgery and hospitalization. Consumer alert: New health care markets on the way Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 02:36 PM PST This fall, new insurance markets called exchanges will open in each state, marking the long-awaited and much-debated debut of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

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