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• Lawyer: Woods' brother did not get proper care

  article 2009-11-10  |  Author: Eric Tucker
  A hospital did not do enough to care for the brother of James Woods when he went to the emergency room complaining of a sore throat and vomiting in 2006, a lawyer for the actor told jurors Monday at the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit.Michael Woods died ...

• Costa Rica's president has swine flu

  article 2009-08-12  |  Author: Staff
  Nobel Peace laureate and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Tuesday that he has swine flu, showing that not even a head of state is safe from the virus that has caused worldwide concern but relatively few deaths.The 69-year-old president and Nobel Peace Prize winner said in a statement that ...

• HK reports 2nd swine flu-related death

  article 2009-07-28  |  Author: Staff
  Hong Kong has reported its second swine flu-related death after a Filipino housekeeper with the disease died.Health authorities said in a statement that the 37-year-old woman was in critical condition requiring mechanical ventilation before she died on Monday.The statement also late Monday said she developed fever, sore throat, ...

• Obama argues system dictates health care choices

  article 2009-07-23  |  Author: Staff
  President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that under the current health care system, doctors make medical decisions based on what they would be paid for a procedure rather than the best treatment.In trying to rally support for health care overhaul, Obama described a patient who sees a physician for a

• Malaysia confirms 2 more cases of swine flu

  article 2009-06-06  |  Author: Staff
  Malaysia confirmed two more cases of swine flu on Saturday, including a 15-year-old Australian tourist, bringing the country's total to seven.The Australian girl arrived in Kuala Lumpur Friday with her mother and was hospitalized with a fever, which was detected by an airport scanner, said Hasan Abdul Rahman, the health ...

• Powdered pasta sauce triggers hazmat probe at SoCal hospital

  article 2008-05-03  |  Author: Staff
  A woman who reported being ill dropped a mysterious substance on the floor of an emergency room on Friday, forcing the unit to shut down for several hours until tests confirmed it was only powdered alfredo sauce.A police officer responding to the scene also reported feeling sick when he came ...

• Migrant farm workers' exhibit puts human face on products most take for granted

  article 2008-03-16  |  Author: Glenn Adams
  When harvest time rolls around in Maine, 10,000 to 12,000 migrant farm workers and their families come to the state to harvest wild blueberries and cranberries, pick apples and cut broccoli. Others tend chickens, work in the forests and help grow Christmas trees.The workers who travel from Mexico, Central America, ...