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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Fewer children and workers at out-of-home day care centers would get sick if the centers had better equipment for changing diapers, washing hands and preparing food, according to a study.
Automatic faucets and foot-activated, rollout bins for diaper disposal can help reduce the spread of infectious diseases. But those and other […]

NEW YORK America used to be the tallest country in the world.
From the days of the founding fathers right on through the industrial revolution and two world wars, Americans literally towered over other nations. In a land of boundless open spaces and limitless natural abundance, the young nation transformed its increasing wealth into […]

BALTIMORE Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients’ bedside?
Not exactly, but some doctors have found a way to use a videoconferencing robot to check on patients while they’re miles from the hospital.
One is at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital. Outfitted with cameras, a screen and microphone, the […]

Children with autism can be identified as early as 14 months old, the youngest age at which the disorder has been diagnosed, a study by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore suggests.
But about half the time, symptoms may not show up until months later. That suggests at least two distinct paths leading […]

ATLANTA An Atlanta lawyer undergoing treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, XDR-TB, in Denver has a form of the disease that is less drug-resistant and more curable than previously reported, doctors said Tuesday.
Officials at National Jewish Medical and Research Center said multiple tests done there indicate Andrew Speaker’s TB will respond to some of […]