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Publix to offer 7 popular prescription antibiotics for free

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) Seven popular antibiotics will be available free from Publix supermarkets for people with prescriptions, even if they have a health insurance provider that would pay for them, the company and Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday.
Fourteen-day supplies of the seven drugs, among the most commonly prescribed, will be available at […]

Study: Signs of autism show earlier in some children

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 […]

Poll: People doubt feds’ ability to handle disease outbreak

WASHINGTON The public has little faith the government is adequately screening visitors to the country or could cope with an outbreak of an infectious disease, according to an AP-Ipsos poll.
Only one in five surveyed said the government is doing enough to scrutinize people crossing the border into the U.S., the poll found. Just […]

TB patient questions CDC’s actions

ATLANTA The globe-trotting tuberculosis patient who sparked an international public health incident in May said Friday he was tricked into a federal quarantine.
Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old Atlanta attorney, he would have gladly gone into isolation if health officials had asked him to. Instead, he said they asked him to swing by a New […]

Orange takes down mobile phone mast from flats after seven residents struck with cancer

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A mobile phone company is to remove a controversial mast from a block of flats dubbed the ‘Tower of Doom’, after seven residents were struck down by cancer.
Three residents have died and another four are battling the deadly disease since two masts were erected on the roof of the five-storey block.
Cancer rates […]