State threatens lawsuit for Fort Meade contamination

State threatens lawsuit for Fort Meade contamination
By PAMELA WOOD, Staff Writer The state of Maryland plans to sue the Army for failing to clean up environmental contamination at Fort George G. Meade.
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Judge blocks Calif.'s 10 percent Medi-Cal cuts

A federal judge has blocked a 10 percent cut in California's Medicaid payments to doctors, dentists, pharmacies and many other health care providers.

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UMass Memorial gets top ranking

By Elizabeth Cooney WORCESTER - Nearly three years after its heart surgery program was suspended, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester now ranks among the safest in the country, according to federal figures released today.

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Update: The West Nile Virus Isn't Going Anywhere

By Michael Todd In response to the West Nile virus infections signaled across the country, the authorities decided on taking immediate action in several areas, by addressing the population with details on the risks presented by the disease, ...

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Report: Florida is 34th fattest state

Nearly a quarter of Floridians are obese, and if that sounds like a lot, the rate is higher in 33 other states. So says a report issued Tuesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America's Health, adding that adult obesity rates ...

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Salon Radio: Sen. Charles Grassley on the anthrax investigation

For today's edition of Salon Radio, I spoke with GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa who, to his credit, has been the leading critic in the Senate of the FBI's anthrax investigation.

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West Nile Virus Strikes Local Victims

By TAMI K. PHILLIPS, Times Features Editor Scott County residents hoped to remain out of the woods when dealing with the West Nile Virus this year, though the Mississippi Health Department reported the second local case this week.

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FDA Decision on BPA Outrages Health Advocates

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug 20, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Scientists, physicians, and children's health advocates expressed outrage with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement that bisphenol A - the hormone disrupting ...

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EPA Issues List of Midwest Counties It Plans to Name as Not ...

CHICAGO, Aug 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----US Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today issued a list of 76 counties that it plans to name as not meeting the new, health-based 24-hour outdoor air quality standard for fine ...

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Amylin Pharmaceuticals Diabetes Drug Byetta(R) the Focus of ...

SAN DIEGO, Aug 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----A Virginia man yesterday filed what is believed to be the first personal injury lawsuit stemming from injuries associated with the use of Byetta(R), an injectable medication for diabetes.

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