Health care for all (AP) -- an elusive goal that has tantalized presidents and governors for decades - is roaring back this year with ambitious proposals in a handful of prominent states....
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RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Thirty years after it began as just another quirky movement in Berkeley, Calif., the push to ban smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places has reached a national milestone....
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean quarantine officials are set to slaughter 273,000 poultry after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Agriculture Ministry and health officials said Saturday....
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- A global fund is being created to subsidize the purchase of a new generation of anti-malaria drugs for Africa, where the mosquito-borne disease kills 1 million people a year, mostly children under 5, a World Bank-sponsored forum announced Friday....
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- It isn't mystery meat - it's more like mystery fat. And the kids in the Plum Borough School District have been eating it and liking it....
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