U.S. to help cleanse Agent Orage hotspot
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The U.S. government will give Vietnam $400,000 toward cleaning up a former U.S. military base contaminated by Agent Orange, its biggest step yet toward resolving one of the most contentious legacies of the Vietnam War, the U.S. ambassador said Friday.
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An animal suspected of having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a second round of sophisticated testing, the US Agriculture
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The federal government is now pushing health providers to use proven remedies for common ailments.
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WASHINGTON -- Laura Bush will open a White House summit on malaria today to rally global partners and ordinary Americans, including schoolchildren, to work together to eliminate the scourge, which kills about 1 million people a year, mostly in Africa.
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TORONTO (CP) - Officials of the US Food and Drug Administration will inspect the Ste-Foy, Que., flu vaccine production plant of ID Biomedical next week in a bid to approve the company&#39;s surplus vaccine for importation to the United States.
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U.S. officials asked business, health and religious groups on Wednesday to urge Americans to prepare for a possible flu pandemic with steps like storing food and supplies and staying home if ill.
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By Stephen Speckman Deseret Morning News  Citing a worldwide threat to the security of the United States from hostile nations, the Army wants to renovate Dugway Proving Ground's old Baker Laboratory to increase defense testing against biological agents.
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Oct 18, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - In response to an apparent increase in illnesses due to contaminated produce, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released an &quot;action plan&quot; for reducing microbial contamination of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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WASHINGTON -- November 29 -- As Americans get ready for Thanksgiving meals around the country, the Food and Drug Administration has acknowledged that contamination of the food supply by genetically engineered crops is inevitable, but its new proposed
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State and federal health authorities were trying on Wednesday to determine the cause of an outbreak that has sickened about 1,000 people who visited an Ohio island getaway in Lake Erie.
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Seven prominent Vietnamese and Americans will work together to support humanitarian efforts in cleaning up wartime dioxin, or "agent orange" in Vietnam, a U.S. philanthropy said on Wednesday.
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The State Department has set up a hotline for people worried about Americans living or traveling in South Asia. To get information on a friend or relative, can call (888) 407-4747 or visit the State Department&#39;s Web site.
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U.S. authorities have added Chinese toothpaste to their list of imports from that country to undergo tests for chemical contamination.
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There's encouraging news about an enzyme replacement drug.
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The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness.
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American scientists have claimed that an enzyme present in almost all animal and human cells can be used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
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Exotic animals captured in the wild are streaming into the U.S. by the millions with little or no screening for disease, leaving Americans vulnerable to a virulent outbreak that could rival a terrorist act.