New Jersey Requires H.I.V. Test in Pregnancy
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An H.I.V. test is about to become as routine as an ultrasound for pregnant women in New Jersey.
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OVER 6,000 patients were warned on Monday that they may have been exposed to vCJD, the human form of mad cow disease, through blood plasma products.
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High-risk pregnancies are on the rise in the United States and may be more common now than at any other time since modern obstetric care became available.
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A mother who contracts  influenza, pneumonia, or a sexually transmitted disease around  the time of pregnancy appears to be at increased risk of having  a child that will develop leukemia, new research shows.
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Technicians of the Health Ministry have started this month to collect blood samples from pregnant women, for a study on the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis &quot;B&quot; and Syphilis, throughout the country, reads a press note released by the World Health
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Tommy Morrisonâs career came to an abrupt end when he tested positive for H.I.V. But recent test results support his assertion that he was not infected with H.I.V.
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FRIDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- There's a simple test for women nearing the end of their pregnancy that could save the life of their newborn child.
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HIV testing will soon become part of routine prenatal care and be required for some newborns in New Jersey under a new law that supporters say is putting the state in the forefront of the national fight against HIV transmission to babies.
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The organization advised health workers in countries hard hit by AIDS to urge every patient to be tested for H.I.V. rather than to simply offer tests in limited circumstances.
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By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 14--About 1,100 families in Wichita are being encouraged to get blood tests for their children because their water may be contaminated with lead.
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Women of childbearing age in Westmoreland County will be asked to participate in a ground-breaking examination of the effects of environmental, genetic, social and physical
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Texas became the first U.S. state to require that all 11- and 12-year-old girls be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer, the governor's office said on Friday.
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Northern Ireland&#39;s Department of Health has been ordered to draw up guidelines on when abortion can be carried out. The Court of Appeal in the North made the order.
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Parents anxious to have  souvenir ultrasounds photographs or film clips of their unborn  child in the womb should make sure they are done by  professionals who follow strict safety guidelines.
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TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey officials now have some muscle to control the flu vaccine shortage. Gov. James McGreevey has signed into law emergency legislation that would fine doctors $500 who inoculate low-risk people.
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The state Health Department is investigating suspected cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare brain disease, in Ulster County.
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Average citizens need to prepare for the influenza pandemic that public health officials have been warning is overdue, New Jersey's top health officials said Tuesday in announcing a public awareness campaign.