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Health officials: 1 in 50 school kids have autism
NEW YORK (AP) — A government survey of parents says 1 in 50 U.S. schoolchildren has autism, surpassing another federal estimate for the disorder. Health officials say the new nu...

BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE UP FOR FEDERAL APPEAL
DENVER (AP) -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care...

ANGER, FEAR, TEARS NORMAL RESPONSE TO DISASTERS
BOSTON (AP) -- Kaitlyn Greeley burst into tears when a car backfired the other day. She's afraid to take her usual train to her job at a Boston hospital, walking or taking cabs ins...

SCIENTISTS SAY BABY BORN WITH HIV APPARENTLY CURED
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2 ...

New health law could push individual medical claim cost…
A new report says the national health law will push up the cost of medical claims in both Missouri and Illinois. The study by the Society of Actuaries says the amount paid by ...

OFFICIALS ALARMED BY INCREASING SUPERBUG REPORTS
NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials are reporting an alarming increase in some dangerous superbugs at U.S. hospitals. These superbugs from a common germ family have become extreme...

2 NEW VIRUSES COULD BOTH SPARK GLOBAL OUTBREAKS
LONDON (AP) -- Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bir...

CRITICS SEEK TO DELAY NYC SUGARY DRINKS SIZE LIMIT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Opponents are pressing to delay enforcement of the city's novel plan to crack down on supersized, sugary drinks, saying businesses shouldn't have to spend millions...