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Turkeys in Chile Found to Have Swine Flu: Health Official Says Birds Are Infected With 'Human Virus,' Not a Mutated Form (Post, August 22, 2009)
Novavax Moves Closer to Licensing Bird Flu Vaccine (Post, August 27, 2008)
Hong Kong Acts to Curb Avian Virus (Post, June 12, 2008)
China Rushes to Halt Bird Flu Among Ducks (Post, September 19, 2007)
PLAYERS: Meet David Acheson: Your Stomach's Best Friend (Post, July 4, 2007)
AIDS/HIV
Fenty Urged to Get Out Front on AIDS: Mayor Should Seize Opportunities Such as Walk, Activists Say (Post, October 3, 2009)
AIDS Prevention Having an Effect: New Cases Have Stabilized Since 1998, CDC Reports in Update on Epidemic (Post, August 3, 2008)
AIDS Infection Rate in U.S. Higher Than Previously Estimated (Post, August 2, 2008; 2:24 PM)
House Votes to Continue and Expand President's Global Effort Against AIDS (Post, April 3, 2008)
Vaccine Failure Is Setback in AIDS Fight: Test Subjects May Have Been Put at Extra Risk Of Contracting HIV (Post, March 21, 2008)
Flu Basics
New group helps US monitor swine flu shot safety (AP, November 2, 2009; 12:41 AM)
Doctors' offices caught between the ill and the ill-tempered: Satisfactory answers are in as short supply as the flu vaccine itself, workers find (Post, November 1, 2009; 9:53 PM)
Gitmo detainees set to receive swine flu vaccine (AP, November 1, 2009; 3:49 PM)
Millions without sick leave fear swine flu (AP, November 1, 2009; 2:08 PM)
Castro: more US visitors mean more Cuban swine flu (AP, October 31, 2009; 10:08 AM)
Stem Cell Research
Scientists grow mice heart muscle strip that beats (AP, October 15, 2009; 6:11 PM)
Rules on Stem Cell Research Are Eased: More Lines Eligible For Federal Funding (Post, July 7, 2009)
N.Y. to Pay for Eggs for Stem Cell Research: Policy Is a First Among States; Critics Fear That Women Will Be Exploited (Post, June 26, 2009)
Compromise Rules Issued on Embryonic Stem Cells (Post, April 18, 2009)
Friendly Fire (By Howard Kurtz, March 11, 2009; 10:07 AM)
Medicare and You
Means Test Sought for Medicare Drug Plan (Post, October 5, 2007; Page A01)
Rove's True Regret: It's a Rap (By Al Kamen, August 15, 2007; Page A09)
Costs Grow for Common Medicare Drugs: Price Increase in Prescription Program Is Twice That Seen in Wholesale Rates (Post, May 13, 2007; Page A10)
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