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Gov’t: Swine flu linked to 11 more child deaths
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The swine flu is causing an unprecedented amount of illness for this early in the fall, with the deaths of 11 more children reported in the past week. And less vaccine than expected will be ready by month’s end, federal health officials said Friday.
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Giving babies Tylenol may blunt vaccines’ effects
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Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.
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Scientists grow mice heart muscle strip that beats
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Scientists have grown a piece of heart muscle _ and then watched it beat _ by using stem cells from a mouse embryo, a big step toward one day repairing damage from heart attacks. Think of Dr. Kenneth Chien as a heart mechanic. "We’re making a heart part and (eventually) we’re going to put the part in," is how he describes the work by his team of Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers.
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Swine flu 6 months later: Relief, but winter looms
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It was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catastrophic global outbreak that could cause people to drop dead in the streets. Doomsday, of course, never came to pass.
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How your tongue tastes the bubbly: Sour taste buds
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Like the fizz of a soft drink? Thank your tongue’s sour-sensing taste buds.
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