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Tulsa schools announce H1N1 vaccine dates

By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
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The district is receiving shipments of vaccine from the state, as well as some from the Tulsa City-County Health Department.

HEALTH NEWS
Ex-Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office investigator ordered to stand trial
By Associated Press
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The former chief investigator for the state Medical Examiner's office has been bound over for ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

    Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer
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Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

White House at odds with bishops over abortion
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer
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The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

    Six die from flu across state
By SARA PLUMMER World Staff Writer
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Six more people in Oklahoma have died from the flu, including one person in Tulsa County.
Friday, November 20, 2009

Health bill would tax cosmetic surgery
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press
Reader comments (7)
They call it the 'Botax.'
Friday, November 20, 2009

    Republicans blast 'bait and switch' health bill
By DAVID ESPO Associated Press
Reader comments (4)
Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Shingles of the eye can be painful and infectious
By PETER GOTT, M.D. Newspaper Enterprise Association
Reader comments (2)
Dear Dr. Gott:I am a 73-year-old female on no regular medications.
Friday, November 20, 2009

    Recent flu deaths include Tulsa County victim; H1N1 vaccine offered locally
By Staff Reports
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According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, 33 people have died from flu-like illness ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Federal health reform plans a "monumental mistake," state chamber president says
By SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
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Health care reform plans at the federal level are a 'monumental mistake' that will increase ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

    Narcotics allegedly missing from Oklahoma ambulance service
By ANN KELLEY NewsOK.com
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Law enforcement officials are investigating allegations that narcotics are missing from Medicus, ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer
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Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

    Senate girds for historic debate on health bill
By ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer
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After months of maneuvering, the Senate stands at the brink of a historic battle over health ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Senate approves veteran health bill, rejects Coburn amendment
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
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One of Coburn's main objections was that the bill, which he said would cost $3.7 billion over ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

    Senate health-care bill unveiled
By DAVID ESPO Associated Press
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Setting up a historic year-end health care debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Crowds turn out in Tulsa for H1N1 vaccine
By SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
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Crowds of people turned out again for an H1N1 vaccine clinic at Expo Square today, the second ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

    A sickly state
By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
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Oklahomans are among the least healthy people in the country, ranking above only Mississippi, ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Don't wait
By KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer
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Barbara Schwarz found a lump in her breast during a self-exam when she was 25. Now 61, she ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

    Man arrested after threatening Rogers County mental facility
By MATT BARNARD World Staff Writer
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When a deputy answered the phone, the man reportedly began swearing and threatened to blow ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Tulsa's St. John settles EEOC lawsuit
By Staff Reports
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St. John Health System, Inc. of Tulsa will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

    H1N1 vaccine available to more people
By KIM ARCHER & SARA PLUMMER World Staff Writers
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Swine flu vaccinations are now open to all who want them, state health officials announced ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009



AP HEADLINES
Bishops discuss authority over Catholic colleges
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights....

SEC accuses 4 people in alleged Ponzi scheme
Monday, November 16, 2009
DENVER (AP) -- Federal regulators have accused four people and two companies of fraud in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that lured 300 investors nationwide in purported eco-friendly investments....

Experts say radical measures won't stop swine flu
Thursday, November 19, 2009
LONDON (AP) -- Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms - have failed to contain the disease....

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
Friday, November 20, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday....

Cost of child vaccines fall, more kids saved
Friday, November 20, 2009
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty....

AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound
Friday, November 20, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- When the nation''s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be 'messy.' They were right....

China to punish those concealing swine flu info
Thursday, November 19, 2009
BEIJING (AP) -- China''s health ministry said it will punish officials who underreport cases of swine flu after a doctor famous for exposing the extent of the 2003 SARS epidemic said he believes the true number of swine flu deaths is being covered up....

US survey shows southern counties most obese
Thursday, November 19, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group
Friday, November 20, 2009

Pa. university students upset about fitness class
Friday, November 20, 2009













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