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AP - A weasel-like animal called a stone marten was infected with the
 deadly bird flu virus, marking the disease's spread to another mammal
 species, a German laboratory said Thursday.

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AP - North Carolina health officials are investigating the death of a
 woman who died last week of a flesh-eating bacteria three days after
 accidentally jamming her hand in a wheelchair while working at a
 nursing home.

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AP - Fewer New York City public high schoolers are lighting up, a trend
 officials credit to such factors as better health education, smoking
 bans in workplaces and higher cigarette sales taxes.

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AP - Senior citizens are leaving the labor force sooner than they did 50
 years ago, even though they are living longer, healthier lives.

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AP - Oregon researchers are set to begin the first clinical trial in the
 nation using fetal stem cells to treat infants and children suffering
 from a rare and fatal brain disease.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-fed babies, so
 the prevailing wisdom goes, are less likely to have weight problems
 later in life.  Introducing solid foods later -- at about four or six
 months -- is also thought to reduce the risk of being overweight later
 in childhood.

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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials,
 courtesy of CenterWatch:

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Reuters - Worldwide measles deaths had dropped 48 percent in six years
 as immunization efforts reached more children in sub-Saharan Africa,
 the United Nations said on Friday.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Alternative medicine
 is just as popular in rural North Carolina as it is in America's urban
 centers.

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may be
 within spitting distance of a reliable, saliva-based early detection
 test for oral cancer.

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