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FDA: Flu Drugs Affecting Kids' Behavior

WASHINGTON -- Government health regulators recommended adding label precautions about neurological problems seen in children who have taken flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.

Indian Tribe Get Air Pollution Voice

ST. REGIS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. -- The Environmental Protection Agency has given St. Regis Mohawks a voice in enforcing federal air quality rules on the tribe's reservation in northern New York, following a five-year review.

A Time to Kill, And a Time to Heal

HOLON, Israel -- The 2-year-old's flawed heart beat backward, pumping blue blood to his lips and inking rings around his eyes.

Go Go Gadget Recycling!

It's hard to imagine life without cellphones, computers and iPods. And as technology advances, so does the rate at which we buy gadgets just to keep up. While constantly upgrading your electronics is hard on the wallet, it's also harmful to the planet -- and possibly your health.

Jerusalemites Pray, Rap About Future

JERUSALEM -- When Ali Qleibo was born in Jerusalem, his home was under Jordanian control. It was 1953, and not far away stretched the bleak gash of barbed wire, concrete walls and minefields that cut the city into Jewish and Arab halves.

Study Calls HIV in D.C. A 'Modern Epidemic'

The first statistics ever amassed on HIV in the District, released today in a sweeping report, reveal "a modern epidemic" remarkable for its size, complexity and reach into all parts of the city.

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Gene Therapy Study Is Allowed to Resume

The Food and Drug Administration has given a Seattle company permission to resume its human tests of an experimental, gene-based arthritis treatment whose safety came into question this summer after a 36-year-old study participant died.

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Making Families Torn by Illness Whole Again

You don't often see clowns roaming hospital halls, but at Children's Hospital, they make rounds just as doctors do.

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Shades of Meaning

Fall has always been an awkward time for me. Mom: Look that gorgeous red tree! We're having such a colorful fall.

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A Theory That Raises Questions

Over the past several decades, a steady stream of studies has documented that people born in winter and spring have an increased risk for schizophrenia, a serious mental illness characterized by disordered thinking, hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.