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  Boy receives pioneering stem cell surgery AFP - Sat Mar 20, 4:43 AM

  LONDON (AFP) - British and Italian doctors have carried out groundbreaking surgery to rebuild the windpipe of a 10-year-old boy using stem cells developed within his own body, they said.

• Big dip in US tuberculosis cases last year may be due to better screening of immigrants The Canadian Press - Fri Mar 19, 6:51 PM

  ATLANTA - An unexpected big drop in new U.S. tuberculosis cases is probably because of stepped up screening and treatment of immigrants before they leave their native countries, health officials say.

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  Obama: If health care vote fails Sunday in House, insurers will 'continue to run amok' The Canadian Press - Fri Mar 19, 1:38 PM

  FAIRFAX, Va. - President Barack Obama delivered a closing argument for the goal to which he has devoted much of his presidency, urging lawmakers on Friday to pass a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system in a long-awaited vote this weekend.

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  Brazil surgical robot fixes heart in Latin America first AFP - Fri Mar 19, 1:32 PM

  SAO PAULO (AFP) - Brazilian surgeons used a multi-armed robot to repair a hole in a woman's heart in the first operation of its kind in Latin America, they told AFP Friday.

• WHO: Not sure if drug-resistant TB is declining, most cases in China, India and eastern Europe The Canadian Press - Fri Mar 19, 3:55 AM

  LONDON - The World Health Organization says it doesn't have enough information to know if it is winning the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis.

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  The Canadian Press - Thu Mar 18, 5:24 PM
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  AFP - Thu Mar 18, 4:05 PM
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  The Canadian Press - Thu Mar 18, 2:03 PM
• Alliance seeks billions to boost life-saving jabs for poor
  AFP - Thu Mar 18, 12:15 PM
• US House set date for vote on Obama health plans
  AFP - Thu Mar 18, 11:24 AM
• Obama health overhaul cuts US deficit: Congress
  AFP - Thu Mar 18, 11:15 AM
• Vaccine group seeks $4.3 billion from donors to ramp up immunization campaign for world's poor
  The Canadian Press - Thu Mar 18, 10:58 AM
• China probes vaccines after news report of deaths, illnesses in northern province
  The Canadian Press - Thu Mar 18, 9:17 AM
• U.S. company recalls 1.2 million high chairs, 35,000 of them in Canada
  The Canadian Press - Thu Mar 18, 9:00 AM
• Calif worker safety board to consider mandating condoms for porn actors to curb spread of STDs
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• WHO suspends Shan5 combination vaccine
  AFP - Thu Mar 18, 6:09 AM
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