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Law allows placentas to be given to mothers
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Gov. Linda Lingle signed a bill yesterday allowing hospitals to release the placenta, the organ that connects mother and child in the womb, to a birth mother. The legislation came after several Hawaiian couples found they would not be allowed to take

Four more at health department sick with norovirus
Columbian - The norovirus outbreak that has sickened retirement home residents and health care workers has reached further into the Clark County Health Department itself. Four new cases were reported at the department in recent days, which brings to eight the

Skeptics warn against hype
MSNBC - Doomsday predictions about bird flu seem to be spreading faster than the virus itself. But a small group of skeptics say the bird flu hype is overblown and ultimately harmful to the public s health. There s no guarantee bird flu will become a

Mathematical modeling isn’t perfect, but so what?
Houston Chronicle, United States - Apr 27, 2006… They are among the best infectious disease modelers we have and these papers as well as those from some other groups are tours de force. …