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87 salmonella cases reported across Quebec

MONTREAL, Quebec - A provincial health official says that an unusually high number of people have fallen ill with salmonella food poisoning across Quebec.

Court: US can block mad cow testing

By MATT APUZZO

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday.

Drunken-driving deaths fall in 32 states

By KEN THOMAS

WASHINGTON - Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states.

CDC says salmonella outbreak appears to be over

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

WASHINGTON - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,440 people appears to be over.

New Katrina death tally: Half of victims 75 and up

By LINDSEY TANNER

CHICAGO - As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers.

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Tracking Alzheimer's-linked protein in live brains

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

WASHINGTON - Scientists for the first time have peered into people's brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer's disease.

Study: 12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

WASHINGTON - Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related _ more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says.

Cells change identity in promising breakthrough

By MALCOLM RITTER

NEW YORK - Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.

In NYC, new HIV infections 3 times national rate

NEW YORK - New data show New York City residents are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate.

Police: Disabled Palestinian siblings hidden away

By NASSER SHIYOUKHI

BEIT AWWA, West Bank - A Palestinian couple locked their disabled son and daughter away for decades out of fear they would ruin the marriage prospects of a healthy child if discovered, police said Wednesday.

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