Should schools close during bad flu outbreaks?

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new U.S. government study suggests that during a serious flu epidemic, closing schools can keep people – especially kids – out of the ER.Now, researchers say, the big questions include, When is it best to close schools? And what are the downsides? affiliate...

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Sandy's death toll climbs; millions without power

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 38, many of the victims killed by falling trees.The full extent of the damage in New Jersey, where the storm roared...

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Google unveils first 10-inch Nexus tablet

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc unveiled a larger version of its Nexus-branded tablet computer on Monday, and updated its mobile gadget and online content offerings as competition with Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp heats up ahead of the holiday sales season. The device follows a spate of new product launches by the technology leaders in recent weeks, including Apple's...

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Labrinth, Taylor Swift top UK music charts

affiliate marketing LONDON (Reuters) – Singer-producer Labrinth topped the British singles charts this week with the ballad “Beneath Your Beautiful” featuring Emeli Sande.It was the first No. 1 as a solo artist for the British singer. affiliate marketing Boy band JLS was new in at...

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Mass. shuts down another compounding pharmacy

affiliate marketing BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts shut down another compounding pharmacy over sterility concerns after a surprise inspection prompted by the nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a different company, state officials have said.Dr. Madeleine Biondolillo of the state Department of Public Health said inspectors went to the...

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Northeast hunkers down ahead of Hurricane Sandy

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A strengthening Hurricane Sandy churned north Monday, raking ghost-town cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. Subways and schools were closed across the region of 50 million people, the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was deserted, and thousands fled inland to await the storm's fury.As the storm closed in on the mid-Atlantic coast, it washed...

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Lithuania opens 2nd round of national election

affiliate marketing VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Voting stations have opened in the second round of Lithuania’s parliamentary elections, with the results likely to determine whether the small East European nation continues tough austerity measures in an effort to join the euro zone.Nearly half of Parliament’s 141 seats are at stake in single-mandate...

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Reports: UK police arrest Gary Glitter

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — The sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children’s television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.Police would not directly identify the suspect arrested Sunday, but...

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Analysis: Employees to face healthcare sticker shock

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Visit to New York City orthopedist: $ 223. One X-ray: $ 50. One follow-up magnetic resonance imaging test: $ 766. Total bill for checking out that aching shoulder: $ 1,039 – all to be paid by the patient, rather than the insurer.Healthcare has gone retail. affiliate...

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Sandy: East Coast braces for epic hurricane, ‘life-threatening’ storm surge

Waves crash into a pier in Nags Head, N.C., Oct. 27, 2012. (Gerry Broome/AP)[UPDATED: 2:30 p.m. ET]"Superstorm." "The Perfect Storm." "Frankenstorm."Whatever you want to call it, the East Coast is bracing for Hurricane Sandy, a "rare hybrid storm" that is expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge to the mid-Atlantic coast, Long Island Sound and New York harbor, forecasters say, with winds expected...

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