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NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is now widespread in all but three states as the nation grapples with an earlier-than-normal season. But there was one bit of good news Friday: The number of hard-hit areas declined.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, due in part to the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked, according to a report released Wednesday by two of the nation's leading health research institutions.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – When Dr. Diane Chaney arrived for her morning shift at the University of Chicago Medicine’s emergency department on Monday, there were nine patients from the overnight shift waiting for treatment. By late morning, 36 patients, most with flu symptoms, were waiting. Across town, doctors at Rush University Medical Center have seen 203 flu patients since November 5, compared with 119 patients for the entire flu season last year. “We are coming to the point where we are running out of testing supplies,” said Dr. …
Even as policy makers and health experts point to an increased need for exercise, more than half of four-year colleges and universities in the United States have dropped physical education requirements compared to historic levels. Almost every US college student was required to take physical education and exercise requirements in the 1920s; today, that number is at an all-time low of 39 percent …
Infomercial exercise machines are shit. Cory Doctorow at 7:44 pm Thu, Dec 27. You know those infomercial exercise machines? All junk. Cory Doctorow. Come see me in February 2013 on the 20 city US tour for Homeland, the sequel to Little …
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Taiwanese air force pilots came very close this year to participating for the first time in a highly realistic and high-intensity combat training exercise in the US, but a last-minute decision by Washington prevented them from doing so over fears of …
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TUSCON, Ariz. – U.S. embassy and military personnel conducted final site surveys in the Central American country of Belize last week for a major exercise that will test U.S. military members' ability to deploy while building partnerships with host …
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2012 – U.S. and South Korean defense and diplomatic experts will conduct a tabletop exercise examining nuclear deterrence on the Korean Peninsula beginning tomorrow, a Pentagon official told reporters today.
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A Kuwaiti M-84 tank and U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicles advance toward the objective during Saweyan Shield, a defensive live fire exercise at the Udairi Range Complex near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Nov. 28. An M1A2 Main Battle Tank fires at a target during …
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The Chinese and US militaries held joint disaster response exercises Friday, as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific. The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer …
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