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Health officials confirm first bird flu death since 2010 – Examiner

January 1st, 2012 No comments

January 1, 2012 Health officials in China confirm that a 39-year-old bus driver from Shenzen, China died of the H5N1 (aka bird flu) virus on Saturday. It is the country’s first reported case of the deadly disease in humans in 18 months. The victim, a man …

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Health care executive is shot to death in Charlotte – Raleigh News & Observer

April 24th, 2011 Comments off

CHARLOTTE — A respected health care executive walking home from a nearby business was gunned down Friday morning on a residential street in a quiet south Charlotte neighborhood. The shooting happened about 10:15 a.m. in the 4500 block of Mullens Ford Road …

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Elizabeth Taylor Dies of Heart Failure

March 23rd, 2011 Comments off

Actress Elizabeth Taylor died of congestive heart failure today in Los Angeles, with her children at her side. She was 79 years old and had been in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for several weeks before her death.

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Fennville basketball star Wes Leonard’s death renews concerns of hidden health risks – Detroit Free Press

March 4th, 2011 Comments off

A cause has not yet been determined, but the death of a western Michigan high school basketball player Thursday evening after he scored a game-winning shot brought fresh urgency to concerns about possibly hidden health dangers faced by young athletes. Wes …