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AP News Guide: Summit opens debate on ethics of gene editing

AP Health News - Fetched: November 30th, 2015, 6:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Designer babies or an end to intractable illnesses: A revolutionary technology is letting scientists learn to rewrite the genetic code, aiming to alter DNA in ways that, among other things, could erase disease-causing genes....

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New York state adding $200M more to $2.5B fight against AIDS

AP Health News - Fetched: November 30th, 2015, 6:00pm UTC

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York will dedicate $200 million more to its effort to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday....

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Top carbon culprits US, China, India debate nuances of roles

AP Health News - Fetched: November 30th, 2015, 5:00pm UTC

LE BOURGET, France (AP) -- Call them the culprits of carbon....

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New York state adding $200M more to $2.5B fight against AIDS

AP Health News - Fetched: November 30th, 2015, 5:00pm UTC

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state will dedicate $200 million more to its $2.5 billion effort to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020....

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Officials say influential health survey needs to slim down

AP Health News - Fetched: November 30th, 2015, 3:00pm UTC

NEW YORK (AP) -- When the government launched what would become most influential survey to monitor the nationamp;apos;s public health, there were just 75 questions - and 95 percent of those asked agreed to sit for it....

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From AIDS to x-rays, survey's questions covered the gamut

AP Health News - Fetched: November 30th, 2015, 3:00pm UTC

NEW YORK (AP) -- As federal health officials work on a redesign of the National Health Interview Survey, itamp;apos;s interesting to look back on the clever queries that built its reputation....

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AP News Guide: Summit opens debate on ethics of gene editing

AP Health News - Fetched: November 30th, 2015, 3:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Designer babies or an end to intractable illnesses: A revolutionary technology is letting scientists learn to rewrite the genetic code, aiming to alter DNA in ways that, among other things, could erase disease-causing genes....

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Kevorkian archive opens as physician-assisted deaths rise

AP Health News - Fetched: November 30th, 2015, 2:00am UTC

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Just days before she died with Dr. Jack Kevorkianamp;apos;s assistance, Merian Frederick could not speak or hold up her head without help from her daughter, Carol Poenisch....

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