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Vaginal Gel Blocks HIV, Herpes

A vaginal gel has strong HIV- and herpes-blocking action even an hour after use. The gel is PRO 2000, now in large-scale clinical tests. It’s hoped that the odorless, colorless product — what scientists call a vaginal microbicide — will slow the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. …

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CDC Chief: Bird Flu Could Cause Pandemic

WASHINGTON – The Earth may be on the brink of a worldwide epidemic from a bird flu virus that may mutate to become as deadly and infectious as viruses that killed millions during three influenza pandemics of the 20th century, a federal health official said Monday. Dr. Julie L. Gerberding, …

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Boy Scout Jamboree Ends

BOWLING GREEN, Va. – The tent city that houses the National Scout Jamboree (search) every four years at Fort A.P. Hill vanished overnight as the event came to a close Wednesday. Acres of land that just days earlier had been filled with more than 40,000 Boy Scouts (search), leaders and …

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