Flu shot access shifts from doctors to stores angering risk groups
Many elderly and disabled people struggle to get flu vaccines as vaccine supply favors supermarkets and discount chains over medical clinics. Doctors warn high risk patients may lose priority and lose the chance for comprehensive care.
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Trenton
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Ramon Perez
Perez
Woodbridge
Jamboree deaths ruled accidental by Army
The electrocution deaths of four Boy Scout leaders at the National Scout Jamboree were deemed accidental. An Army CID spokesman said the case will be closed after an administrative review, with no culpability for criminal acts found.
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Richmond
Army
Chris Grey
Criminal Investigation Command
Grey
Fellow GOP members call for DeLay ouster
Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay faces a leadership challenge as Republicans push for new elections amid a corruption scandal. Rep. Jim Ramstad and others circulate a petition while Speaker Hastert signals openness to changes. DeLay remains hopeful of reclaiming the majority leader post after his Texas indictment.
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Washington, D.C
Tom DeLay
House
Jim Ramstad
Minnesota
Dennis Hastert
R-Nl
House Republicans
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DeLay
Texas
Eleven U.S. troops killed amid surge of Iraq violence
A spasm of deadly violence in Iraq left eleven U.S. troops dead as fighting spiked across Baghdad and beyond. Shiite rallies denounced U.S. support for Sunni rivals while tensions rose over insurgent attacks and militia influence in security forces.
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Iraq
Baghdad
Sadr
Kazimiyah
United Iraqi Alliance
Supreme Council For the Islamic Revolution
Sciri and
Badr Brigade
Hadi al-Amiri
pan-Arab Al-Araby Ia
Al-Amiri
Khalilzad
SCIRI
Muqtada al-Sadr
Mahdi Army
Family loses three to bird flu in Turkish town
In Dogubayazit Turkish villagers mourn as three siblings die from bird flu within a week. A 14 year old, 15 year old, and 11 year old all perished, with a 6 year old hospitalized but improving. Doctors link infections to contact with dead chickens. authorities monitor for H5N1-like mutations.
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Dogubayazit
Turkey
Huseyin Yurtsever
Marifet
Zeki Kocyigit
Van
Mehmet Ali
Fatma
Hulya
Kocyigit
Ali Hasan
Agriculture Ministry
Sharon faces grim prognosis after emergency brain surgery
Ariel Sharon underwent five hours of emergency brain surgery to stop a hemorrhage and relieve swelling. Doctors reported significant improvement but warned the prognosis remains dire as experts wait to assess damage. Olmert spoke with Rice and Mubarak as Kadima rallies behind him ahead of March elections.
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Ariel Sharon
Sharon
Associated Press
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Condoleezza Rice
Hosni Mubarak
Kadima Party
Olmert
Kadima
Saeb Erekat
White House
United States
Middle East
Trent Duffy
Rice
Indonesia
Australia
U.S
Congo Faces World’s Deadliest Humanitarian Crisis Says Lancet
A Lancet study estimates nearly 4 million Congolese died 1998 to 2004 mainly from treatable diseases as war disrupts health services. Eastern regions suffer most. aid is inadequate despite 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers and looming elections.
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Dakar
Senegal
Congo
Britain
Europe
U.N
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