FDA warns pharmacists on compounding sterility standards
The FDA urged pharmacists nationwide to avoid producing impure compounds and solutions. A week of incidents cited four deaths and two cases of blindness, prompting a strong reminder to follow standard manufacturing controls to ensure drug sterility.
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Galileo spacecraft makes Earth gravity assist rendezvous
The Galileo spacecraft will use Earth gravity to slingshot toward Jupiter in a six year voyage. It will pass about 593 miles above the southwest Atlantic Ocean at 2 35 p m CST with mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitoring the pass.
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Six House Democrats urge Bush aid to Soviet Union crisis
Six senior House Democrats press President Bush to provide emergency food medical and technical aid to the Soviet Union amid deteriorating conditions shortages and long lines for essentials in Moscow and across the country.
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Judge Allows Daily News Stall Sales For 10 More Days
U S District Judge Miriam Cedarbaum extended the temporary restraining order allowing hawkers to sell the Daily News at subway and train stations for at least ten more days. New York Newsday and the New York Post sought the same access and awaited ruling. The judge cited irreparable harm and a substantial showing of First Amendment rights if the order ended.
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North Carolina House Elects First Black Speaker Since Reconstruction
Democratic members of the North Carolina House chose Daniel Blue 41 a Robeson County native and lawyer as speaker the first Black leader of a Southern legislature since Reconstruction. The move comes weeks after Sen. Jesse Helms was re elected in a divisive race reflecting ongoing race politics in the region.
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Baltimore father sentenced 30 years for nine year abuse of daughters
A judge gave a 30 year prison term to a man who abused his three daughters over nine years. The mother received 15 years for complicity. Victims aged 17, 20 and 23 had 10 pregnancies aborted. prosecutors said. Names withheld to protect victims' identities.
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Ex-lawmaker pleads guilty in Statehouse corruption case
Former South Carolina Rep. Tom Limehouse pleaded guilty to conspiring to accept a bribe and tampering with a witness. A third charge of taking a $2000 bribe to back racing betting legislation was dropped as part of the deal, averting a Monday trial.
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Fireball sighting lights Midwest sky says astronomer
Chicago astronomer April Whitt of the Adler Planetarium says the pre-dawn blue green flash across Illinois Indiana Michigan Kentucky and Ohio was a fireball entering Earth's atmosphere. Dozens of observers reported the event and NASA and Space Command offered no evidence of satellites or manmade objects. officials noted a December meteor shower may bring dust from a comet trail.
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Justice awarded six million in Inquirer libel case
Philadelphia jurors awarded state Supreme Court Justice James McDermott six million dollars for a reprint of the 1983 Philadelphia Inquirer series. They found the reprint false and defamatory though the original series was not. The paper plans an appeal as defense notes editorial and cartoon may have influenced the verdict.
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Dairy hormone BST deemed safe for humans
NIH panel concludes recombinant bovine somatotropin BST used to boost cow milk does not affect dairy or meat safety and poses no health risk to humans. Milk and meat from BST treated cows equal to untreated, though more research urged on a dairy disorder and slight milk growth factor effects.
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Iowa dairy producers split over BST stance
Iowa dairy groups urge a national position on bovine somatotropin while opposing states in Minnesota and Wisconsin call for action. Critics worry higher production lowers prices and squeezes smaller farmers, though NIH finds no human health risk from BST milk while FDA decision looms.
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