Record Low Teen Birth Rate Pinpoints U S Decline
The US teen birth rate fell to 48.7 births per 1000 females ages 15 to 19 last year, the ninth consecutive drop and a 22 percent decline since 1991, marking a record low for the statistic kept since the 1950s. Douglas Peterson filed to run for Florida governor and Janet Reno is also considering a bid. Katherine Harris plans to run for Congress in 2002, seeking Dan Miller's 13th District seat.
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National Center For Health Statistics
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Fla
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Pete
Peterson
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Florida
Hanoi
U.S
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Katherine Harris
Congress
GOP
David Johnson
Associated Press
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Johnson
Dan Miller
County in Florida moves to spray after West Nile case
Madison County officials cleared the way for aerial spraying of Dibrom to combat West Nile virus after the state first confirmed a local infection. County commissioners approved the plan as residents weighed the risk to people and livestock while health officials extended alerts to 14 northern Florida counties.
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Madison County
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U.S
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United States
Florida
New York
New Jersey
Wayne Gale
State Agriculture Department
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Jim Haddon
Cherry Lake
Wayne Erato
Madison County Health Department
Passive smoking impairs heart blood flow study shows
A Japanese study finds after 30 minutes in a hospital smoking room nonsmokers show reduced coronary artery dilation, a possible precursor to arterial hardening. Smokers already had damaged arteries and were not affected. authors caution results are not proof of permanence.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
David Faxon
American Heart Association
Faxon
Ryo Otsuka
Osaka City University Medical School
Studies overestimate fatal medical errors in hospitals
CHICAGO AP A new JAMA study questions the notion that hospital errors kill nearly 100 thousand Americans annually. Researchers argue previous figures overstate the problem due to lack of consensus on what defines a deadly error and failure to assess patient death risk absent errors.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
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