Implants Give Blind Springfield Woman New Sight
In Springfield Ginger Flower, 40, born with aniridia and corneal scarring, embraced sight after two step AlphaCor artificial cornea implants. Surgeon Shachar Tauber led the procedure with early gains noted in recovery, while followups will determine long term vision. Medicare funded part of the cost.
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St. John’s Hospital
Topeka author wins Perry Cup for Mourning Covers book
Topeka writer Ernest Mosher earned the Elliot’s Perry Cup for literature in 2004 for Mourning Covers The Cultural and Postal History of Letters Edged in Black a 353 page illustrated study of mourning covers as a cultural and postal phenomenon detailing their use in the 19th and 20th centuries and across countries Mosher notes black edged letters as symbols of grief and social rites tied to major events including the Kennedy assassination creating a lasting interest in postal history.
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Ernest Mosher
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Bird flu spreads along migratory routes warns official
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt says wild birds carry bird flu and it will spread along migration paths. The disease has appeared in Russia, Romania, and Turkey after starting in Southeast Asia, with more than 60 human deaths reported.
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Senators push Tamiflu supply expansion for pandemic plan
US senators say Roche will negotiate licensing with Teva Barr Mylan and Ranbaxy to boost Tamiflu production amid bird flu fears. Roche, holder of the patent, would allow licensed generic makers to supply the drug where needed with government approvals.
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Mylan Laboratories Inc
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd
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