FDA to require patient information with prescriptions
The FDA proposes leaflets with easy to understand directions and side effects for every prescribed medicine. The plan aims for 75 percent of Americans to receive adequate information by 2000 and 95 percent by 2006, addressing the current gap where 45 percent of patients get no written instructions beyond dosages.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
David Kessler
Texas
Kessler
Third party candidacy gains support in 1996 poll
A Times Mirror poll shows rising public backing for an independent candidate in the 1996 race as Clinton’s approval slides. Colin Powell leads potential independents with 62 percent favorable, Bill Bradley registers a positive image, and Perot remains divisive with 40 percent favorable and 53 percent unfavorable.
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Washington
Clinton
Times Mirror Center For the People and the Press
Colin Powell
Powell
Bill Bradley
D-Mj
Ross Perot
Immunotherapy Shows Tumor Shrinkage In Brain Cancer Patient
KU Medical Center researchers Frank Holladay and Gary Wood report brain tumor reduction in patient McInerney after immunotherapy using his own cancer cells. Now 41, he survives longer than expected, prompting hope for broader use in brain, liver, and melanoma cancers and urging more patients to join the study.
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Frank Holladay
Gary Wood
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Kaw
New York
McInerney
Wood
Holladay
McIinerney
Wu convicted of spying in China 15 year sentence imposed
American activist Harry Wu was found guilty of spying and related charges by a Wuhan court in central Hubei province and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He faces expulsion after serving the term, with appeals allowed within 10 days. the trial was not open to foreign reporters.
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Beying
Harry Wu
China
Xinhua
Wuhan
Eign
Beijing
White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Ginny Terzano
United States
U.S
Communist Party
Shanghai
Kazakhstan
Hubei
Personal incomes rise across interior states in 1994 growth
A Commerce Department study shows per capita income rose 4.3 percent in 1994 to 21,699 nationwide. Plains states led with 6.4 percent gains, Great Lakes 5.8 percent, while West regions lagged. inflation ran 2.4 percent. Connecticut posted 29,044, Mississippi 15,793. California and several western states trailed inflation.
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Midwest
Plains States
Great Lakes States
Commerce Department
West
California
Alaska
Hawaii
Montana
Department
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Connecticut
Mississippi
Great Lakes Region
Far West
State incomes rise unevenly across 1994 ranking
The report lists per capita incomes by state for 1994, ranks each against 1993, and notes a 4.3 percent national gain. Thirteen states beat this by over one point, led by Plains states with farm and construction gains, Great Lakes with durable goods and construction boosts, and Mississippi Louisiana and New Hampshire with private service gains. six states lagged, including Washington California and Montana where farm, aircraft and lumber sectors dragged incomes, with population trends varied.
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Plains
Iowa
North and
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
New Hampshire
U.S
Washington
Wyoming
California
Montana
Clinton plans for shutdown
The Clinton administration prepared for a possible government shutdown by directing agencies to plan who should work if no budget agreement is reached. The memo notes air traffic controllers and border patrol would report for duty while many non essential workers would be sent home without pay.
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Washington
Clinton
White House
Congress
Border Patrol
Wall Street
Atty
Walter Dellinger
Office of Management and Budget
Alice M. Rivlin
Rivlin
House
U N Iraq stance shifts as US ships move closer to Baghdad
The Pentagon heightened pressure by positioning a second aircraft carrier near Baghdad while 2000 Marines prepare to deploy from Fort Hood to Kuwait for training. U S and U N officials urge Iraq to meet obligations, including missing persons, seized property, and terrorism cessation. U N S C I R reports biological agents and ongoing nuclear research to enrich uranium. Ekens aims to brief Security Council for sanctions decisions.
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Jordan
Pentagon
Baghdad
Fort Hood
Kuwait
Washington
State Department
David Johnson
Iraq
Johnson
United Nations
Tim Trevan
U.N. Special Commission On
U.N
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New York Times
Ekens
al-Majid
Security Council
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