Infant deaths drop as life expectancy hits high mark
U S infant mortality fell to a record low while average life expectancy rose to an all time high of 76 years. Teen pregnancies by live births declined 3 percent, continuing a six year downward trend. Experts say all trends are positive and moving in the right direction.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Pediatrics
Bernard Guyer
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Flags to fly at half staff for Gore memorial
President Clinton ordered the U.S. flag flown at half staff at public buildings in honor of Albert Gore Sr. who died at 90. A memorial service was planned at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville. The elder Gore was praised as a public service exemplar.
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Albert Gore Sr
al Gore
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War Memorial Auditorium
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Clinton seeks $2 billion Medicare waste crackdown plan
President Clinton urged Congress to approve an initiative package aimed at eliminating Medicare abuse to save at least $2.1 billion. The plan targets overbilling, drug price add ons, and private-insurance mischarges, with lawmakers and advocates urging swift action amid concerns over year 2000 computer glitches increasing fraud risk.
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Health Care Financing Administration
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