Blood recall urged by FDA advisory panel
An FDA advisory panel urged recalling blood from donors diagnosed with Creutzfeldt Jakob disease and notifying recipients. They warned plasma products pooled from many donors could affect millions, despite no proven transmission by blood and no test or treatment for recipients. The panel backed recalling both whole blood and plasma from diseased donors.
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Anne Arundel County
Food and Drug Administration
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Sidney Wolfe
Public Citizen
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Cates Death Delayed Over Organ Donation Consideration
Larry Lonchar who killed three people over a gambling debt won a delay in electrocution as lawyers seek alternatives. He contemplates organ donation, though experts say lethality methods may limit organ usability.
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James Burdick
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Teen Moms May Go to Homes in Welfare Reform
Senate Democrats back a plan to place some unwed teen mothers in supervised group homes as part of welfare reform. The Progressive Policy Institute released the proposal amid Republican talks on bars to cash benefits for teen mothers. Daschle calls the idea meaningful reform and condemns other approaches as mean.
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Christie Brinkley Names Son Jack Paris Brinkley Taubman
Three weeks after birth, Christie Brinkley announces the name Jack Paris Brinkley Taubman for her newborn son born June 2 in New York weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. The supermodel and Ricky Taubman married eight months after surviving a 1994 Colorado helicopter crash. Brinkley also has a 9-year-old daughter Alexa with Billy Joel and an 8-year-old son from a prior marriage.
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GOP conservatives back budget deal amid tax cut debate
Washington Republicans rally behind a seven year $245 billion tax cut plan and $898 billion in Medicare and other program savings, seeking congressional approval next week. Clinton calls the plan too extreme while some conservatives push for larger tax cuts and moderates demand budget balance.
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Civil rights enforcement slow, report says
The U S Civil Rights Commission found federal civil rights enforcement moves slowly, with complaints taking up to a decade to resolve. It cites shrinking resources and workload growth from new anti-discrimination laws, urging Clinton and Congress to increase funding and staff.
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