New antibiotic gets FDA OK amid rising drug resistance
The FDA approved Syneroid for certain infections amid growing antibiotic resistance to vancomycin. Doctors warn it is not a magic bullet and should be used only when other antibiotics fail. Studies show partial success against resistant Enterococcus faecium with rapid improvement in many patients. The drug may extend to skin infections caused by Staphylococcus and Streptococcus, broadening its potential use.
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George Eliopoulos
Beth Israel Deaconness Hospital
Boston
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Sandra Kweder
Ronald Jones
University of Iowa
Congress scrutinizes cash balance pensions amid age bias claims
Congress and federal regulators scrutinize cash balance pension plans amid age discrimination concerns. About 325 companies with over $330 billion in assets have adopted such plans, including IBM AT&T Eastman Kodak and Citigroup. Analysts say many older workers face 30 to 50 percent benefit cuts, sparking debate on midcareer protections and tax court actions.
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Washington
Congress
IBM
At&t
Eastman Kodak Co
Citigroup Inc
Jim Jeffords
R-Vt
E Equal Empent Opportunity Commission
Internal Revenue Service
Automatic
Justice, clemency sparks FBI terrorism warning
FBI official Neil Gallagher testifies that Puerto Rican militants released under President Clinton’s clemency remain a threat to national security. Clinton defends the move, saying sentences were excessively long. Republicans dispute the rationale in a growing partisan clash.
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Washington
FBI
Congress
Clinton
United States
Neil Gallagher
Louis J. Freeh
Unequi
Three teenagers freed after school massacre plot
In Port Huron Michigan three teens aged 13 to 15 facing conspiracy to murder charges were released from custody under a judicial rule limiting pretrial confinement for juveniles charged as adults. They will await an November 16 trial under 24 hour parental supervision after 133 days in custody.
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Port Huron
Mich
St. Clair County
James P Adair
Elwood Dowd
Justin
Jedaiah Zinzo
Daniel Fick
Times Herald
Harry Schnepp
Drug resistant AIDS on rise in new studies
Chicago reports show highly drug resistant HIV strains emerging in up to 4.5 percent of newly infected patients in two studies. Experts note rising resistance since five years ago. The research, published in JAMA, centers on gay white men with potential higher prevalence among injectors and partners. Announced amid national HIV figures of about 40,000 new infections yearly, the findings come as powerful drug cocktails render many cases undetectable. Sears halts sale of The Villain gun toy after complaints linking it to Columbine gunmen. The $29.99 doll, part of a Heroes and Villains line, drew scrutiny from three critics leading to removal from catalogs.
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Chicago
Roger J. Pomerantz
Journal of the American Medical Association
Dig
United States
Sears
Columbine High School
Vietnam
Jan Drummond
Aftershocks Death Toll Rises in Taiwan Earthquake
Two strong aftershocks this week deepened the disaster in central Taiwan as rescuers race to reach about 2,600 people believed trapped. The quake killed 1,863 and injured 4,400, with widespread collapse, blocked water lines, and evacuations around Sun Moon Lake Reservoir amid rising body counts.
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Taiwan
Sun Moon Lake
Fom Paras
Miami-Dade
Ox Liu
Israel
Ingapore
Japan
Turkey
Russia
US Geological Survey
Spefalaan
Fengyuan
Nantou
Teslone
Tsushiha
Looting in Dili as peacekeepers restore order in East Timor
Desperate East Timorese looted government warehouses in Dili pulling sacks of rice flour and cooking oil as international troops move to stabilize the razed capital. About 150 helicopter troops reach Baucau, extending the multinational force. a Western journalist was killed amid rising tensions.
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Dili
East Timor
Baucau
Mark Evans
Dil
Dill
Australia
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