FDA Approves Hepatitis B Vaccine for High Risk Groups
The FDA approved Heptavax-B, Merck’s hepatitis B vaccine, the first viral vaccine from human blood. It targets high risk groups including health workers, addicts, and sexually active individuals, with a three shot schedule costing about 75 to 120 dollars and protection lasting at least five years.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Arthur Hull Hayes Jr
Hayes
Merck Sharp & Dohme
West Point
Maurice R. Hilleman
Merck
Mubarak Sets Broad Economic Agenda For Egypt
President Hosni Mubarak, in his first major policy address, criticized past priorities and outlined a national dialogue on Egypt’s economy. He cited $1.5 billion in subsidies, a worsening housing shortage, and calls to redirect foreign investment to essential needs while debating targeted aid and two-tier pricing, amid fading private investment and strong U.S. aid.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Anwar Sadat
The
National Assembly
Sadat
Mubarak
CAB Bans Soviet Airliners For A Week
The Civil Aeronautics Board ordered a seven day suspension of Soviet flights into the United States after two Aeroflot jets overflew outside their routes over U S territory. The ban covers November 21 to 28, with Aeroflot using two weekly round trips between Washington and Moscow. FAA confirmed the route ran from Presque Isle Maine via Hyannisport and New York to Washington and noted the overflown areas included parts of southern Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
Aeroflot
U.S
State Department
New England
Contary
Moscow
Federal Aviation Administration
Presque Isle
Maine
Hyannisport
Mass
New York City
CAB
FAA
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
PBS Special Examines Alternatives To Nursing Homes
AP reports PBS's No Place Like Home hosted by Helen Hayes highlights elderly neglect and argues for cheaper dignified options. The program cites San Francisco daytime centers Minneapolis congregate housing and home health services while noting few doctors in U.S. nursing homes and stressing independence and home living for seniors.
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Fred Rothenberg
New York
Helen Hayes
PBS
Wnet-Tv
CBS
ABC
World News Tonight
America
Miss Hayes
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Great Britain
United States
Wall Collapse at Mexican Rally Kills 48 in Merida
At a closing rally for gubernatorial candidate Graciliano Pace Pinzon in Yucatan’s Merida, part of an old concrete wall near a bullring collapsed, killing 48 and injuring 49 others. The Institutional Revolutionary Party faces investigation into the incident as officials confirm the death toll and injuries.
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Merida
Mexico
Red Cross
Graciliano Pace Pinzon
Yucatan
Pace Pinzon
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Yucatan Peninsula
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Progresso
Liver Transplant Brings Hope After Weekend Surgery
Lauren Toohey, age two, was recovering after nine hours of liver transplant at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center using a donor liver from a four year old boy who died of meningitis. Doctors said she improved to serious but stable condition and could begin stepping later in the week.
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Pittsburgh
Lauren Toohey
Children's Hospital
Joseph Toohey
Kinnelon
N.J
Beth Israel Hospital
Newark
Lauren
Wisconsin
Robert Mayberry
Kenosha
Wis
Thomas Starzl
University of Pittsburgh
Toohey
Protestants Demand Action After Ulster Shooting Crisis
Protestants in Belfast demand immediate British crack down on the IRA after an MP is shot. Official Unionist leader James Molyneaux threatens vigilante groups if London fails to mobilize against the IRA, while calls for a mass Protestant demonstration rise. The incident follows IRA gunmen wounding Robert Bradford and a police search for an IRA gelignite cache in London. Reverend Paisley urges Ulster action and a showdown with Thatcher’s government.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Irish Republican Army
James Prior
Prior
IRA
James Molyneaux
Official Unionist Party
London
House of Commons
Robert Bradford
Scotland Yard
Tan Paisley
Ulster
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