PETA Sends Meatless Turkeys to Shelters and Navy Ship
Activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals shift tactics after 9 11 distributing soy turkey substitutes and faux beef roasts to over 50 shelters and tofu jerky samples to the USS Theodore Roosevelt. A shelter near Washington hosts a Thanksgiving meal with tofu options while critics question animal mistreatment claims.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Afghanistan
Bruce Friedrich
PETA
Washington, D.C
Robert Walker
Walker
Increase in breast and cervical cancer screening over two decades
A National Cancer Institute study shows a sharp rise in mammography and Pap smears since 1987, with over 67 percent of women 40 and older having a mammogram in 1998 and about 80 percent reporting Pap smears. Colon cancer testing rose little, with only about 30 percent of women and 37 percent of men over 50 screened in 1998. Access factors boosted screening rates.
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Journal of the
National Cancer Institute
National Center For Health Statistics
Bush administration to close Medicaid loophole
The Bush administration will phase out the upper payment limit loophole by 2010, saving about 9 billion dollars over five years. Fourteen states will lose inflated Medicaid reimbursements this winter, while California and Illinois face three years of continued payments.
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Kentucky
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Minnesota
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Nebraska
New York
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Illinois
John Feehery
J. Dennis Hastert
FDA approves contraceptive skin patch Ortho-Eora
The FDA approved Ortho-Eora, a weekly hormonal skin patch for birth control, showing similar safety and effectiveness to the pill. It requires precise weekly application and may not suit women over 198 pounds, with backup contraception advised if a patch falls off. Ortho-McNeil plans prescription-only sales next year at about pill prices.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Vanessa Cullins
Planned Parenthood
FDA
Dena Hixon
Hixon
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals
Ortho-McNeil
Court affirms Kevorkian murder conviction on euthanasia debate
The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld Jack Kevorkian's second degree murder conviction for the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, ruling that legalizing euthanasia would risk a slippery slope. Kevorkian, who acted as his own attorney for much of the trial, faces a 10 to 25 year sentence and planned appeals to state and federal courts.
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Michigan Court of Appeals
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Kevorkian
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Lou Gehrig
Youk
CBS
Mayer Morganroth
Michigan Supreme Court
Morganroth
Oakland County
Anica Letica
David Gorosh
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