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The CDC says fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks in most settings. A new study finds prescription medication may not help with sleep.
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CLEAN : "There was no hesitation from me" says double hand and face transplant recipient
Joe DiMeo, a 22-year-old man from New Jersey who suffered injuries and third-degree burns on over 80 percent of his body in a car accident, has become the world's first person to undergo a successful face and double hand transplant...
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Mother pleads for ‘urgent assistance’ to obtain medicinal cannabis for daughter
A mother who was forced to sell her home in order to pay for life changing medicinal cannabis to treat her severely epileptic daughter protests outside Downing Street Elaine Levy, who is part of the campaign group End Our Pain, said many...
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Biotech firm offers US drug companies licence to commecialise diabetes treatment
August 11, 2009
1. Pan of Heberprot-P medication
2. Wide shot of doctors entering conference room for news briefing
3. Reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ernesto Lopez, Scientist at Cuban Centre for Genetic Engineering and...
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USA: PROTESTS AGAINST CUTBACKS IN AIDS TREATMENT
English/Nat
Cutbacks in funds for the treatment of AIDS in the U-S are expected to be the focus of strong protests at next week's Democratic Party convention in Chicago.
The so-called drug cocktail which has been found to inhibit the...
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Thais bring forward bird flu vaccine production plans
1. Various of Oseltamivir tablets, the drug that the Thai Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) will be producing
2. Wide shot news conference
3. Mid-shot of GPO official holding up packet of tablets
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Doctor...
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Medical supplies prepared for victims of typhoon, Obama comment
US medical aid organisation AmeriCares was on Thursday preparing to send one (m) million dollars in medical supplies to typhoon-damaged ares of the Philippines.
The shipment was set to leave the US on Thursday night.
"Arriving today are...
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The government delivered a blow to some desperate patients Friday as it ruled the blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used to treat advanced breast cancer.
HEADLINE:FDA pulls approval of Avastin for breast cancer
CAPTION: The government delivered a blow to some desperate patients Friday as it ruled the blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used to treat advanced breast cancer. (Nov....
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High altitude rare fungus attracts sky high prices
AP Television
Shang Si Zhai Valley, Sichuan province - 16 October, 2011
1. Wide of Tibetan women and a child lighting a fire
2. Close of fire, offering being made
3. Various of Tibetans throwing praying paper into the air
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Israel/France - Medication for AIDS patients
Israeli victims of AIDS are being denied the "cocktail" of drugs which is the only known way of increasing the life expectancy of patients. There is no cure for AIDS but the combination drug therapy has proved effective in slowing down...
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Marijuana activists trying to see pot made legal are turning to the nation's most powerful lobby _ moms
HEADLINE: Pot activists trying to enlist moms
CAPTION: Medical marijuana activists trying to see pot made legal are turning to the nation's most powerful lobby - moms. (May 10)
Marijuana activist are now targeting moms in their effort...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: MICHAEL J FOX
English/Nat
Story: Michael J. Fox
Location: Washington DC
Date: September 28th 1999
American actor MICHAEL J. FOX told a Senate hearing Tuesday (28/09) that there was an urgent need to increase funding for research into Parkinsons'...
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WHO launches Web-based system for tracking fake drugs
1. Exterior of World Health Organisation building
2. Wide shot of news conference detailing launch of Rapid Alert System, first Web-based system for tracking counterfeit drugs
3. Cutaway of reporters
4. Various of screen showing...
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INDIA: AYURVEDA CLAIMED TO BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST AIDS
Eng/Hindi/Nat
A traditional therapist in India is claiming that an Indian medical system known as Ayurveda is effective against AIDS.
The therapist says the system, which includes yoga exercises, has reversed the symptoms of AIDS in...
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CUBA: HAVANA: HEALTH SYSTEM PROFILE
Spanish/Nat
A dozen members of the United States Congress have proposed legislation that would allow Cuba to obtain food and medicine in the United States more easily.
If approved, the new legislation will allow Cuba to buy food and...
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Fears that global economic crisis will slow supply of AIDS drugs
1. Various of HIV positive patient Tabitha Kioko walking to the MSF clinic in Kibera to collect her medication
2. Pharmacist at the MSF (Medicins sans Frontieres) clinic handing over medication to Kioko
3. SOUNDBITE: (Swahili) Tabitha...
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Virgin boss arrives with aid shipment
1. Wide of Basra airport
2. 'Basra International Airport' sign
3. Virgin aeroplane coming in to land
4. Close up of Virgin plane landing
5. Close up of airport control tower
6. Wide of aeroplane taxiing on runway
7. Close up of plane on...
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USA: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING: FUNERALS OF VICTIMS
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Some relatives of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing are still waiting and hoping as the search continues.
Whilst many already know their loved ones are dead, others live in hope that some miracle may have saved some of...
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More cases of SARS in HKong region
1. Hong Kong University anti-SARS team
2. HK University anti-SARS team
3. Cameraman
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. David Ho, HIV and SARS researcher
"This is the very first step of testing in what we call tissue culture, seeing if any of...
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USA: OBESITY TREATMENT BREAKTHROUGH
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It may be too early for the average couch potato to start cheering, but mice looking to lose weight have something new to celebrate.
Scientists have created genetically-altered strains of mice that can eat a high-fat diet...
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Ban Ki-moon in talks with Calderon
1. Mexican President Felipe Calderon and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon walking down step to microphones
2. Wide of assembled media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
"I wholeheartedly...
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Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mixup in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood thinner.
HEADLINE: Dennis Quaid details his twin's drug mix up
CAPTION: Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress on Wednesday of a harrowing, near-fatal drug mixup in which his newborn twins were administered 1,000 times the normal dose of a blood...
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Coroner rules anemia medication left Murphy vulnerable
AP Television
FILE: Los Angeles, 21 October 2005
1. Medium actor Brittany Murphy talking to reporter
2. Medium view of Brittany Murphy
AP Television
FILE: Los Angeles, 12 November 2006
3. Medium view of actor Brittany Murphy speaking to...
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15-year-old girl dies of bird flu, the country's 14th fatality
Cairo - 11 April, 2007
1. Pan of Al Abaseya Hospital
2. Close-up of sign on arch reading (in Arabic): "Al Abaseya Hospital"
3. Various shots of people outside hospital
4. Nurses inside hospital
5. Wide shot of hospital corridor
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