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Time.com: Treatable Ailments Kill 10M Children

More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments

CNNMoney: Wall Street waltzes into the weekend

Stocks sailed into the weekend as investors cheered June's jobs report showing modest economic growth, which could keep the Federal Reserve on the sidelines for now.

CNNMoney: Bulls charge into the weekend

Stocks sailed into the weekend as investors cheered June's jobs report showing modest economic growth, which could keep the Federal Reserve on the sidelines for a while.

Fortune: Attack of the mutant rice

Back in the spring of 2001, a 64-year-old Texas rice farmer named Jacko Garrett watched a fleet of 18-wheelers haul away truckloads of rice that he had grown with great care. "It just bothers me so bad," Garrett said. "I'm sitting here trying to find food to feed people, and I've got to bury five million pounds of rice." No one likes to waste food, but for Garrett, who runs a charity that collects rice for the needy, the pain was especially acute.

FDA: Pet chews could be contaminated with salmonella

Pet owners need to avoid certain pet chews because they could be contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday.

Got a million worries about your baby? Here's calming advice

When my first daughter, Sadie, was a few days old, we hadn't mastered breastfeeding, and I was sure I was starving her. But after a few panicked calls to the doctor and a few weigh-ins, it became clear that she wasn't starving at all -- she was thriving.

Flooding toll climbs in Indonesia

The death toll from days of flooding in Indonesia's capital jumped to 31 Tuesday, according to Jakarta's flood crisis center, as torrential rains overnight forced even more people from their homes.

CNNMoney: Merck vaccine safe, effective: FDA panel

An advisory committee for the Food and Drug Administration recommended the approval of a Merck vaccine that would protect children against a rotavirus that causes severe diarrhea, the agency said.

This week in the medical journals

Marital strife and healing

Post-hurricane, CDC takes inventory of illnesses

Only one disease outbreak among evacuees and rescue workers required unusual mobilization of public health resources in the first three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

Time.com: Treatable Ailments Kill 10M Children

More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments

CNNMoney: Wall Street waltzes into the weekend

Stocks sailed into the weekend as investors cheered June's jobs report showing modest economic growth, which could keep the Federal Reserve on the sidelines for now.

CNNMoney: Bulls charge into the weekend

Stocks sailed into the weekend as investors cheered June's jobs report showing modest economic growth, which could keep the Federal Reserve on the sidelines for a while.

Fortune: Attack of the mutant rice

FDA: Pet chews could be contaminated with salmonella

Pet owners need to avoid certain pet chews because they could be contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday.

Got a million worries about your baby? Here's calming advice

Flooding toll climbs in Indonesia

The death toll from days of flooding in Indonesia's capital jumped to 31 Tuesday, according to Jakarta's flood crisis center, as torrential rains overnight forced even more people from their homes.

CNNMoney: Merck vaccine safe, effective: FDA panel

An advisory committee for the Food and Drug Administration recommended the approval of a Merck vaccine that would protect children against a rotavirus that causes severe diarrhea, the agency said.

This week in the medical journals

Marital strife and healing

Post-hurricane, CDC takes inventory of illnesses

Dirty water kills 10 in Pakistan

At least 10 people have died and more than 800 have been hospitalized -- including dozens in critical condition -- after drinking contaminated water in the Pakistan city of Lahore, authorities and health officials said Wednesday.

This week in the medical journals

Better care for women cited

Fortune: How disease evolves

BACK WHEN HE WAS A GRAD STUDENT IN 1977, Paul Ewald came down with an intestinal bug. He'd been doing research at the University of Washington at Seattle on the social behavior of sparrows. But the...

More than 80,000 killed in tsunamis

U.N. relief workers have arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province to find devastation in the region closest to the epicenter of the earthquake that spawned Sunday's killer tsunamis.

Survivors face disease threat

As the death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunamis soars past 80,000, relief workers warn of even greater tragedy ahead if disease breaks out on a wide scale.

Starvation stalks youngest in Darfur

Hamdi Ismail is one and a half years old, but weighs only 12 pounds.

Sudan crisis the world ignores

For 15 months violent conflict has been raging in Sudan's Darfur region, where U.N. officials have accused Sudan and allied Arab tribal militias of "ethnic cleansing."

Sudan's hellish humanitarian crisis

The hellish scene in northern Chad where people are fleeing the vicious but little-publicized war in western Sudan's Darfur region has been called the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.

How to beat sickness on the road

Most business travelers would agree that the single greatest impediment to a successful trip is falling sick.

Fortune: FILLER'S THE NAME, ODOR'S THE GAME Cat litter is a $350 million industry where the consumer never buys the product but always le

BUSINESSES are born under most unlikely circumstances. Forty years ago on a cold January day in Cassopolis, Michigan, Kay Draper's sandpile froze solid. As a result, she had to fill the cat's box w...

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