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AP - A woman died over the weekend of swine flu, becoming the city’s second victim and the nation’s 11th.

AFP - A woman in her fifties died this weekend in New York after being infected with the A(H1N1) virus, becoming the city’s second fatal swine flu victim and the country’s 10th, local media reported Sunday.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) — U.S, health officials reported
progress towards a viable H1N1 swine flu vaccine this week, with experts
at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying they had two
promising candidate viruses for use in such a shot.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) — It’s natural that a woman
might be skeptical about exercising while she’s pregnant. So many changes
are occurring in her body, it makes sense to have second thoughts about
whether exercise might harm her or her unborn child.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) — President Barack Obama and his
family took their time selecting their new dog Bo, and that’s something
everyone should do when considering a new pet, says a University of
Maryland School of Medicine expert.

AFP - Robert Furchgott, the Nobel prize-winning scientist whose research on a gas’s effect as a blood vessel relaxant paved the way for revolutionary impotence treatments such as Viagra, has died at age 92.

AP - Linda Fleming was diagnosed with terminal cancer and feared her last days would be filled with pain and ever-stronger doses of medication that would erode her mind.

AP - This part of Iraq, says Dr. Ayad al-Hadithy, is so conservative that a man would rather have his pregnant wife die in labor than be touched by a male nurse or doctor.

AP - Authorities in Minnesota say the search for a woman and her sick 13-year-old son remains focused in southern California and Mexico.

AP - If anyone could make or break President Barack Obama’s health care agenda, it might be Karen Ignagni.