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NEW YORK – The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday. The trend was most pronounced among white men and women in that age group. Their suicide rate jumped 40 percent between 1999 and 2010.

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US Suicide Rate Rose Sharply Among Middle-Aged

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Hospitals See Surge of Superbug-Fighting Products

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NY Lawsuit Accuses Novartis of Health Care Fraud

SHANGHAI – After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live updates on a Twitter-like microblog. It's a starkly different approach than a decade ago, when Chinese officials silenced reporting as a deadly pneumonia later known as SARS killed dozens in the south….

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China’s Bird Flu Response Shows New Openness

NEW YORK – More than half a million U.S. children are now believed to have lead poisoning, roughly twice the previous high estimate, health officials reported Thursday.

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Lead Poisoning Toll Revised to 1 in 38 Young Kids

NEW YORK – Government health officials launched the second round of a graphic ad campaign Thursday that is designed to get smokers off tobacco, saying they believe the last effort convinced tens of thousands to quit. The ads feature sad, real-life stories: There is Terrie, a North Carolina woman who lost her voicebox.

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US Launches New Batch of Graphic Anti-Smoking Ads