By CARLA K. JOHNSON –
CHICAGO (AP) — A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn’t hurt children, offering more reassurance to parents.
In the early 1990s, thousands of healthy Italian babies in a study of whooping cough vaccines got two different amounts of the preservative thimerosal (pronounced thih-MEHR’-uh-sawl) from all their routine shots.
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SALEM – A raid was conducted Monday afternoon at the home
of a city man who heroically saved the life of a young child
a year ago this month. He was arrested on various drug
charges.
Once lauded by county freeholders for rescuing a 3-month-old
boy from the window of a burning building, 32-year-old Terry
Mercado was charged by authorities Monday for possession and
distribution of cocaine as well as for possession of drug
paraphernalia.
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Kennesaw’s city employees identified as high-risk for health complications may pay more for medical benefits unless they participate in a city-sponsored wellness program.
The council is scheduled to discuss the proposed policy today at a 7 p.m. meeting. The policy would affect known tobacco users, some overweight employees and others identified by the company’s wellness consultant as being at high risk of health complications, Mayor Read the rest of this entry »

VALHALLA – The daughters of 72-year-old Shirley Centrillo are finding out how unique Westchester Medical Center’s nursing home is.
When they heard the hospital will close the Taylor Care Center, a 100-bed nursing home, come April 1, they quickly scrambled to get their mother admitted into a nursing home closer to Brewster, where they both live.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Power has been restored at St. Francis
Hospital on Indianapolis’ far south side after a power outage
forced the hospital to stop accepting patients for several hours.
St. Francis spokesman Joe Stuteville said the hospital returned
to normal operations shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday after operating
on backup power.
Indianapolis Power & Light spokeswoman Crystal Livers-Powers
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HARTFORD, Conn. – The Republican leader of the
Senate says the state’s only psychiatric hospital for children
should be closed because costs are much too high at a time when the
state faces billions of dollars in budget deficits.
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and sent children to other treatment centers.
State officials say it costs $862,000 a year to treat one child
at Riverview, although that figure includes workers’ benefits.
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