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  • WHO Says Single Yellow Fever Shot Is Enough

    The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary.

  • Infections From Tainted Spine Injections Continue to Baffle Investigators

    The tainted steroid injections linked to 55 recent U.S. deaths also caused many less lethal infections, more than half of them concentrated in Michigan, federal health officials reported Thursday.

  • CMS Easing Rules on Medicaid Changes

    The Obama administration is trying to allow states greater flexibility to change their Medicaid programs without asking the federal government for special waivers, a top health official said Thursday.

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