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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  USDA makes 2nd attempt with livestock ID system meant to help control spread of animal disease

Friday, December 21, 2012  Whether it's by plane, train, or automobile, chances are you have some sort of travel plan this time of year.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks: Guideline pushes routine screens for most

Thursday, March 22, 2012  It's no surprise that the warm damp weather makes great breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011  The increase in severe food allergies is being felt in area schools. We checked in with one Quincy school to see what they're is doing to protect kids with potentially deadly allergies.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  One local family knows when a child has a food allergy, life changes and normal things can prove difficult.  Here's why doctors say some food allergies aren't life-long sentences from foods in part three of this Special Parenting Tips report, Deadly Reaction.

Monday, November 14, 2011  For Part 2 of this special Parenting Tips report "Deadly Reaction," KHQA's Melissa Shriver investigates why what your baby eats and does now can actually help prevent environmental and food allergies later in life.

Monday, November 14, 2011  Now one in 20 children under the age of five has a food allergy.

Friday, June 03, 2011  One man's success revives hope of curing AIDS, 30 years after first cases appeared in the US

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  The disease is commonly thought of for women only, but the Centers for Disease Control has seen a dramatic increase in the number of men with HPV.

Friday, March 04, 2011  New study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that young adults between 15 and 24 are having less sex.

Monday, February 21, 2011  HEALTHBEAT: More work needed to test promise of brain pacemakers against psychiatric diseases

Monday, October 04, 2010  Filling 130 pages of a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the study offers detailed findings on how often Americans have sex, with whom, and how they respond.

Monday, July 19, 2010  For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  One of the less pleasant sides of the improved weather is increased activity of ticks.