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AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet 07/19/2014 03:36pm • KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) -- A prominent researcher, two activists and at least three others headed to an AIDS conference in Australia were on the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine, news that sparked an outpouring of grief across the scientific community.Among the passeng Giants pitching coach Righetti out with vertigo 07/18/2014 07:09pm • MIAMI (AP) -- San Francisco Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti is expected to miss their seven-game trip after experiencing a case of vertigo that prompted the team's plane to make an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas so he could receive medical attention.The plane was en route to Miami when it was 300 vials labeled influenza, dengue found at lab 07/18/2014 05:50pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The same federal scientist who recently found forgotten samples of smallpox at a federal lab also uncovered over 300 additional vials, many bearing the names of highly contagious viruses and bacteria.Food and Drug Administration officials said Wedn Trying gene therapy to create biological pacemaker 07/18/2014 02:12pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- No batteries required: Scientists are creating a biological pacemaker by injecting a gene into the hearts of sick pigs that changed ordinary cardiac cells into a special kind that induces a steady heartbeat.The study, published Wednesday, is one Trying gene therapy to create biological pacemaker 07/18/2014 02:12pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- No batteries required: Scientists are creating a biological pacemaker by injecting a gene into the hearts of sick pigs that changed ordinary cardiac cells into a special kind that induces a steady heartbeat.The study, published Wednesday, is one Trying gene therapy to create biological pacemaker 07/18/2014 02:12pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- No batteries required: Scientists are creating a biological pacemaker by injecting a gene into the hearts of sick pigs that changed ordinary cardiac cells into a special kind that induces a steady heartbeat.The study, published Wednesday, is one Trying gene therapy to create biological pacemaker 07/18/2014 02:12pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- No batteries required: Scientists are creating a biological pacemaker by injecting a gene into the hearts of sick pigs that changed ordinary cardiac cells into a special kind that induces a steady heartbeat.The study, published Wednesday, is one Trying gene therapy to create biological pacemaker 07/18/2014 02:12pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- No batteries required: Scientists are creating a biological pacemaker by injecting a gene into the hearts of sick pigs that changed ordinary cardiac cells into a special kind that induces a steady heartbeat.The study, published Wednesday, is one Number of people with HIV unchanged since 2012 07/18/2014 09:24am • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- The number of people living with HIV worldwide has remained virtually unchanged in the past two years and AIDS-related deaths are at their lowest since peaking almost a decade ago, according to a report from the United Nations AIDS agency released Wednesd Maryland health officials warn against West Nile, new virus 07/18/2014 04:42am • WASHINGTON -- The mosquito traps are out -- and the West Nile virus surveillance season is underway in Maryland. Chief of Rabies and Vector-Borne Diseases for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Kim Mitchell says traps have been placed at sites across the state, and mosquitoes 10 Things to Know Friday 07/18/2014 12:04am • WASHINGTON-- Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. PASSENGER JET SHOT DOWN OVER UKRAINE Both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region deny any responsibility for downing the Malaysia Airlines plane, Puerto Rico declares chikungunya epidemic 07/17/2014 10:41pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Health officials in Puerto Rico on Thursday declared an epidemic of the mosquito-borne virus known as chikungunya, which was introduced into the Caribbean region late last year.Health Secretary Ana Rius said that more than 200 cases had been confirmed on the island as o 2 Fla. cases of mosquito virus contracted in US 07/17/2014 07:51pm • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Health officials are reporting that for the first time, U.S. mosquitoes are spreading a virus that has been tearing through the Caribbean.Two people in Florida have domestically-acquired chikungunya (chik-en-GUN-ye) infections, officials s CDC director admits safety problems at germ labs 07/17/2014 07:42pm • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Wednesday that systemic safety problems have for years plagued federal public health laboratories that handle dangerous germs such as anthrax and bird flu.Testifying at a congre 81 cases of mosquito virus now tallied in Florida 07/16/2014 09:50am • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- State officials say the number of Florida travelers who contracted the mosquito-borne chikungunya (chik-in-GUHN'-yuh) virus has risen to 81.Florida's Department of Health says 15 new cases of the virus were reported last week. Officials say all the patients documented i