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- The Telegraph
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- NBC News
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- The Hill
Rep. Dan Kildee diagnosed with ‘serious but curable form of cancer’
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- Yahoo Canada Style
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- ABC News
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- Detroit Free Press
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- Health
How to Reduce Your Colon Cancer Risk
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- The Telegraph
Indian man is world’s first person to contract fungal infection from a plant
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- Fox News
Flo Rida's son, 6, suffers serious injuries after falling out New Jersey apartment building window
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- Miami Herald
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- People
Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson Addresses Sister Anna 'Chickadee' Cardwell's Cancer Diagnosis
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- Wausau Daily Herald
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- The Hill
Texas judge strikes down ObamaCare’s free preventive services requirement
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- Pensacola News Journal
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- AFP
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- Associated Press
Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee to undergo surgery for cancer
Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee said Friday that he was diagnosed with a “serious but curable form of cancer” after a tumor was found in one of his tonsils. Kildee, 64, said he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma that was detected very early by doctors and that he will have surgery in a few weeks to remove it. Kildee said doctors have advised him that recovery from surgery could take a few weeks.
- TODAY
Possible cause identified in outbreak of severe liver damage in kids
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- The Telegraph
Marburg outbreak could match the 2014 Ebola epidemic, researchers warn
The spread of the deadly Marburg virus in parts of Africa could evolve into a significant international outbreak following its detection in a major commercial port in Equatorial Guinea, scientists have warned.
- TODAY
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