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Simple Viral Infection Put Teenager on Transplant List

A simple viral infection has put Karele Galaise-Seguin on a waiting list for a new heart. For the past 17 days she has been hooked up to a heart-lung machine at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, awaiting a transplant, The Canadian Press reported. Karele, 16, was taken to a hospital near …

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Researchers Study Possible Bacterial Link to SIDS

LONDON – A baffling phenomenon known as sudden infant death syndrome is one of the leading causes of death for children under 1. Now, British researchers say they may have found a contributing factor: bacteria. They found potentially dangerous bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli in nearly half …

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Child, 2 Adults Found Dead in Suburban Chicago Home

ROSELLE, Ill. – A mother, father and their 7-year-old son were found shot to death Wednesday at a home in a northwest Chicago suburb, police said. A relative found a 47-year-old woman unresponsive in the Roselle home and called authorities. Police found the other two bodies, that of a 60-year-old …

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