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FDA trying to ban gay men as sperm donors

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[Clarification: This story was originally published by the Associated Press in 2005.] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to implement new rules that will ban men who have had sex with other men from acting as anonymous sperm donors. The agency claims to be adopting the measures…

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U.S. detains orange juice imports over illegal fungicide

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(Reuters) – U.S. health regulators detained three shipments of Brazilian orange juice and six from Canada that tested positive for the fungicide carbendazim, which is illegal in the United States. Two other Brazilian juice shipments tested positive for the fungicide, but the companies decided not to import the juice into…

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Study: Pharmacies often deny access to morning-after pill

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may want to rethink her decision to keep age restrictions on emergency contraception after recently released research indicated that many women are being illegally denied the medication. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chief Margaret Hamburg had told reporters that she backed…

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