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A genetically engineered drug that was hailed as a breakthrough in the treatment of heart failure (search) when it was approved in 2001 might actually raise patients’ risk of dying soon after treatment, researchers say. Pooling results from three studies, the researchers found that hospitalized patients given nesiritide (search) appeared …

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Facing a possible death penalty for his fatal attack on fellow soldiers, Sgt. Hasan Akbar (search) will make an unsworn statement to the jury in his own defense, a lawyer said Wednesday. The statement by Akbar is to come Thursday, the fourth day of the sentencing …

PHILADELPHIA – A third-grader stuck 19 schoolmates with her mother’s diabetes (search) blood-testing needle this week, and one pricked student tested positive for HIV (search) on a preliminary test, officials said. Health officials said the virus could not have been contracted from the needle stick, and they noted that preliminary …