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ATLANTA -- A presidential panel on Monday disclosed shocking new details of U.S. medical experiments done in Guatemala in the 1940s, including a decision to re-infect a dying woman in a syphilis study.
Guatemala Experiments: Syphilis Infections, Other Shocking Details Revealed About U.S. Medical Experiments The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Infectious instruments: Wind musical instruments are repositories of harmful bacteria and molds that can re-infect musicians and contaminate other users, according to a study in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research.
Feeling Groggy? Your Brain May Be Half Asleep Ann Lukits 2011
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The discarded rotting tubers can easily re-infect the succeeding year's crop.
Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine 2008
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In Angola, an outbreak that began in 2007 has this year spread to re-infect areas that had been cleared of the disease.
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The discarded rotting tubers can easily re-infect the succeeding year's crop.
Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine 2008
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If you do, complete the prescribed course even if you are feeling better — if you stop too soon, some bacteria may survive and re-infect you.
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If you do, complete the prescribed course even if you are feeling better—if you stop too soon, some bacteria may survive and re-infect you.
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Global mandates/Romneycare is a terrible idea and hopefully this terrible idea won't manage to re-infect the Democratic health care plan.
Health Insurance Industry Offers Conditional Support To Accepting All Customers 2009
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Will the anarchic spirit of the 1960s re-infect this genuinely new start and once again lead to the same dead ends, as special interests and American tribalism kick in?
Frank Schaeffer: Can Progressives Grow Up? (President Obama Needs the Left to Change Its Ways) 2009
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Strong gains against polio continued through the 1990s, but an uptick last year in the number of reported cases has health officials and donors concerned that it could re-infect parts of the world.
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