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New Year, New Outbreaks
2007 kicks off with flare-ups across Asia and elsewhere

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Your "Exercise Personality"
Find out which activities are best suited for you!

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Ready For 2007?
See if your finances, health, home and car are in check for the new year

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Fighting The Flu
Health and vaccine information, photos, video and outbreak history

CBS News teams up with Time for a look at the mesmerizing world of the human brain.

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E. coli
Learn more about a dangerous strain of a common bacteria.

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AIDS: The Modern Pandemic
A history of AIDS, U.S. statistics, health facts and a look at how the epidemic has spread.

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Bird Flu Soars
Follow the spread of the virus around the globe, find out about the threat to humans and get details about U.S. preparations

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Food Pyramid
The government's latest guidelines for healthy eating get personal.

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Lyme Disease
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The mother of an 8-year-old boy who was killed when an 84-year-old driver plowed through an elementary school lunchroom is pressing lawmakers to bar the elderly from getting behind the wheel. More...

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Texas Mandates Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Gov. Rick Perry signed an executive order making Texas the first state to require schoolgirls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. More...

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Japan Confirms New Bird Flu Outbreak
Japanese authorities have confirmed the country's fourth outbreak of the virulent H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus at a poultry farm in the country's southern region. More...

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Heart Disease Deaths Drop In Women
The number of American women who died from heart disease dropped in 2004, continuing a trend seen since 2000, government researchers report. More...

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Black Cancer Death Rate Higher Than Whites
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Exercise May Not Up Knee Arthritis Risk
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