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Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back on store shelves within a month.

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Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is making nut butter again.

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UN: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says there are now 22 deaths worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.

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WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

GENEVA (AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

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UN: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus

GENEVA (AP) — A new coronavirus has now claimed 22 lives worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases, mostly in Saudi Arabia, World Health Organization officials said Thursday.

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WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus

GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample — a claim disputed by the researcher at the center of the issue.

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Report: Nation’s kids need to get more physical

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic — and PE?

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Report: Nation’s kids need to get more physical

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, arithmetic — and PE?

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Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

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Teen birth rates decline in most US states

The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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